‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’
The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI.
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
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.
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
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 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 MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet
Some of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.
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.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern
What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco
Trump and the Crown Prince
He’s the American president Gulf leaders have been waiting for.
The Mad Dual-Hatter
Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
Should Children’s Literature Have Rules?
The blurry line between education and entertainment
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.