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Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty Trump to Russia’s Rescue
After a year of misfortune, Putin is about to have a friend in the White House.
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Win McNamee / Getty Silicon Valley Heads to Mar-a-Lago
The tech industry’s Trump taboo is quickly becoming a distant memory.
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FlixPix / Alamy Six Binge-Worthy Movie Series
Spend some time with a good movie—or two, or three.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Brian Glenn / … What’s Going On With Those Drones Over New Jersey?
Strange things have been happening up and down the East Coast at night.
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Alex Kent / Getty When a Shooting Spurs a Social-Media Cycle
A conversation with Charlie Warzel about the internet’s frantic search for a narrative
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PhotoAlto / Frederic Cirou / Getty The Crisis Neither Party Is Equipped to Handle
America’s education system is in trouble, but neither Republicans nor Democrats are up for the challenge of enforcing change.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Trump Family’s Many Entanglements
Donald Trump’s first term was rife with conflicts of interest. This time, it seems, there will be fewer constraints.
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Ugur Yildirim / dia images / Getty Three Ways to Understand Syria’s Future
Atlantic writers on what comes next for the country, its allies, and the U.S.
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Shannon Fagan / Getty Five Stories About the Changing Landscape of Love
Read about the demise of American romance, second-chance couples, and more.
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Andrew Harnik / Getty What Can DOGE Do?
Its leaders have lots of lofty plans and little power to implement them.
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Tryphosa Ho / Alamy How America Lost Its Taste for the Middle
TGI Fridays, Denny’s, and other restaurants in the country’s middle tier are struggling.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Trump’s Predatory Version of ‘America First’
A conversation with David Frum on the dangers of Trump’s approach to the world
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Qi Yang / Getty Behind the Brain Rot
Oxford’s controversial Word of the Year captures how chronically online life has become.
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Drew Angerer / Getty The Hunter Biden Pardon Is a Strategic Mistake
The blunder will haunt Democrats during the next Trump administration.
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Oleg Breslavstev / Getty Six Stories on Love and Family
Read about marriage lessons, how to raise confident kids, the plight of the eldest daughter, and more.
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Pete Kiehart / Redux The Kash Patel Principle
Donald Trump’s choice for FBI director speaks volumes about his real second-term agenda.
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Michel Delsol / Getty The Trends Atlantic Writers Love and Hate
Six answers to the question: “What’s a trend you wish would come back, and one you wish would go away?”
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Jonathan Knowles / Getty Thanksgiving Recipes Keep Getting More Outlandish
Trying something new is exciting, but there’s also a financial incentive behind the need to churn out unfamiliar dishes.
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Jaromir / Getty What Comes Next for Air Travel
The Trump administration could prove more sympathetic to businesses than to consumers.
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Peter Zay / AFP / Getty The Trump Marathon
If Americans want to hold Trump accountable in a second term, they must keep their heads when he uses chaos as a strategy.
