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The Terror of Aimlessness

The protagonists of the new horror film It Ends are stuck on an infinite road, and they can’t figure out why....

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Liberal Families Are Looking Pretty Traditional

What I see in my deep-blue D.C. neighborhood undermines the simplistic culture-war narrative....

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Photos of the Week: Robot Training, Straw Chickens, Blessed Dogs

Harvest festivals in Germany, a solar-energy base in a Chinese desert, high-diving in Slovenia, hurricane damage in Hawaii, a traveling circus in France, and much more...

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From ‘Indispensable’ Ally to Target of Annihilation

The latest target of Trump’s ire is the low-profile Sultanate of Oman....

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Jon Ossoff Gives the Base What It Wants

Is that a winning strategy?...

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Now Everyone Knows Natalie Harp

The West Wing’s explosive response to a fleeting jab didn’t kill the story. It enabled days of coverage....

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What Does a Trump Endorsement Actually Mean in 2026?

A few recent losses for Trump-endorsed politicians hardly mean a sea change in Trump’s power, but they do complicate his narrative....

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James Fishback Is an Unsettling Glimpse Into the GOP’s Future

The candidate lost badly in Florida but showed that there’s support for bigotry among the young....

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Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?

Did you mix something up? Maybe you’re just “hallucinating.”...

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President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks

The National Park Service changed the way it prioritized projects so that the president’s requests are quickly approved....

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Another Pot of Paint Thrown in the Public’s Face

Does AI actually belong in an art museum?...

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Resistance 1.0 Was Not Crazy

The much-derided movement was right about Trump’s nature, and how to defeat him....

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Ukraine Planned to Swarm Moscow Airports With AI-Guided Drones

The stalled operation, code-named “M&Ms,” sought to isolate Russian elites and force Vladimir Putin to negotiate a truce....

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The New History Wars

A bookish form of protest is opposing Trump’s changes....

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Secrets of a Jeopardy Champion

The trick to winning is to not “know everything.”...

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A Stubbornly Naive Group of GOP Senators

A small caucus of non-MAGA Republicans keeps falling for the president’s flimsy promises....

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The AI Boom Is About to Make Cars Even More Expensive

Prepare yourself for an average sticker price of $60,000....

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The ‘Resistance’ Is Over

The insurgent left cares more about its own factional agenda than the president’s threats to democracy....

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Photos: Drone Attacks on Russia’s Wildberries Warehouses

Over the past month, Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russian territory have targeted the online-retail giant Wildberries, destroying massive warehouses and logistics centers. Ukraine has accused Wildbe...

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The Case for Chilling Out About Birth Rates

Even if the fertility decline doesn’t reverse itself anytime soon, the consequences are unlikely to be apocalyptic....

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Trump’s Current Naval Fixation

Why is the president obsessed with steam power?...

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What Really Happens If China Wins the AI Race?

For years, the tech industry has portrayed Chinese AI development as an existential threat. The truth is not so straightforward....

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There's No Reason to Buy a New Phone Anymore

Consumers are ditching the hype cycle and buying used devices in unprecedented numbers....

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The Atlantic Announces Ian Bogost and Gabby Deutch as Staff Writers, and Nick Summers and Talya Zax as Senior Editors

Today The Atlantic is announcing four new members of the editorial staff: Gabby Deutch and Ian Bogost as staff writers, and Nick Summers and Talya Zax as senior editors.Ian is a familiar name to Atlan...

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The American West Is Quietly Having a Terrible Fire Season

More land has burned so far this year than in any year in the past decade....

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Alan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to Him

He has new friends on Martha’s Vineyard. But his tales of cancellation have not subsided....

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Islamophobia Has Corroded American Values

Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Muslims weren’t treated like this....

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The Crime Drama of the Year Is All About Female Rage

The Hulu show Furious is preoccupied with anger that has metastasized into something darker....

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Trump Is Putting His Face on Everything

We Americans remember our presidents in all sorts of ways, with monuments and statues, on coins and street signs. Another thing we do is wait—we wait until a president is safely out of office, or dead...

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