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An empty chair at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office — Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty

The Missing President

Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.

Toluse Olorunnipa, Jonathan Lemire, and Russell Berman

October 29, 2025

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J. B. Pritzker’s Dark Visions

Twenty-seven minutes with the latest governor Donald Trump wants arrested

October 28, 2025

Graphic illustration of two hands pulling a rope in opposite directions, to the point that the thinned rope is about to snap. — Illustration by The Atlantic

Trump Teaches Canada What It Means to be a U.S. Ally Now

The president’s attacks on long-standing friends are changing the balance of global power.

October 28, 2025

Illustration by Paul Spella. Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty.

President for Life

Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

J. Michael Luttig

October 28, 2025

An illustration of a red, white, and blue "VOTE" poster with a tear down its center. — Illustration by Carl Godfrey

Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way

Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

David A. Graham

October 28, 2025

Cut up bits of a map are laid over a yellow background — Photo-illustration by Ben Denzer. Source: Cool Owl Maps.

‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’

Democrats are ready to match the GOP’s gerrymandering ruthlessness. Will voters go along?

October 27, 2025

Photo-collage showing two images side-by-side of President Johnson standing next to a small round table and a side portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. — Illustration by the Atlantic. Source: Library of Congress.

What Trump Could Learn From Ulysses S. Grant

The last American crisis over civilian-military relations ended with a general’s historic choice.

October 27, 2025

Image of construction worker sitting on side of the road, video of a truck going by. — Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Grace Buono.

My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble

An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.

October 25, 2025

Photograph of Graham Platner speaking into a microphone against a blue-green backdrop — Brian Snyder / Reuters

What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong

Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.

October 25, 2025

Photograph of Republican representatives and Speaker Mike Johnson at a news conference at the Capitol. — Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty

The Shutdown Is a Knife at a Gunfight

The two sides may forge a deal, but what difference will it make to a president who doesn’t respect Congress at all?

October 24, 2025