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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Joshua Generation: Did Barack Obama Fulfill His Promise?
In 2007, he saw himself as part of a movement that would take African Americans to the Promised Land. Nine years later, his role in the lineage is less certain.
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Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters The End of Legal Representation for the Suspect in Paris Attacks
Salah Abdeslam’s attorneys say he indicated he no longer wants legal representation.
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Jason Cohn / Reuters Does the NHL Take Concussions Seriously?
The league announced new protocols to protect players from head injuries. But is it enough?
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Kurt Steiss / Reuters What Drug an Unarmed Black Man Had in His System When He Was Killed by Police
Terence Crutcher, who was shot in Tulsa last month, had PCP in his body at the time of the shooting, a toxicology report says.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters A Suspected Terrorist Commits Suicide in German Custody
Jaber al-Bakr, who was arrested earlier this week and accused of plotting to blow up an airport, hung himself inside his cell.
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David Gray / Reuters The Debate Over Australia's Same-Sex Marriage Vote
The country's major political parties support marriage equality but disagree on the process of legalization.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters The End of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7
The company will end production of its troubled phone that overheated and burst into flames.
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Emrah Gurel / AP A Tale of Two Putin Visits
The Russian leader visited Turkey to mark improved relations, but canceled a trip to France over criticism of his actions in Syria.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Independents and Women Bail on Trump, Giving Clinton a Double-Digit Lead
The latest PRRI/The Atlantic poll shows Hillary Clinton building a double-digit advantage—after being locked in a dead heat two weeks ago.
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Pete Souza / White House The Atlantic's New Editor in Chief
Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the magazine, succeeds James Bennet as its 14th top editor.
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Donald Trump / Reuters Trump's Tape Scandal: The Latest Updates
A growing number of Republican elected officials demand their party’s presidential nominee step aside.
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TT News Agency / Reuters The Nobel Prize in Economics
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström will share this year’s award for their contributions to contract theory.
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John Bazemore / AP Hurricane Matthew: The Latest Updates
The Category 1 storm made landfall in South Carolina after leaving hundreds of people dead in Haiti and a trail of devastation across the Caribbean.
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The Washington Post Trump Brags About Groping Women
The Republican nominee faces the biggest crisis of his candidacy after the release of a 2005 recording in which he boasts that stars like him can “grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
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Mike Segar / Reuters Trump Time Capsule #132-> ∞: 'You Can Do Anything. Anything You Want.'
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AP The Russian Hack of the DNC
U.S. intelligence officials said they are “confident” only senior Moscow officials could have authorized it.
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Romeo Ranoco / Reuters An End to U.S.-Philippine Defense Cooperation?
The Philippines’ decision to call off coordinated military exercises with the U.S. marks a significant shift in the long-time allies’ relationship.
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Fernando Vergara / AP What Should the Nobel Peace Prize Recognize?
The 2016 award to Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end the decades-long conflict with FARC arguably breaks a string of more symbolic recognitions.
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Fernando Vergara / AP The Nobel Prize for Peace
This year’s award went to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who signed a historic peace deal with FARC rebels—one that Colombian voters rejected last week in a referendum.
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John Javellana / Reuters Do Hurricanes Really Induce Labor?
It’s not just a myth.
