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24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer

The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.

The Day Grok Told Everyone About ‘White Genocide’

What in the world just happened with Elon Musk’s chatbot?

The End of Rule of Law in America

The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.

The Darker Design Behind Trump’s $400 Million Plane

Through Qatar’s gift of a luxury jet, Trump has escalated American soft corruption to a garish new extreme.

Trump’s Real Secretary of State

How the president’s friend and golfing partner Steve Witkoff got one of the hardest jobs on the planet

‘I Run the Country and the World’

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

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.

The Myth of the Poverty Trap

We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?

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 Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern

What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco

How to Take Charge of Your Family Inheritance

You may be fine with becoming more like your parents or hate the idea. Either way, it’s something you can control.

Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody

Happy Meal Team Six

The Mad Dual-Hatter

Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories

Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine

Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers

The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.

AI Is Not Your Friend

How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it

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.

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy

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.