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Aaron Schwartz / Bloomberg / Getty Donald Trump’s War of Words
Violent language is the mother tongue of this Trump administration.
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Fine Art / Contributor Seven Sunday Reads
Explore stories on Trump’s private cellphone, the job-market competition between AI and college grads, and more.
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Susan Walsh / AP Why This Administration Can’t Fill Its Jobs
Making many officials work multiple roles is bad for governance.
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Win McNamee / Getty Triumph of the Insurrectionists
The Trump administration is on a mission to turn the perpetrators of January 6 into heroes.
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Blake Fagan / AFP / Getty The Trump Administration Gets a Serious Scolding
A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of troops to California was more than just an overreach.
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Maria Korneeva / Getty Seven Labor Day Reads
Explore stories on the back-to-school reset, phones in classrooms, cafeteria secrets, and more.
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Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy A Devastating Sci-Fi Movie
Culture and entertainment musts from Tyler Austin Harper
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Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Andrew Harnik / … The Art of the Crypto Deal
Trump and his team are finding new ways to dress up the same old playbook.
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Prime President Homelander
Donald Trump believes he can do whatever he wants—and his followers are determined to prove him right.
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Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: … Cracker Barrel’s Logo Was Never the Problem
No one should confuse a bland interstate chain with a real slice of Americana.
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty The Natural End Point of Trump’s Falsehoods
Someday, the president may need the American people to believe something he says—and they won’t.
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Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP / Getty Trump’s Right-Wing Socialism
The president is embodying the type of big government that right-wing politicians and thinkers have been warning about for a century.
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J Studios / Getty Seven Summer-Weekend Reads
Explore stories on what a person’s dishwasher-loading system says about them, why private schools have gotten out of control, and more.
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Warner Bros. Pictures / Everett Collection Four Perfect Airplane Movies
And two other ways to enjoy your flight.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty A MAHA Progress Report
A conversation with Nicholas Florko about how the health overhaul of the country is coming along
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Kayla Bartkowski / Getty The Quest for a Liberal Stephen Miller
Some Democrats believe that their best bet might be to imitate prominent Republicans, but they’re misdiagnosing their party’s problem.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Trump’s Half-Baked Approach to Negotiation
The president hasn’t shown much interest in dealing with the messy details of diplomacy.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty How Does Trump’s Federal Takeover End?
The president has opened the door to a permanent military occupation of the nation’s capital—and maybe other cities too.
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Vincent Forstenlechner / Connected Archives Seven Weekend Reads
Explore stories about how friendship could be the foundation of lasting love, the elite-college students who can’t read books, and more.
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Getty The U.S.-Russia Summit Is Already a Win for Putin
The meeting could reveal how serious Trump’s disaffection with the Russian leader really is.
