To see how the president is losing ground to Beijing, consider his disastrous relationship with India.| The Atlantic
Agency workers say that information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.| The Atlantic
What can I say? I love to betray my friends.| The Atlantic
The conservative activist couldn’t have risen to prominence without robust free speech.| The Atlantic
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If the federal government were to invest in finding autism’s causes, it would consider the effects of pesticides.| The Atlantic
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Pam Bondi stated that the federal government will “go after” Americans “if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.”| The Atlantic
Elon Musk’s chatbot is a slow-motion train wreck.| The Atlantic
America’s vaccine chaos is a nightmare for pregnant women.| The Atlantic
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I’m lucky to have had a comfortable landing, but I’m struggling to find purpose.| The Atlantic
The late actor’s talent could seem invisible until the right conditions made it heroically apparent.| The Atlantic
When we see ourselves in the context of wonder, it makes us humbler.| The Atlantic
Senseless violence on the city’s light-rail was the culmination of years of failure.| The Atlantic
Maya Moore walked away from basketball to focus on social-justice activism. Was it worth it?| The Atlantic
The movement for Jewish settlement of Palestine resembles other nationalisms of its era.| The Atlantic
He didn’t just want to win elections. He wanted to win a generation.| The Atlantic
Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila.| The Atlantic
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Some Native kids who leave to pursue education find themselves stuck between a longing to help their community and the lack of viable employment back home.| The Atlantic
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?| The Atlantic
Tesla’s board proposes a supercharged compensation package.| The Atlantic
Even if the president’s efforts bring safety temporarily, they are undermining the city’s long-term well-being.| The Atlantic
Charlie Kirk was a content creator—a job that shapes how people now talk about and experience politics.| The Atlantic
The Emmys host wanted to make the ceremony fun, but his big idea didn’t work.| The Atlantic
How a kid from Long Island willed his way to the top of American comedy| The Atlantic
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This is when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to Europe’s defense.| The Atlantic
The post-liberal American right set out to destroy the guardrails that restrained anti-Semitism, without giving any thought to what might happen next.| The Atlantic
The rise of “smartphones on wheels” is ushering in cybersecurity risks that have never before existed on America’s roads.| The Atlantic
Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.| The Atlantic
A professor at the Institute discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. What might it mean for the future of AI?| The Atlantic
Elon Musk’s grand vision is coming into focus.| The Atlantic
In Arctic Siberia, Russian scientists are trying to stave off catastrophic climate change—by resurrecting an Ice Age biome complete with extinct creatures.| The Atlantic
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Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.| The Atlantic
Carlo Acutis can be seen as relatable—or deeply strange.| The Atlantic
The tidiest explanation for the pop star’s success is that she befriended an underestimated audience of girls and young women. That’s only part of the story.| The Atlantic
Was your kid’s report card written by a chatbot?| The Atlantic
Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work.| The Atlantic
The end of critical thinking in the classroom| The Atlantic
Lawsuits, lawsuits, and more lawsuits| The Atlantic
A close read of Hamas’s founding documents clearly shows its intentions.| The Atlantic
The office was, until a few decades ago, the last stronghold of fashion formality. Silicon Valley changed that.| The Atlantic
The first known Mr. Darcy to take the stage, in 1899, was a woman.| The Atlantic
Fictional portrayals of computer sentience reveal not only what we want from this technology, but also what we know about the fallibility of humans.| The Atlantic
The U.S. won the Civil War. So why is the administration so keen on the Confederate side?| The Atlantic
Only part of the left’s most promising political party even wants to win elections or come to power.| The Atlantic
A lawmaker from Missouri bucked his party and held 15 public events this week. Here’s what he heard.| The Atlantic
The president’s accomplishments are considerable, but on his signature issue of preserving democracy, he failed spectacularly.| The Atlantic
The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.| The Atlantic
Republicans aren’t the only party putting tribal loyalty ahead of basic truth.| The Atlantic
On the 70th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death, his murder weapon goes on display in Mississippi.| The Atlantic
No one should confuse a bland interstate chain with a real slice of Americana.| The Atlantic
At the tryouts for the first professional women’s baseball league in the U.S. in more than 70 years| The Atlantic
The state is ever more insistent on a reality at odds with people’s experience. That’s not a good sign for progress.| The Atlantic
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE.| The Atlantic
America’s democratic system depends on the public’s understanding that law is bigger than politics, David Frum argues. But now, Trump is sending a clear message that he is willing to go after his enemies and undermine that system.| The Atlantic
A clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400.| The Atlantic
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The Israeli leader and his allies bet everything on Trump. But he’s just not that into them.| The Atlantic
A former jihadist has remade himself in a bid to remake a scarred and divided country.| The Atlantic
The president proposes a terrible solution to a very real problem.| The Atlantic
AI can be used to automate tasks—and entire jobs. But it could also be designed to collaborate with humans. David Autor and James Manyika on why we should focus on the latter:| The Atlantic
The infamous parasite’s methods are more complex and more sinister than anyone suspected.| The Atlantic
An audience with the former Republican leader| The Atlantic
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Republicans are right to criticize Europe for attacking free expression, even if that makes them hypocritical.| The Atlantic
Without real reform, Americans might just end up eating more junk food.| The Atlantic
The video platform is quietly using AI to “improve clarity” in uploaded content. Why?| The Atlantic
The little guy who got to the top of the Buddy List was inspired by postwar American imagery.| The Atlantic
The AI takeover is changing everything about the web—and not necessarily for the better.| The Atlantic
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.| The Atlantic
Donald Trump is not a Fascist, but his campaign style shares some notable things in common with the Italian dictator's approach to politics.| The Atlantic
Years and years of research add up to an uncomfortable reality: The connection between social media and mental health is more complicated than it seems.| The Atlantic
Products glorifying youth are being sold to actual youth.| The Atlantic
The struggling chain is still alive, but its version of childhood might not be.| The Atlantic
A Lithuanian MP on what Europe must do as the U.S. steps back| The Atlantic
The world’s richest man still relies on the president for his authority.| The Atlantic
The right claims to loathe technocracy—but it has empowered Elon Musk to remake the government.| The Atlantic
Biden has inadvertently encouraged vulnerable nations to seek the ultimate shield.| The Atlantic
The speed with which the Trump administration took the agency apart will be felt for years to come.| The Atlantic
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Philosophically, intellectually—in every way—human society is unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence.| The Atlantic
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Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia.| The Atlantic
Female shoppers are being pushed toward buy-now-pay-later services.| The Atlantic
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Bolstering democracies will take global cooperation.| The Atlantic
