Donald Trump

December 19, 2024

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Ideas

How Liberal America Came to Its Senses

Jonathan Chait

December 19, 2024

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Politics

Trump Has Found the Media’s Biggest Vulnerability

Jonathan Chait

December 18, 2024

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Planet

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

Zoë Schlanger

December 18, 2024

A natural-gas pipeline being laid in Pennsylvania

Global

Ukraine’s Hardest Winter

Robert F. Worth

December 18, 2024

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The Atlantic Daily

Trump to Russia’s Rescue

Tom Nichols

December 17, 2024

Donald Trump looks at Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they take their places for a family photo during the G20 Leaders' Summit

Letters

America Needs a Leader, Not a Salesman

January 2025 Issue

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The Atlantic Daily

Silicon Valley Heads to Mar-a-Lago

Lora Kelley

December 16, 2024

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Politics

How to Navigate the Era of Trump

Eliot A. Cohen

December 16, 2024

Politics

How Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration

Cecilia Muñoz and Frank Sharry

December 16, 2024

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Politics

Maybe Democrats Didn’t Do So Badly After All

Russell Berman

December 16, 2024

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Ideas

How to Move On From the Worst of Identity Politics

Conor Friedersdorf

December 15, 2024

U.S.

Trump Confronts Republican Rifts

The Editors

December 14, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Culture

A Mindset for the Trump Era

Gal Beckerman

December 13, 2024

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Politics

Trump Is About to Betray His Rural Supporters

Ronald Brownstein

December 13, 2024

A photo of a Trump placard standing in an empty farm field.

Politics

The Wellness Women Are on the March

Elaine Godfrey

December 13, 2024

The famous image of George Washington crossing the Delaware, but instead of a flag, the boat bears a caduceus

Ideas

Lina Khan Goes Out With a Bang

Stacy Mitchell

December 12, 2024

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Ideas

Liberals Have an Own-Goal Problem

Elizabeth Bruenig

December 12, 2024

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Politics

A Scandalous Resignation

Jonathan Chait

December 11, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

The Crisis Neither Party Is Equipped to Handle

Charles Sykes

December 11, 2024

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Technology

Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear

Charlie Warzel

December 11, 2024

People hold hands and surround a giant bitcoin

The Atlantic Daily

The Trump Family’s Many Entanglements

Lora Kelley

December 10, 2024

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, standing in front of Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr.

Politics

The Conversation Democrats Need to Have

Jon Favreau

December 10, 2024

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Global

How Trump Can Win the Peace in Ukraine

Niall Ferguson and Harry Halem

December 10, 2024

A triptych of photo images of Zelensky, Trump, and Putin

Work In Progress

Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long

Rogé Karma

December 10, 2024

Politics

The Bizarre Normalcy of Trump 2.0

Jonathan Chait

December 9, 2024

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Politics

A New Bracero Program Is Not the Solution

Mae Ngai

December 9, 2024

Mexican farmworkers register to work under the Bracero program

Politics

Biden’s Pardon Proves Trump Right

Mark Leibovich

December 9, 2024

Ideas

How Trump Could End the War in Ukraine

Eliot A. Cohen

December 9, 2024

Technology

Even the Koch Brothers Weren’t This Brazen

Ali Breland

December 9, 2024

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Photos of the Year With Alan Taylor

Top 25 News Photos of 2024

Alan Taylor

December 9, 2024

The Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an attempted assassination at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

U.S.

Pete Hegseth’s Nomination

The Editors

December 7, 2024

Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg and panelist McKay Coppins on the set of Washington Week With The Atlantic

Politics

Hunter Biden Was Unfairly Prosecuted

Kristy Greenberg

December 7, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

What Can DOGE Do?

Lora Kelley

December 6, 2024

Global

The Folly of Ignoring Syria This Long

Arash Azizi

December 6, 2024

Politics

No, Trump Can’t Just ‘Dismiss’ the Senate

Akhil Reed Amar, Josh Chafetz, and Thomas P. Schmidt

December 6, 2024

Sections

The Print Edition

Musk Makes a Mess of Congress

How Liberal America Came to Its Senses

Trump Has Found the Media’s Biggest Vulnerability

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

Ukraine’s Hardest Winter

Trump to Russia’s Rescue

America Needs a Leader, Not a Salesman

Silicon Valley Heads to Mar-a-Lago

How to Navigate the Era of Trump

How Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration

Maybe Democrats Didn’t Do So Badly After All

How to Move On From the Worst of Identity Politics

Trump Confronts Republican Rifts

A Mindset for the Trump Era

Trump Is About to Betray His Rural Supporters

The Wellness Women Are on the March

Lina Khan Goes Out With a Bang

Liberals Have an Own-Goal Problem

A Scandalous Resignation

The Crisis Neither Party Is Equipped to Handle

Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear

The Trump Family’s Many Entanglements

The Conversation Democrats Need to Have

How Trump Can Win the Peace in Ukraine

Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long

The Bizarre Normalcy of Trump 2.0

A New Bracero Program Is Not the Solution

Biden’s Pardon Proves Trump Right

How Trump Could End the War in Ukraine

Even the Koch Brothers Weren’t This Brazen

Top 25 News Photos of 2024

Pete Hegseth’s Nomination

Hunter Biden Was Unfairly Prosecuted

What Can DOGE Do?

The Folly of Ignoring Syria This Long

No, Trump Can’t Just ‘Dismiss’ the Senate