‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’
The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI
How Colin Jost Became a Joke
On “Weekend Update,” the comedian is a smug know-it-all who’s easy to dislike. That’s the point.
An Autopsy Report on Biden’s In-Office Decline
“Five people were running the country,” a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. “And Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.”
Why Are There So Many ‘Alternative Devices’ All of a Sudden?
The dream of a phone without problems
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
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
The Question the Trump Administration Couldn’t Answer About Birthright Citizenship
The government doesn’t seem to know how it will implement this massive change in policy.
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.
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 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 Visionary of Trump 2.0
Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.
The Birthright-Citizenship Case Isn’t Really About Birthright Citizenship
And there’s good reason for that.
The Secret Cruelty of T. S. Eliot
Before she died, Emily Hale donated love letters she had received from the author while his wife was ill. Now public, the writings reveal his quiet duplicity.
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
The New MAGA World Order
This week’s Gulf tour revealed that Trump’s transactional foreign policy doesn’t lack values. It just has really bad ones.
Return of the Shaman
How visionary healers became a fixture of contemporary American culture and politics