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The recent pardon is an overture to an industry that has made the president millions.
David Ryder / Getty The Internet Is Going to Break Again
The Amazon outage revealed just how consolidated the web has become.
Illustration / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Forces Changing Music and Film Criticism
The industry is being transformed in the era of YouTube video essays and TikTok screeds.
Illustration by Peter Gamlen This Gold Rush Is Ominous
The king of precious metals is having a good run right now. That might be a problem.
Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty The Beginning of a New DOJ
Trump’s quest for retribution is remaking the department.
Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty What’s Going On With Marjorie Taylor Greene?
The Georgia representative is finding a new voice.
Anna Moneymaker / Getty The Meme Shutdown
Stale social-media comedy isn’t a substitute for coherent policy.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic The AI Money Vortex
OpenAI is worth $500 billion now. What are its investors getting back?
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic A Terrible Attack in Manchester
On the holiest day of the year for Jews, two people were killed outside a synagogue in the United Kingdom.
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