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Unpacking the Defense Department’s new press policy

The future of the childhood vaccine schedule

The Atlantic celebrates America’s 250th birthday

The Trump administration is laying off thousands of federal employees

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Patricia Lockwood on the absurdity of sickness

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If You Can Keep It: The ICE crackdowns in Chicago and Portland

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

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