The Unbearable Weight of Mission: Impossible
What started as the adventures of a brilliant spy morphed into the mythology of an exemplary human being.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
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 Protective ‘Politburo’ That Hid Biden’s Decline
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson discuss their new book, Original Sin.
How People With Dementia Make Sense of the World
The human brain has a way of creating logic, even when it’s drifting from reality.
It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gaza’s Children
Israel’s limits on aid have put the region at “critical risk of famine.” Help is within reach. But it’s not enough—and it’s arriving too slowly.
‘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.
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
An Atlantic Reading List on Consciousness
What it feels like to love somebody who cannot communicate the way they once did
What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with his claims of an “autism epidemic.”
The Anti-Natalist’s Revenge
A manifesto left by the bomber of a fertility clinic demands refutation.
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.
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin
In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.
Trump Is Crushing the Netanyahu Myth
The Israeli leader and his allies bet everything on Trump. But he’s just not that into them.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
An Awkward Truth About American Work
Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
How Colin Jost Became a Joke
The “Weekend Update” host knows exactly what he’s doing.
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