Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York’s city council. In some ways, he hasn’t changed a bit.
A White House Briefing Straight From North Korea
How MAGA influencers have reshaped the press corps
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?
The ink that tells the story of Trump’s second term
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
The Most Persuasive ‘People’ on Reddit Were a Front for AI
It’s one thing to be fooled by a human with dubious morals, and another entirely to have your mind changed by something that doesn’t have one.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
Trump’s Mineral Paradox
Without demand from clean energy, the U.S. market for rare earth, graphite, and lithium will falter.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
What Parents of Boys Should Know
Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more.
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.