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The Silence of the Left on Iran

January 16, 2026

People in shadow hold up three-colored flags in front of a stately building.

Trump-Administration Officials Describe an Elementary-School Drop-Off

Alexandra Petri

January 16, 2026

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How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption

January 16, 2026

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National Security

The Sacrifice of the Danes

Isaac Stanley-Becker

January 15, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

For Trump, Everything Is an Existential Threat

Conor Friedersdorf

January 15, 2026

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‘Look, You Can’t Cancel the Election’

January 15, 2026

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaking at an event in Phoenix, Arizona

National Security

Rubio Won; Liberty Lost

Missy Ryan and Vivian Salama

January 15, 2026

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Elizabeth Warren’s Abundant Mistakes

January 15, 2026

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National Security

The U.S. Military Can’t Do Everything at Once

Nancy A. Youssef

January 14, 2026

A member of the United States Air Force keeps watch over a runway in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on September 9, 2017.

The Atlantic Daily

What Trump’s War Against Wokeness Is Really About

David A. Graham

January 14, 2026

Civil-rights marchers arrive at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 50-mile march from Selma to protest racial discrimination in voter registration, on March 23, 1965.

Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up

January 14, 2026

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Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe

January 14, 2026

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Trump Has Redefined Presidential Scandal

January 14, 2026

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National Security

Denmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland

Isaac Stanley-Becker

January 14, 2026

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Putin’s Explosive Message to Trump

January 14, 2026

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National Security

‘Some Foreign Influence Will Be Hard to Reverse’

January 14, 2026

President Xi of China meeting with the President of Lima

MAGA Thinks Maduro Will Prove Trump Won in 2020

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

January 13, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

None of This Should Have Happened

David A. Graham

January 13, 2026

A bullet hole in a car windshield, after the Minneapolis shooting

The Islamic Republic Will Not Last

January 13, 2026

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The Biggest Myth About Trump’s Base (And Why Many Believe It)

January 13, 2026

Photograph of three women at a Trump rally flying signs and banners. The woman in the center is wearing a Trump mask and a MAGA T-shirt.

A Breathtaking Week of Pure Trump Id

Jonathan Lemire

January 12, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

The Candor of Jerome Powell

January 12, 2026

Some Other Things Donald Trump Will Probably Try to Buy

Alexandra Petri

January 12, 2026

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Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter

January 12, 2026

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Banana Republicanism

January 12, 2026

Jerome Powell looks down, with flags in the background

Trump’s Shrinking Coalition

January 12, 2026

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How Bad Bunny Did It

Spencer Kornhaber

February 2026 Issue

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National Security

What if There Is No Domino Effect?

January 11, 2026

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Washington Week With The Atlantic

Trump’s Greenland Threats

January 10, 2026

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?

Karim Sadjadpour and Jack A. Goldstone

January 10, 2026

A photo of the protests in Iran

Big Oil Knows That Trump’s Venezuela Plans Are Delusional

January 10, 2026

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Americans Are Afraid of Authority

Philip K. Howard

January 10, 2026

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What Stephen Miller Gets Wrong About Human Nature

January 10, 2026

Old illustration of a king overlooking the world, with people inside his body, tinted in red.

Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela

January 10, 2026

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This Will Happen Again

Elizabeth Bruenig

January 10, 2026

A man standing with his hands up opposite a group of heavily armed ICE agents

From ‘I’m Not Mad at You’ to Deadly Shots in Seconds

January 9, 2026

Two little girls in purple coats (one holding a stuffed animal) stand near a flower memorial. Other people are seen in the background.