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The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy

Europeans Have Realized Their Error

The urge to say I told you so is strong these days throughout the Baltics.

A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs

The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence.

The Real Motive Behind the Real ID–Deadline Charade

The Trump administration turned a legitimate national-security priority into an empty threat against immigrants.

How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail

Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.

The Godfather of the Woke Right

A 2011 book by Pat Buchanan shows the deep roots of today’s right-wing illiberalism.

Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext

The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.

The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals

They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.

‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’

The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

Can anyone stop his space-based internet?

Breakfast Is Breaking

The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.

‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.

The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma

Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails

The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy

How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets

Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump

A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold

What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?

Advice columns have always appealed to people’s perennial confusion about love and marriage.

Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks

The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.