The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
Cory Booker, Endurance Athlete
The New Jersey senator broke congressional records by speaking for more than 25 hours. How?
RFK Jr. Is Out for Revenge
The health secretary’s indiscriminate layoffs will undermine his own priorities.
The Real Goal of the Trump Economy
The president isn’t trying to engineer prosperity for Americans. He’s seeking power for himself.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
Trump’s Salvadoran Gulag
To be deported, one does not need to be a drug dealer or a terrorist; apparently, having tattoos and being Venezuelan is enough.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
When I’m 84
The world still needs Ringo Starr.
A New Kart-Racing Appliance
Nintendo announces the Switch 2, a device for piloting go-karts.
The New Marriage of Unequals
Women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman.
The Curse of Ayn Rand’s Heir
Leonard Peikoff dedicated his life to promoting the author’s vision of freedom and self-determination. But at what cost?
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
Search-and-Rescue Dogs at Work
Images of some of these working rescue dogs and their handlers, on site and in training, from the past several years
My Day Inside America’s Most Hated Car
The Cybertruck is a 7,000-pound Rorschach test.
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
So Much for the MAGA Divorce
The nativist right is starting to make peace with Elon Musk.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?