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Women in the U.S. Can Now Get Safe Abortions by Mail

The founder of a global abortion-pill provider that has never shipped to the U.S. has quietly started a new service for Americans.

• Olga Khazan
• Oct 18, 2018

Some Immigrant Parents Fear Losing Their Children Forever

Immigrant children separated from their parents can spend months, even years, in American foster homes. There have even been rare cases in which state officials have authorized permanent adoptions without notifying deported parents.

• Jeremy Raff
• Oct 18, 2018

Kamala Harris’s Trump-Size Tax Plan

The California senator is the latest Democrat to propose giving billions of dollars in cash to lower-income families.

• Annie Lowrey
• Oct 18, 2018

The Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee Won’t Restart a Full-On Russia Probe

If the Democrats take back the House in November, Congressman Adam Schiff says he’ll try to close a hyper-partisan divide on the House Intelligence Committee.  

• Natasha Bertrand
• Oct 18, 2018

The 2018 Midterms Are All About Trump

Republicans are surging in pro-Trump rural areas as a Democratic wave gathers in many anti-Trump suburbs, continuing a long-term shift toward nationalized congressional elections.

• Ronald Brownstein
• Oct 18, 2018

I’m Not Leaving the Republican Party

It will take a long time to clean up after Donald Trump, but the GOP is still best suited to lead the country.

• Jay Caruso
• Oct 18, 2018

Heidi Cruz Didn’t Plan for This

She had her whole future mapped out when she met Ted Cruz, starting with her dream job in Washington. This is the story of what came after.

• Elaina Plott
• Oct 18, 2018

Zuckerberg, Soros, and Steyer Spend Millions on Out-of-State Ballot Initiatives

The billionaires have funded initiatives on drug treatment, alternative energy, and in-home care for seniors, but some corporations and state activists wish they would keep their money and stay away.   

• Liz Essley Whyte
• Oct 18, 2018

The End of Cheap Shipping From China

The White House wants to put an end to low-cost shipping from overseas, a move widely supported among U.S. e-commerce sellers.

• Alana Semuels
• Oct 17, 2018

Will Kavanaugh Finally Cast the Vote That Ends DACA?

The Justice Department has warned that if the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals doesn’t rule on the program, it’ll take it up to the new conservative Supreme Court majority.

• Priscilla Alvarez
• Oct 17, 2018

The Atlantic Daily: What Happened in the Room

A secretive organization spending millions on Facebook political ads, the Trump tell-all that wasn’t, immigration courts, and more

• Shan Wang
• Oct 17, 2018

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Everybody Take Five

To combat the growing federal deficit, Trump said he would ask each of his Cabinet secretaries to cut five percent from their budget proposals next year.

• Elaine Godfrey, Madeleine Carlisle, and Olivia Paschal
• Oct 17, 2018

The Problem with Popular Mechanics’ Love Letter to Elon Musk

The magazine’s editor acknowledged the cover story is a “puff piece,” but stood by his decision to defend the billionaire in dramatic fashion.

• Marina Koren
• Oct 17, 2018

Why Won’t Turkey Release the Khashoggi Tapes?

If Turkish officials really have the grisly recordings, they must share them—and soon.

• Graeme Wood
• Oct 17, 2018

The Secretive Organization Quietly Spending Millions on Facebook Political Ads

Meet the liberal group that’s running a new breed of digital campaign.

• Alexis C. Madrigal
• Oct 17, 2018

The Trouble With Tribalism

Identity politics divide America, but the idea of warring tribes is too simple.

• Caroline Kitchener
• Oct 17, 2018

The Disquiet of Florida

Readers grapple with Lauren Groff’s character “consumed with anxiety about the state of the world.”

• Karen Yuan
• Oct 17, 2018

Trump’s Attacks on Stormy Daniels Echo an Uncomfortable Era

The president’s rampant mockery of women flashes back to an earlier period of American history: when Monica Lewinsky served, repeatedly, as a national punch line.

• Megan Garber
• Oct 17, 2018

To Prevent Loneliness, Start in the Classroom

Young people are among the loneliest of all Americans. Schools that teach kids how to deal with feelings of isolation could help put a dent in the epidemic.

• Ashley Fetters
• Oct 17, 2018

How to Respond to a Diplomatic Crisis Like Khashoggi’s Disappearance

“This is not a good example on how to handle these situations."  

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Oct 17, 2018

Oops, the Oldest Fossils Ever Found Might Be Just Rocks

A set of cone-like formations in Greenland was said to be the work of 3.7-billion-year-old bacteria, but another team maintains it’s really not.

• Ed Yong
• Oct 17, 2018

Letter: Laquan McDonald’s Death and the Rhetoric of Police

A reader weighs in on the Chicago Police Department’s culture of intimidation, and describes her own experience processing the shooting of the 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

• Oct 17, 2018

The Conners Frees Itself of Roseanne Barr

The retooled sitcom debuted with an episode that wrestled with the death of its fictional matriarch.

• David Sims
• Oct 17, 2018

A California Mayor Wants His Beach Town to Retreat From the Shore

In Imperial Beach, a dramatic solution to coastal flooding

• Ruxandra Guidi and High Country News
• Oct 17, 2018

Jeff Sessions Is Quietly Transforming the Nation’s Immigration Courts

The attorney general has stepped up the hiring of immigration judges, ordered them to hear more cases, and shown a preference for those who’ve previously been prosecutors.

• Priscilla Alvarez
• Oct 17, 2018

Mitt Romney Isn’t Coming to Help Liberals

The Senate next year could be more MAGA-oriented than ever—and the next senator from Utah isn’t likely to change that.

• Dick Polman
• Oct 17, 2018

Jonah Hill Strives for Authenticity With Mid90s

The actor’s directorial debut is a coming-of-age tale about a young teen seeking refuge in skateboarding.

• David Sims
• Oct 17, 2018

Meet the Endoterrestrials

They live thousands of feet below the Earth’s surface. They eat hydrogen and exhale methane. And they may shape our world more profoundly than we can imagine.

• Douglas Fox
• Oct 17, 2018