Isaac Stanley-Becker

Where Trump went wrong in his quest for a Nobel Peace Price In exclusive interviews, Norway's prime minister and the head of the Nobel Institute tell Isaac Stanley-Beckett and Simon Shuster how they handled the president's pressure campaign.

Exclusive: Trump’s threats over the Nobel Peace Prize in his infamous text to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre brought the debate over Greenland “to a level where we don’t solve problems,” Støre told @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and Simon Shuster:

How Minneapolis Looks From the Police Chief’s Squad Car In the city where George Floyd was killed, Trump hastens a new social breakdown.

Masterful profile of Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, and a city under siege by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Just an astonishing lede in this @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social story. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.

Governor Tim Walz warns of a national unraveling in an interview with @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social. “It’s worse than you think,” Walz says of the situation in Minnesota.

Denmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security.

The Atlantic's @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social interviewed the chief of the Danish army.

"When I asked whether Danish forces would really fight back against Americans, he demurred. 'This is highly political,' he said. 'And I’m just a soldier.'"

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What Is Actually in the Epstein Files? The heavily redacted trove of documents is shocking, disorienting, and—most important—incomplete.

Emergency pod about the combing through/making sense of the Epstein Files What’s in them, what’s not, and where we go from here. feat @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and @adriennelaf.bsky.social

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.

A right-wing influencer claims USAID is a secret spy organization. He’s been brought into the agency to prove his theory, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.

Not long ago, plans for German rearmament would have set off international alarms. But as the United States upends the global order it created, Germany may have no other choice, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/t1XLAiLM

Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right? How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science

“From my perspective as a scientist and someone who has done this her entire career, he has a lot of blood on his hands," Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a top adviser on COVID vaccines for the CDC, told @michaelscherer.bsky.social about RFK Jr. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

something is horribly wrong when University of Chicago leadership is going "we can just get ChatGPT to teach languages"

This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.

A Novel That Skewers Meritocracy Culture and entertainment musts from Isaac Stanley-Becker

For today’s Atlantic Daily, I wrote about some of the art that’s been on my mind: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Flattery, Firmness, and Flourishes World leaders and diplomats quietly swap strategies for managing Trump.

Flattery, Firmness and Flourishes: World leaders trade tips on how to manage trip, from me + @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent.

On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent. @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how the European gathering in Schengen showcases a different vision of international order:

How Democratic Disagreement Helped Elect Donald Trump One democratic candidate, two presidential campaigns.

NEW: Future Foward, the super PAC backing Kamala Harris, thought her campaign made strategic errors that may have cost her victory. Harris strategists felt the same about Future Forward. Inside the breakdown w/
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The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes The president may be disappointed by the findings.

Sean Duffy’s Department of Transportation agreed to spend $2 million to figure out if DEI is causing plane crashes—and put a celebrity defense attorney who has represented Elon Musk in charge of the probe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone “Who’s calling?” the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.

“I’ve been on the phone with Trump before, and he’s just said, ‘I’ve got to go. I have someone from another country calling.' He doesn’t even know which country. He just sees the number and thinks, 'This might be a foreign leader I want to talk to.'” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Musk Is Becoming the Latest Government Employee to Lose His Job As the tech billionaire’s 130-day stint in government comes to a close, he has turned potential allies into irritated foes.

A lede for the ages, via @michaelscherer.bsky.social @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Steve Witkoff, Trump's primary diplomat and "Real Secretary of State" has been getting up to speed on history by watching our series TURNING POINT: The Vietnam War. Crazy detail from this excellent profile by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social

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“Yeah, whatever you want to do, Steve.”

@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how Steve Witkoff became Trump's envoy for the world: theatln.tc/whVywMxv

Why has Witkoff met with Putin alone—no aides, no interpreter, no notetaker? Those were the Russian president's terms.

The ‘Amateur Diplomat’ How Trump’s friend and golfing partner Steve Witkoff got one of the hardest jobs on the planet.

I spent time with Steve Witkoff, the real estate investor and longtime Trump friend who's now in charge of, well, world peace www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.

Lawyers sidelined, entire directorates vacant, career staff pushed out for infractions that include donating $50 to a Dem eight years ago.

It’s been a chaotic three months at Trump’s NSC www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...