Trump Is Making Netanyahu Nervous
Cracks are showing in the U.S.-Israel alliance.
The Talented Mr. Vance
J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.
What Are People Still Doing on X?
Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout.
A Convenient Piece of Junk Science
RFK Jr. is prepared to rework the FDA’s official assessment of the abortion pill mifepristone based at least in part on a questionable report.
The Debt Is About to Matter Again
When interest rates outpace growth, very bad things can happen.
How to Disappear
Inside the world of extreme-privacy consultants, who, for the right fee, will make you and your personal information very hard to find
The Unbearable Weight of Mission: Impossible
What started as the adventures of a brilliant spy morphed into the mythology of an exemplary human being.
Trump Addresses a Military He’s Remaking in His Image
The president returns to West Point having transformed his relationship with the armed forces.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Protective ‘Politburo’ That Hid Biden’s Decline
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson discuss their new book, Original Sin.
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
‘All They Want Is America. All They Have Is Panama.’
They thought they’d reached their journeys’ end. Now many of them have come full circle.
An Atlantic Reading List on Consciousness
What it feels like to love somebody who cannot communicate the way they once did
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 Long War That Ended Last Week
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
Trump Is Crushing the Netanyahu Myth
The Israeli leader and his allies bet everything on Trump. But he’s just not that into them.
The Neighbors Who Destroyed Their Lives
Murder and lies in small-town Hawaii
The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History
House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.
The World That ‘Wages for Housework’ Wanted
The 1970s campaign fought to get women paid for their work in the home—and envisioned a society built to better support motherhood.
An Awkward Truth About American Work
Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.