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 Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
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 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.
‘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
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
The Mad Dual-Hatter
Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.
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.
Trump and the Crown Prince
He’s the American president Gulf leaders have been waiting for.
America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
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 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
The Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid
Work requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the point.
What Should You Let Your Kids Read?
Giving them some independence can help rekindle their love of books.
Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers
The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.
Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name
And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.