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AFP / Getty How a Well-Meaning Health Policy Created California’s Coronavirus Nightmare
The state’s hyperefficient health-care system runs pretty well—unless a pandemic strikes.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Why Trump Suddenly Changed His Tune
What frightened the president into releasing a video calling for calm?
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Win McNamee / Getty A Christian Insurrection
Many of those who mobbed the Capitol on Wednesday claimed to be enacting God’s will.
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Artur Gabdrahmanov / Sputnik / AP How Joe Biden Watched the Capitol Assault
It was a day of chaos in Washington, D.C. But in Wilmington, Delaware, President-elect Joe Biden pulsed with quiet anger.
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Getty / The Atlantic When a Senate Democrat Tried to Challenge an Election
Several Republican members of Congress plan to formally object to the outcome of the 2020 election today. Barbara Boxer objected to Ohio’s results in 2005—but that was different, she insists.
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Getty / The Atlantic Denver Riggleman Has Seen the Future of the Republican Party
Republicans used to think they’d succeed through moderation and inclusion. That’s over.
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Matteo Giuseppe Pani The Dark Reality of Betting Against QAnon
The conspiracy theory has been tied to real-life danger—but before it entered the mainstream, one man stumbled upon Q in a game of political predictions.
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Nick Oxford / Bloomberg / Getty The Christmas Crisis
America needs Christmas cheer more than ever. Maybe next year.
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Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe / ... The Last Days of Loneliness
Long-term-care residents who have been confined to their rooms for months have to wait a bit longer before they can finally receive a vaccine.
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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times / Getty The Real Reason Americans Aren’t Quarantining
Many states have quarantine requirements for visitors, but only one really enforces them: Hawaii.
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Sean Gallup / Getty A New Day for Queer People in the South
North Carolina’s ban on local protections for LGBTQ people expires today. But more fights lie ahead.
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Melissa Golden / Redux The Mastermind Behind Biden’s No-Drama Approach to Trump
Only one top Biden adviser isn’t joining him in the White House—but she’ll still stay close.
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Photo via Twitter / The Atlantic When a News Anchor Does the Government’s Job
What can we learn from Anne McCloy, the local news anchor who has helped thousands of Americans get unemployment benefits?
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The Atlantic The World’s Most Important Videoconference
How can Joe Biden build a government remotely during a pandemic?
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Gabriela Bhaskar / The New York Times / ... Don’t Eat Inside a Restaurant
The risk of catching the coronavirus is much higher indoors.
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Mike Segar / Reuters / The Atlantic Never Trump, Forever
“I want the Republican Party to feel spanked,” says Mona Charen, a writer at the Never Trump website The Bulwark.
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Melissa Golden / Redux / Valerie Chiang What Just Happened in Georgia?
The once reliably red southern state just flipped blue. Its transformation has been a long time coming.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Joe Biden’s Likely Pick to Lead His Party
Tom Perez, the head of the Democratic National Committee, won’t run for reelection. Jaime Harrison, who raised more than $100 million for a failed U.S. Senate bid, is positioned to replace him.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty 77 Years, and a Few More Hours
Joe Biden has been waiting his whole life to be president. He’s still waiting.
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Getty/ Shutterstock / The Atlantic A Game Plan for Watching the Election Results
Figuring out what exactly is happening on Election Night can be hard. But we’ve got some advice.
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