A mournful new film reimagines the classic do-gooder as an antihero. | Continue reading
An alliance with the president was the Israeli prime minister’s selling point. Now it may be his downfall. | Continue reading
President Trump wanted an American-flag-blue Reflecting Pool. Instead, he got a swamp. | Continue reading
Neoconservatives struggle to reconcile their hopes for Trump with the failure of his Iran war. | Continue reading
The president’s 80th birthday was in many ways the apotheosis of his administration. | Continue reading
But even $1.5 trillion won’t solve its problems. | Continue reading
The 2026 World Cup is underway, and fans around the world are gathering in stadiums, pubs, and even churches—both at home and in the three host countries—to cheer for their teams and ride the emotional roller coasters as they watch. | Continue reading
CNN international correspondent Patrick Oppmann on Trump’s fixation on Cuba, the current state of the Cuban government, and what happens next. Plus: J. D. Vance’s presidential aspirations and Othello. | Continue reading
The Trump administration’s theory of how the federal government should work is a threat to American science. | Continue reading
Some of the people celebrating American excess are not what they seem. | Continue reading
Pixar made a classic trilogy about growing up. At that point, the studio should have left its toys behind. | Continue reading
A convenient conversion story | Continue reading
They say pot helps them be patient with their kids. But at what cost? | Continue reading
Chatbots have already wormed their way into the U.S. health-care system. | Continue reading
The president went to war triumphant and will likely leave greatly weakened. | Continue reading
The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth. | Continue reading
Trump’s off-ramp from war with Iran runs through Qatar. | Continue reading
There’s a big difference between reopening the Strait of Hormuz on paper and resuming the flow of oil through it. | Continue reading
AI is enabling a deluge of cyberattacks the likes of which we’ve never seen before. | Continue reading
The president has never accepted that the head of state and the leader of the Republican Party are separate roles. | Continue reading
They might fade, but they flap and feed with vigor until they drop dead. | Continue reading
The world has not reckoned with the violence visited on Iran’s people in 2026. | Continue reading
Finally, an action movie about Washington’s French and Indian War years | Continue reading
Readers respond to our March 2026 issue. | Continue reading
Psychologists and economists have spent decades demoting gratification to a sin. They were wrong. | Continue reading
The new pact between the U.S. and Iran seeks to rewind the clock to the day before the war. | Continue reading
The White House is escalating its war against Anthropic. | Continue reading
Researchers have a name for the relationships that drain us. | Continue reading
Regardless of what happens between Warner Bros. and Paramount, the film industry “is still in trouble,” a historian says. | Continue reading
When seats cost too little, ticket speculators reap the benefits. | Continue reading
Politically and spiritually, the vice president has been on a journey. | Continue reading
By staging a mixed-martial-arts melee on the White House lawn, the president expressed the essence of his worldview. | Continue reading
The author wrote a tale that challenged the nation’s founding myths. Then it disappeared. | Continue reading
The rise of machine writing is a great opportunity for literature. | Continue reading
The game seems to be everywhere, all at once. | Continue reading
What would Thomas Jefferson say? | Continue reading
The peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory. | Continue reading
Yesterday, the New York Knicks won their first NBA Championship since 1973, defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5. Fans across New York City held watch parties at their homes, at bars, and in the streets—and they erupted in celebration after the Knicks’ historic win. | Continue reading
Graham Platner is responsible for his own actions. | Continue reading
Culture and entertainment recommendations including Stath Lets Flats, zombie films, a vintage Paddington Bear, and more | Continue reading
Panelists joined a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic to discuss the state of democracy 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. | Continue reading
Don’t ask what Frederic Church’s massive, immersive landscapes mean. Just look. | Continue reading
There’s something reassuring about being with people when nobody is trying especially hard. | Continue reading
Trump voters don’t care to defend institutions that they see as illegitimate. | Continue reading
The tireless artist, who died this week, understood how to reclaim life’s passing moments. | Continue reading
The most notable thing about President Trump’s South Lawn fight is its curious lack of ambition. | Continue reading