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Your 2025 Reading List<\/strong><\/p>\n The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans<\/p>\n By Jeffrey Goldberg<\/p>\n U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn\u2019t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.<\/p>\n Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump\u2019s Advisers Shared on Signal<\/p>\n By Jeffrey Goldberg and Shane Harris<\/p>\n The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic<\/em>\u2019s editor in chief.<\/p>\n The Missing Kayaker<\/p>\n By Jamie Thompson<\/p>\n What happened to Ryan Borgwardt?<\/p>\n An \u201cImpossible\u201d Disease Outbreak in the Alps<\/p>\n By Shayla Love<\/p>\n In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?<\/p>\n \u201cI Run the Country and the World\u201d<\/p>\n By Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer<\/p>\n Donald Trump believes he\u2019s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.<\/p>\n Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage<\/p>\n By Faith Hill<\/p>\n Fewer young people are getting into relationships.<\/p>\n How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days<\/p>\n By Timothy W. Ryback<\/p>\n He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.<\/p>\n His Daughter Was America\u2019s First Measles Death in a Decade<\/p>\n By Tom Bartlett<\/p>\n A visit with a family in mourning<\/p>\n Growing Up Murdoch<\/p>\n By McKay Coppins<\/p>\n James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire<\/p>\n The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows<\/p>\n By Stephanie McCrummen<\/p>\n Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.<\/p>\n The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong<\/p>\n By Ross Andersen<\/p>\n Cosmologists are fighting over everything.<\/p>\n The Anti-Social Century<\/p>\n By Derek Thompson<\/p>\n Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It\u2019s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.<\/p>\n The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There<\/p>\n By Sarah Zhang<\/p>\n For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.<\/p>\n Culture Break<\/p>\n Paul Popper \/ Popperfoto \/ Getty<\/p>\n Explore. A certain notion of politeness requires pretending that the ideal interaction would go on forever. In 2021, Joe Pinsker wrote about how to end a conversation without making up an excuse.<\/p>\n Watch. In 2024, Shirley Li recommended nine underrated movies that are worth your time.<\/p>\n Play our daily crossword.<\/em><\/p>\n Rafaela Jinich contributed to this newsletter.<\/p>\n Explore all of our newsletters.<\/em><\/p>\n When you buy a book using a link in this newsletter, we receive a commission. 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