The Hegseth Hearing Was a National Embarrassment

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:01pm

Americas allies and enemies watched as Trumps pick for the secretary of defense failed to quell concerns about his character and qualificati...

Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 4:20pm

At todays confirmation hearing the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:14pm

Almost everything you can do to avoid the worst outcomes must take place long before that first spark

A Secret Way to Fight Off Stomach Bugs

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:04pm

It isnt hand sanitizer

I Have a Huge Crush on a Writer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:00pm

Should I reach out to her

Jack Smith Gives Up

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 12:00pm

The January 6 crime paid off for Trump

Why Didnt Jack Smith Charge Trump With Insurrection

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 10:25am

The law simply wasnt prepared for a sitting president who would attempt to steal an election

The Atlantic Hires Caity Weaver as Staff Writer Jonathan Lemire and Alex Reisner to Join as Contributing Writers

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 8:17am

Today The Atlantic is announcing the hire of Caity Weaver as a staff writer who joins from The New York Times Magazine and two new contribut...

The Singing Chimp Isnt the Wildest Part of Better Man

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 8:00am

The musical biopic plays with its (human) subjects imageand career

Irans Return to Pragmatism

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 7:00am

The events of 2024 shifted the balance of power in the Middle Eastand inside Iran

Harvard Didnt Break America

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:00am

Readers respond to our December 2024 cover story and more

The Childhood Friends Behind the Most Audacious Sports-Memorabilia Heists in American History

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:00am

They stole Yogi Berras World Series rings Then they did something really crazy

Where Han Kangs Nightmares Come From

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 6:00am

In her novels the South Korean Nobel laureate returns again and again to her countrys bloody past

The Scientist vs the Machine

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/14/25 at 5:00am

What happened when AI took over these researchers jobs

Time for Senate Republicans to Decide

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 5:56pm

The confirmation of all of Trumps Cabinet choices isnt a foregone conclusion

Do You Speak Brain Rot

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 12:11pm

The new language of the internet is both mind-numbing and irresistible

Europe Is at War Why Cant It Say So

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 9:45am

Putins not-so-quiet sabotage campaign against European democracies

A Hole Made More Obvious by What Surrounds It

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 9:30am

Lily Tucks attempt to resurrect a victim of the Holocaust turns her into a prosecutor not a novelist

A Palestinian American Sex and the City

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 8:00am

Betty Shamiehs debut novel is a rebellious rom-com

The New Temperance Is All About Health

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 6:30am

How sobriety went from a radical social movement to a tool of self-optimization

Liberal Preppers Are Gearing Up for Trumps Second Term

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 6:00am

Theyre stocking up on and freeze-drying foodand say that others should be too

The Political Dead End of the Post-Neoliberal Democrats

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/13/25 at 6:00am

The theory that populist economic policies can win back the working class has been triedand it has failed

We stay and its ours

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/12/25 at 11:00am

A poem for Sunday

Big Ski Is Trying to Snow You

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/12/25 at 9:00am

A recent strike at a major resort has put the spotlight on what a bad deal both workers and visitors are getting

You Cant Design Reckless Driving Away

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/12/25 at 8:00am

Road-safety activists convinced themselves that law enforcement was unnecessary

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