Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
The MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet
Some of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.
The Mad Dual-Hatter
Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern
What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco
What Should You Let Your Kids Read?
Giving them some independence can help rekindle their love of books.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Silicon Valley Braces for Chaos
The center of the tech universe seems to believe that Trump’s tariff whiplash is nothing compared with what they see coming from AI.
Trump and the Crown Prince
He’s the American president Gulf leaders have been waiting for.
DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease
Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
And the Oscar Goes to … Something the Voters Didn’t Watch
The Academy has a new rule to address this problem. Good luck with enforcing that.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.