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.
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
25 Books to Get Lost in This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
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.
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.
Photos of the Week: Harness Race, Obelisk Vista, Cheerleading Businessmen
The 1,000th anniversary of a city in France, Vesak Day celebrations in Indonesia, the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, and much more
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 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.
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 Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
The Mad Dual-Hatter
Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.
The Default-Parent Problem
Why do so many people assume that Mom knows what’s going on with the kids, and that Dad does not?
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?