Kharg, a small, rocky island just off the Iranian coast, could be the Trump administration’s key to victory—or its undoing—in the Iran war, @BrynnTannehill wrote in March:
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- Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the administration is quietly assuring allies that payout plans remain on track, @S_Fitzpatrick reports.
- This year’s World Cup was framed as a festival of North American unity. Instead, the tournament is testing how much of that unity remains, @RafaelaJinich argues in The Atlantic Daily:
- The 2008 financial crash, the COVID-19 pandemic, an energy crisis after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—none of these were unique to Britain. It was the country’s self-sabotaging responses that set its trajectory apart from its neighbors, @imkahloon reports:
- Years of selective breeding have made fruit essentially like candy now, @elcush argues. She reports on how the American produce aisle evolved into its sweetest iteration—and what has been lost in the process:
- Shows such as “Off Campus” know what women want in today’s cultural moment—but they can also be more subversive than they seem, Sophie Gilbert writes:
- EXCLUSIVE: Documents and interviews reveal growing disarray about celebrations of America’s 250th birthday, @michaelscherer reports. He examines the fractures between Trump’s advisers and bipartisan organizers over money, sponsorships, control, and tone.
- More than six decades after huddling with his Spanish-speaking teammates to chant “¡Nosotros! ¡Nosotros! Rah, rah, rah!” as a high-school senior on the varsity soccer team, President Trump is now hosting a World Cup plagued by problems, reports @mviser.
- EXCLUSIVE: Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the Trump administration is quietly looking for ways to make payouts to allies, @S_Fitzpatrick reports. theatln.tc/s6dvLjCO
- From the beginning, American patriotism and American sports culture have been inextricably linked, Sally Jenkins writes. The American Revolution gave rise to an exceptionally American form of play:
- EXCLUSIVE: Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has been scrapped, the Trump administration is quietly looking for ways to make payouts to allies, @S_Fitzpatrick reports.
- .@davidfrum is joined by Professor David W. Blight to discuss the Trump administration's efforts to undermine the Fourteenth Amendment.
- President Trump’s interview with the journalist Kristen Welker became instantly notorious because of the way it ended. But what Trump said before storming off was even more revealing, Megan Garber argues:
