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The New Right has struggled to “retrofit a consistent ideology onto the electoral power of Donald Trump,” Helen Lewis writes. “Masculinism” has been a gift—something that various factions can agree on.

The global response to the current Ebola outbreak could be further complicated by U.S. cuts to foreign aid, Hana Kiros and Katherine J. Wu report. https://lnkd.in/ef4CZaum

Donald Trump's new savings accounts for kids have bipartisan appeal—but there are factors that could inhibit the policy's success, Will Gottsegen writes in The Atlantic Daily:

Exclusive: The DHS secretary told travel executives that he’s serious about curbing international flights to U.S. airports in cities with “sanctuary” policies, which could force airlines to re-route and inflict economic pain, Nick Miroff reports.

Trump’s endgame in Iran has become clear—as has his desire to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat, Robert Kagan argues.

Trump delivered what may have been his most hilarious riff ever when answering whether he would be attending his son Don Jr.’s wedding this weekend, Jonathan Chait writes:

Today, Eli Lilly announced results from a trial of a drug the company claims leads to major weight loss. In 2025, Sarah Zhang reported that some people were already buying the medication from shadowy markets online.

Thomas Massie's ouster is the latest demonstration that MAGA has just one unbreakable rule, Yair Rosenberg argues. https://lnkd.in/ezZP7JTF 📸: Jon Cherry / AP

“With few exceptions, my male friends seem incapable of having a balanced, one-on-one social conversation with me,” a reader wrote to James Parker in 2025. How to explain this phenomenon? Read his advice to her in "Dear James":

For-profit companies are buying up youth sports leagues and selling them back to parents—and the trend is revealing a larger crisis, Senator Chris Murphy argues: “Virtually everything in America has become a commodity—even middle-school hockey.” https://lnkd.in/efiFWxvn 📸: Ben Jackson / NHLI / Getty