The Visionary of Trump 2.0
Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.
How to Make Friendships Last Your Whole Life
“Swallow your pride and make the first move,” one reader says.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
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.
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 Easiest Way to Keep Your Friends
It’s a little boring, a little type A, and a lot better than letting relationships fizzle.
What We Inherit From Our Parents
We’re not doomed to repeat their mistakes, or destined to mimic their best behavior.
The Day Grok Told Everyone About ‘White Genocide’
What in the world just happened with Elon Musk’s chatbot?
America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
Lost at Sea
On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.
The Birthright-Citizenship Case Isn’t Really About Birthright Citizenship
And there’s good reason for that.
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.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
How to Stay in Touch With Your Friends
The Atlantic’s writers and editors share what they do when life gets in the way.
And the Oscar Goes to … Something the Voters Didn’t Watch
The Academy has a new rule to address this problem. Good luck with enforcing that.
Return of the Shaman
How visionary healers became a fixture of contemporary American culture and politics
Trump’s Tactical Burger Unit Is Beyond Parody
Happy Meal Team Six
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
No One Knows How to ‘Save’ Hollywood
Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on movies seized upon the American film industry’s existential panic.