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Trump Does Not Understand What He’s Saying About the Middle East

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.

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Nothing on the Internet Is Secure Anymore

AI is enabling a deluge of cyberattacks the likes of which we’ve never seen before.

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Why July 4 Turned Into a Trump Rally

The president has never accepted that the head of state and the leader of the Republican Party are separate roles.

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The U.S. Had No Choice but Diplomacy—Yet Again

The new pact between the U.S. and Iran seeks to rewind the clock to the day before the war. ​​​​​​

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The Atlantic healthculture
I Remember America Before the Measles Vaccine

And I wish Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did too.

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J. D. Vance Tells the Story of His Two Conversions

Politically and spiritually, the vice president has been on a journey.

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And Now a Few Words From Our Former Presidents on UFC 250

What would Thomas Jefferson say?

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Trump Celebrates While America Capitulates

The peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory.

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The Congresswoman Who Got Trump’s Name Off the Kennedy Center

Representative Joyce Beatty sued over the president’s control of the arts complex. The effort to keep it open isn’t over.

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President Trump’s State of the Union Variety Show

Were you not entertained?

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The Atlantic businessworld
Oil Prices Might Not Go Back to Normal Anytime Soon

There’s a big difference between reopening the Strait of Hormuz on paper and actually resuming the flow of oil through it.

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Trump’s 250th Celebration Is a Fiasco

The president has turned a solemn occasion into a Day of Trump.

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The Atlantic technologyculture
The Trait That ‘Super Friends’ Have in Common

A secure attachment style can help people initiate and maintain friendships.

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Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender

He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.

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Atlantic Trivia: Patriotic Music

In 1861, a writing contest was held to find a replacement for what song that organizers considered “almost useless” for its difficult vocal range and vague, patriotic lyrics?

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The Betrayal of the Iranian People

The world has not reckoned with the violence visited on Iran’s people in 2026.

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The Butterflies That Defy Aging

They might fade, but they flap and feed with vigor until they drop dead.

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How the Low Minimum Wage Helps Rich Companies

Low wages benefit employers at the expense of both workers and taxpayers.

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The Marshmallow Test Is Bunk

Psychologists and economists have spent decades demoting gratification to a sin. They were wrong.

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Finally, an Action Movie About Washington’s French and Indian War Years

Young Washington gives us pre-Revolutionary George, bristling with awkwardness and ambition.

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One Word Describes Trump

A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

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How Trump’s Culture War Derailed a New Smithsonian Museum

Republicans wanted to narrow the scope of the Women’s History Museum and give the president power over its location. The attempt failed.

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Ukraine Is Not Losing. Russia Is Not Winning.

A momentum shift that changes everything

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The Alligator Alcatraz Boondoggle

The immigrant-detention facility, which may soon be shut down, has been a cruel and costly publicity stunt.

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The White House Is Ratcheting Up Its War Against Anthropic

This is how America loses the AI race.

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The Nicest Man in Stand-Up

Nate Bargatze’s humor is slow, inoffensive, even soothing. And he’s one of the hottest acts in comedy.

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The Atlantic culture
There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You

“Hasslers” make life more difficult—and we can’t escape them.

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A Different Kind of Fading President

Joe Biden became quieter, while Donald Trump grows even louder.

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The Warner Bros.–Paramount Merger Isn’t Hollywood’s Biggest Problem

Regardless of what happens between the studios, the film industry “is still in trouble,” a historian says.

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The Unpopular Truth About World Cup Ticket Prices

When seats cost too little, ticket speculators reap the benefits.

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Atlantic Trivia: Marriage, That Blessed Arrangement

What future Rough Rider wrote in his diary before his 1880 marriage to Alice Lee, “Thank heaven I am absolutely pure. I can tell Alice everything I have ever done”?

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Why AI Is Incorrigibly Didactic

The rise of machine writing is a great opportunity for literature.

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Will Iran Be Next?

Soldiers, spies, and diplomats conduct a classic Pentagon war game—with sobering results

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Gen X Women Are Caught in a Generational Tug-of-War

The average caregiver is a 49-year-old woman, and the demands of caregiving seem likely to increase.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s American Horror Story

The author wrote a tale that challenged the nation’s founding myths. Then it disappeared.

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A Night of Dominance and Submission

By staging a mixed-martial-arts melee on the White House lawn, the president expressed the essence of his worldview.

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My Descent Into Mah-Jongg

The game seems to be everywhere, all at once.

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Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result: Could Ice Cream Possibly Be Good for You?

Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.

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The Race That Put Ford on the Map

At the dawn of the automobile age, four teams set out to test the limits of their machines—and of human endurance.

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A Room Is Like a Mind, but Whose?

A poem

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The Atlantic’s April Cover: McKay Coppins on His Year as a Degenerate Gambler

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DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest

People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.

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Photos: Knicks Fans Celebrate Their NBA Championship

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.

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Aristotle’s 10 Rules for a Good Life

An ancient Greek recipe for happiness

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An Underrated Sitcom That’s a Fire Hose of Funny

Culture and entertainment recommendations including Stath Lets Flats, zombie films, a vintage Paddington Bear, and more

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The Atlantic legalpolitics
The ‘But He’s a Veteran’ Defense is Condescending and Dangerous

Graham Platner is responsible for his own actions.

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So Much for Leaving Abortion Up to the States

Louisiana’s case against the FDA is not just about one drug.

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Listening to All the Music AI Is Trained on Would Take Decades

We obtained four datasets that reveal an astonishing number of songs.

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Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President

Why don’t the president’s supporters hold him to their own standard of masculinity?

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A Gift From the Basketball Gods

The Knicks represent the best of New York sports.

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