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.
Photos of the Week: Dragon’s Teeth, Witch Convention, High Plateau
A swannery in southern England, tornado damage in Kentucky, drought conditions in the Florida Everglades, a rally race in a Chinese desert, and much more
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.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Long War That Ended Last Week
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
A Striking Moment in American Activism
A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.
Google’s New AI Puts Breasts on Minors—And J. D. Vance
A feature that lets you virtually try on clothes has a dangerous flaw.
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
What AI Thinks It Knows About You
What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?
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
American Corruption
The Founders would have hated Trump’s luxury jet.
What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with his claims of an “autism epidemic.”
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear
But when you promise the world a revolutionary new product, it helps to have actually built one.
The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
The Congressman Who Saw the Truth About Biden
While many Democrats remained in denial, Mike Quigley perceived something painfully familiar.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is
But she doesn’t.
Why Are There So Many ‘Alternative Devices’ All of a Sudden?
The dream of a phone without problems
First My Mother Died. Then My Home Got Hit by a Tornado.
My street got leveled by 150-mph winds. Why do I feel somehow at ease?