Trump’s Gross Misuse of the National Guard
The 1992 deployment in Los Angeles proved that troops operate best on the streets when the state is in charge.
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Ted Soqui / Corbis / Getty No Rational Aid-Distribution System Should Work This Way
The new Gaza relief effort was bound to fail.
Abed Rahim Khatib / Anadolu / Getty The Deadly Virus of Anti-Semitic Terrorism
The latest attacks on Jews in America inevitably betray their real motive: sheer hate.
Chet Strange / Getty This Tornado Mayhem Is a Warning
As hurricane season looms, the effects of DOGE cuts on the U.S. forecasting and alert system are a new menace.
Lawrence Bryant / Reuters The Real Motive Behind the Real ID–Deadline Charade
The Trump administration turned a legitimate national-security priority into an empty threat against immigrants.
Seth Wenig / AP Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
Eric Thayer / Bloomberg / Getty By the Time Political Violence Gets Worse, It Will Be Too Late
The arson at Josh Shapiro’s residence is the latest harrowing attack on democratic norms.
Commonwealth Media Services / AP Foreign Tourists Are Taking Trump at His Word
Deliberately insulting other countries is bad for the U.S. economy.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?
Elon Musk and his team are endangering Americans in many ways.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Andrew Harnik / Getty. Trump Is Threatening California in the Wrong Way
Stop rebuilding the conditions that left people vulnerable in the first place.
Photograph by Brian Van Lau for The Atlantic
