The Atlantic

November 24, 2025

That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan

How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature

The Atlantic

November 24, 2025

The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse

Trump is both a product and a cause of the collapse of intellectual standards on the right.

The Atlantic

November 24, 2025

The Real Fight Over Geoengineering Is Beginning

The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.

The Atlantic

November 24, 2025

The Hardest Job in San Francisco

“You spent six months to get somebody to take a medication. Was that really worthwhile?”

The Atlantic

November 24, 2025

The Rise and Rot of the MAGA Right

Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity.

The Atlantic

November 23, 2025

What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador

Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison...

The Atlantic

November 23, 2025

Climate Realism Is a Delusion

By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide towards a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.

The Atlantic

November 23, 2025

Tilting the Playing Field

Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.

The Atlantic

November 23, 2025

The Fantastical Storytelling of Nollywood Movies

Nigerian epic thrillers, Chimamanda Adichie’s books, and more culture and entertainment recommendations

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Needed Donald Trump

Without him, she’s just one of 435 House members.

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke

What the Georgia representative learned in Washington

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

What to Do When Your Friends Disappoint You

A “friendship breakup” isn’t always the answer.

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not

Its effects will linger for some time.

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace

Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

It Is Never Too Late to Speak Out

The conservative backlash against Nick Fuentes has yet to challenge the president who had him over for dinner.

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

Today’s Instagram Trivia Answers

Here are the questions and answers from today’s Atlantic Trivia on Instagram.

The Atlantic

November 22, 2025

Trump and Mamdani’s Strange First Meeting

A “communist” and a “despot” walk into the Oval Office …

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina

Agents swept in and left residents to sort through fear, fact, and fiction.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

A DMZ for Ukraine

Trump’s peace plan envisages a divide like the one that splits the Korean peninsula.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

It’s Official: Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

U.S. public health has entered the age of misleading double negatives.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Today’s Atlantic Trivia: Gift-Giving Edition

Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

The President Is Losing Control of Himself

Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Gas-Station Weed Is Fighting for Its Life

A new law is set to devastate the industry that brought THC sodas and cookies to American convenience stores.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Elon Musk: Better Than Jesus?

Grok is trying to rewrite history on behalf of its creator.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Two Genres That Aren’t So Different After All

Reconsidering the plot vs. not debate

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Are Sports the Most Valuable Commodity in the World?

Pablo Torre on billionaire sportswashers, YouTube unboxing videos, and the rampant gambling that’s threatening the integrity of sports

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Death in the Time of Trump

While old Washington memorialized Dick Cheney, the sitting president rage-posted.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Photos of the Week: Christmas Market, Mountain Frost, Penguin Outing

The 2025 Miss Universe competition in Thailand, lingering damage from Hurricane Melissa in Cuba, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, ice sculp...

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Oz Has Never Been Less Wonderful

The Wicked sequel takes a dreary turn from the irresistible first film.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

The Growing Fissures in MAGA World

The intraparty fight over the Epstein files was only the prelude.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

Trump’s Dreadful Peace Plan for Ukraine

The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.

The Atlantic

November 21, 2025

The Earliest Days of The Atlantic Online

The year 1995 was full of flash art and wild optimism about the internet.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

The Last Device You’ll Ever Need

Tech companies are racing to give AI a physical shape.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine Now

The agency’s revamped vaccine-safety page enshrines Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fringe beliefs as government guidance.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

Why the Sequel to Last Year’s Brightest Film Took a Dark Turn

The director of “Wicked” knows he took a big swing with its sequel.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!

They keep feeding us fruit, and now we have to wear clothes.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails

The longtime Epstein associate reveled in her privileges after the Trump administration moved her to more comfortable surroundings.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

When Border Patrol Comes to Town

The new face of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

How to Be a Happy Speck in Time

Self-esteem is overrated. The better path to enlightenment is through contemplating one’s insignificance.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

The Pig Is in the White House

This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

The Rise of the ‘Sex and the City Conservative’

What does it mean to be a MAGA woman in 2025?

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

Leftists and Moderates Are Trying to Be More Like Each Other

The Democratic Party’s rival factions might actually have managed to find an economic message they can agree on.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

How to Fix the Mess of College Sports

Athletic departments are spending too much money on the wrong things.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine

The Trump administration had actually begun to make progress. Now it’s all in doubt.

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

The Green Machine

Why the Border Patrol–not ICE—is taking over Trump’s mass-deportation campaign

The Atlantic

November 20, 2025

Trump 2.0 Suddenly Looks Like Trump 1.0

Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.

The Atlantic

November 19, 2025

A Wild 48 Hours in the Epstein Saga

The president baits, deflects, and chews the scenery in a drama that just won’t die.

The Atlantic

November 19, 2025

The End of the American Empire

The historian Margaret MacMillan on the impact of the Trump-led American withdrawal from world leadership. Plus: David on the corrupting eff...

The Atlantic

November 19, 2025

Eight Plot-Heavy Books That Will Keep You Turning Pages

Some readers enjoy plotless, heady fiction. Those who don’t should try these titles.

The Atlantic

November 19, 2025

To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says

The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.