All posts tagged: staff writer

Is the Biden-Netanyahu Relationship Rupturing?

Is the Biden-Netanyahu Relationship Rupturing?

Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here.   Republicans are on the offensive this week against what they say is Democrats’ lack of support for Israel following Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent criticism of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he will invite Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, a move he made without first consulting the Senate leader. This comes after President Joe Biden and Netanyahu spoke for the first time in more than a month, and after Donald Trump, the former president and current Republican presidential nominee, accused Jews who support Democrats of hating Israel and their own religion. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Anne Applebaum, a staff writer at The Atlantic; Franklin Foer, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The …

The Leader of Today’s Republican Party

The Leader of Today’s Republican Party

“McConnell was the final backstop against the complete Trumpification of the Senate.” Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic March 2, 2024, 10:36 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here.   The race to become the Senate’s top Republican is already under way. Mitch McConnell made the surprise announcement this week that he will step down from his role as Senate minority leader in November—ending his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in U.S. history and solidifying former President Donald Trump as the leader of today’s Republican Party. Meanwhile, both President Joe Biden and Trump won their respective primaries on Tuesday, but the results underscored vulnerabilities in their 2024 bids for the White House. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Adam Harris, a staff writer for The Atlantic; Leigh Ann Caldwell, a co-author of …

Two theories for Americans’ dire economic outlook

Two theories for Americans’ dire economic outlook

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Even as many measures show that the economy is thriving, Americans have been feeling down lately—especially about grocery prices. I spoke with my colleague Rogé Karma, a staff writer focused on the economy, about how to understand the gap between consumers’ attitudes and standard economic measures, and how political polarization shapes Americans’ outlook on these issues. First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: Two Theories Lora Kelley: Why are food prices so central to perceptions of the economy, and why do some inflation measures fail to capture that? Rogé Karma: Food prices are what we see every day—at the grocery store, when we’re ordering takeout or eating at restaurants. In a recent poll that we commissioned at The Atlantic, we asked respondents what factors they consider when deciding how the national economy is doing. The price of …

Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies

Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies

Digging into the GOP front-runner’s claims on the stump and in legal filings Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic February 17, 2024, 11:11 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week with The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. A New York judge has set March 25 as the start date in Donald Trump’s hush-money case, making it the first criminal trial against a former American president in U.S. history. A hearing that could derail Trump’s Georgia election-interference case is also under way, as a judge considers whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case. Meanwhile, the annual Munich Security Conference kicks off Friday as U.S. aid for Ukraine continues to stall amid chaos in Congress, and just days after President Joe Biden criticized Trump’s comments about encouraging Russia to attack NATO allies. Joining the guest moderator and a staff writer at The Atlantic, Franklin Foer, to discuss this and …

What We Lose When Sports Reporting Disappears

What We Lose When Sports Reporting Disappears

The new sports-media reality is troubling—and paradoxical. Sports fans are awash in more “content” than ever before. The sports-talk-podcast industry is booming; many professional athletes host their own shows. Netflix cranks out one gauzy, player-approved documentary series after another, and every armchair quarterback or would-be pundit has an opinion to share on social media. Yet despite all of this entertainment, all of these shows, and all of these hot takes, true sports-accountability journalism is disappearing. Last month, after operating for years as a shell of its former self, Sports Illustrated announced mass layoffs that cast doubt on the magazine’s continued existence. And the problems go far deeper than SI’s well-documented issues. In 2023, The New York Times dissolved its sports desk, and the Los Angeles Times announced that it would no longer run day-to-day games coverage. More recently, the Los Angeles Times laid off several of its remaining sports reporters, and similar cutbacks have gutted sports coverage at smaller-market papers. Even ESPN, one of the last lions remaining, is not what it used to be. …

A powerhouse of a comedic actress

A powerhouse of a comedic actress

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Elaine Godfrey, a staff writer at The Atlantic who has covered the Iowa caucuses, the national fight over abortion rights, and America’s most misunderstood marsupial. Elaine loves TV shows starring the Irish comedic actress Sharon Horgan and all  “varmint-forward” content on Instagram. She is also a Las Culturistas superfan and the proud owner of a gently used Old English Sheepdog lamp. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Elaine Godfrey My favorite way of wasting time on my phone: I’m a big fan of Instagram Reels, which is basically TikTok, except a different company gets your secrets. There’s a woman on Reels who cleans people’s houses for free when they’re …

Trump Gets One Step Closer

Trump Gets One Step Closer

January 27, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here.   The 2024 race is coming into focus this week after Republican front runner Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire brought him one step closer to the GOP’s presidential nomination. But his final primary opponent, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, has rejected calls to drop out of the race and continued to campaign in her home state. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have also ramped up their campaign, making reproductive rights a central theme of their reelection efforts. Meanwhile, the fate of a bipartisan border-security deal, which Republican lawmakers had insisted upon before considering additional funding for Ukraine and Israel, has been complicated by Trump’s opposition to the deal. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more are Laura Barrón-López, a White House correspondent …

The Candidates Running for Vice President

The Candidates Running for Vice President

Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 19, 2024 Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic January 20, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. With just days until New Hampshire’s presidential primary election, tension is growing between Republican rivals former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Trump, fresh off his win in Iowa and leading in the polls, is weighing possible vice-presidential running mates, including Representative Elise Stefanik of New York, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Meanwhile, concerns about the war in Gaza expanding into a wider regional conflict are mounting after Iran’s recent strikes in Iraq and Pakistan. And in the Red Sea, Iranian-backed Houthi-rebel attacks on international shipping show no signs of stopping, despite the U.S. and its allies continuing to strike sites in Yemen. Joining the …