The Visionary of Trump 2.0
Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.
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.”
How to Make Friendships Last Your Whole Life
“Swallow your pride and make the first move,” one reader says.
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 New Spiritual Leader on Campus
Students are growing less religious. Many chaplains are adapting.
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.
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.
What We Inherit From Our Parents
We’re not doomed to repeat their mistakes, or destined to mimic their best behavior.
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.
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.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
The Birthright-Citizenship Case Isn’t Really About Birthright Citizenship
And there’s good reason for that.
The Day Grok Told Everyone About ‘White Genocide’
What in the world just happened with Elon Musk’s chatbot?
The Hollow Men
It takes a special talent to betray an entire worldview without missing a beat.
The Easiest Way to Keep Your Friends
It’s a little boring, a little type A, and a lot better than letting relationships fizzle.
How to Stay in Touch With Your Friends
The Atlantic’s writers and editors share what they do when life gets in the way.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America