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Nov 20, 2025

One Story to Read Today highlights a single newly published—or newly relevant—Atlantic story that’s worth your time.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Just to laugh or cry
Trump’s Self-Damning Response to a Legitimate Question
The president scolded a reporter for “embarrassing” Mohammed bin Salman. But MBS seemed less aggrieved than Trump.
The AtlanticGraeme Wood
Trump’s Eye-Popping Postelection Windfall
Even though his campaign ended a year ago, the president hasn’t stopped fundraising.
The AtlanticMichael Scherer, Ashley Parker
The Matcha Problem
First came the viral videos. Then came the shortages.
The AtlanticEllen Cushing

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The End of the American Empire
The historian Margaret MacMillan on the impact of the Trump-led American withdrawal from world leadership. Plus: David on the corrupting effects of lavish foreign gifts to Trump, and Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop.
The AtlanticDavid Frum
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
The AtlanticKatherine J. Wu
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
The AtlanticRose Horowitch
Whoa-zempic!
The next wave of obesity drugs is pushing the limits of weight loss.
The AtlanticRoxanne Khamsi
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Gianfranco Maitilasso Grossi

Editor, curator, and founder of bilingual platforms focused on cultural critique, legacy-building, and editorial transparency. Based in Spain, active across Europe and Southeast Asia.Championing editorial clarity, mythic publishing, and queer voice.