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400+ interviews. 400+ years of history. 400+ pages. His Name is George Floyd, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, now out in paperback. sites.prh.com/HisNameIsGeorg…

Trump Might Already Be a Lame Duck Victories for his candidates in GOP primaries could serve to hasten the president’s political decline (w/@michaelscherer) theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

A new class of toys has a very susceptible target audience: the parent with lots and lots of screen-time guilt, @elcush writes: theatlantic.com/family/2026/05…

“Has he been drugged?” Jill Biden recounts her husband’s calamitous debate night in a new memoir, obtained by The Atlantic. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

I was with a few dozen retirees at a Tex-Mex spot near Dallas when word came down that Trump had endorsed Ken Paxton. The news hit like manna from the MAGA heavens. My story on what the endorsement means for Texas—and why Paxton keeps hanging on.

A Fulton County judge just issued a temporary restraining order forcing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office to allow poll watchers and State Election Board observers to monitor the tabulation and reporting of today’s election results. #gapol acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel went on a "VIP Snorkel" at USS Arizona on Hawaii stopover, military emails show “It's like having a bachelor party at a church" Marine veteran tells @AP w/@etuckerAP @NewsDudeAP apnews.com/article/fbi-ka…

MAGA is winning its war against American elections, @yvonnewingett, @shaneharris and @s_fitzpatrick report, with the universe of people pressing debunked theories now so broad that it’s a feature of the system. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

A nearly unanimous majority of Hawaii’s state legislature has voted to change the powers of corporations doing business in the state and no longer grant them the ability to spend on most political causes, @michaelscherer reports. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

The biggest risk of the China summit is that Iran and Taiwan get mingled with the dealmaking in a way that benefits Beijing more than Washington, report @vmsalama and @jonlemire: theatlantic.com/national-secur…

Tax cuts collide with inflation…. apnews.com/article/trump-… By @BillBarrowAP

As driverless cars threaten to slowly replace taxi drivers, Big Tech is yet again destroying human interaction and calling it “convenience,” Xochitl Gonzalez argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…

Stephen Miller in Retreat The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished. By @michaelscherer @NickMiroff theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

From acting as a wedding DJ to mixing rap lyrics in the briefing room to an audience with the pope, no one in the Trump administration seems to be having more fun than Marco Rubio. And this week, a shadow GOP 2028 primary seemed to emerge. My latest: theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Statement from The Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

THE FBI DIRECTOR’S UNUSUAL CALLING CARD “Ka$h Patel” bourbon is his newest innovation. By @S_Fitzpatrick theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

David Sacks, Donald Trump’s former crypto and AI czar, has held only one consistent principle throughout his career: a ruthless devotion to self-interest, George Packer writes. How did the investor and his allies in Silicon Valley capture Washington? theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Algorithms push rage-bait that helps fuel political violence—and “my work unintentionally provides raw material for this ecosystem,” writes @michaelscherer, who was at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when shots were fired. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

The Candidate From ICE: A GOP primary in Ohio today could test how much the mass-deportation message can still drive voters to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot, @NickMiroff reports from Toledo. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Congrats to @jkbjournalist for being honored with a @PulitzerPrizes Special Citation for #PerversionofJustice and her work covering Jeffrey Epstein. Read her coverage here: miamiherald.com/perversionofju…

1) ICE's killings of Renée Good & Alex Pretti roiled the US. Less known is the agency's first public death, Ruben Martinez. His best friend, the only witness to dispute ICE's account, later died. How ICE’s killing of an American shattered two families & changed their politics.