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February 24, 2026

Tales From Kash Patel’s FBI

Some updates to the agency’s portrayal in popular films and TV shows

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February 24, 2026

250 Years of the American Experiment

Introducing a newsletter course from The Atlantic

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February 24, 2026

Another Measles Death Is Coming

The number of measles cases in the U.S. is too high to avoid the disease’s worst outcomes for long.

The Atlantic

February 24, 2026

The Truth Behind Charli XCX’s Pivot to Hollywood

The singer believes that her brand extends beyond music. Is she right?

The Atlantic

February 24, 2026

Michael Pollan's New Book Pops the AI Bubble

Michael Pollan’s new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

The Atlantic

February 24, 2026

AI Is Unlocking a New Way of Doing Math

Terence Tao, the legendary mathematician, explains the promise of generative AI.

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February 24, 2026

[Gestures Around] Is the Phrase of the Decade

Why a meme from 2016 has stuck around for so long

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February 24, 2026

Gavin Newsom’s Father Issues

The California governor’s new memoir is dominated by a parent’s emotional distance.

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February 24, 2026

The Midterm Message Republicans Wish Trump Would Deliver

Just because the president says it doesn’t mean candidates should repeat it.

The Atlantic

February 24, 2026

Trump’s Suddenly High-Stakes State of the Union

The president is visiting Congress in a dramatically different place from where he was a year ago.

The Atlantic

February 23, 2026

Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity

You don’t “train a human”

The Atlantic

February 23, 2026

This Isn’t Trump’s Supreme Court

The tariffs decision is more proof that the 6–3 Court isn’t driven by partisanship. It has another goal.

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February 23, 2026

The Revenge of the Dummymander

Partisan gerrymandering sometimes backfires on the people drawing the maps. Could that happen again in 2026?

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February 23, 2026

Today's Atlantic Trivia Questions and Answers, Week 18

Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help.

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February 23, 2026

Trump’s Iran Policy Does Not Add Up

The choice isn’t between a deal and war. It’s between using American leverage and discarding it.

The Atlantic

February 23, 2026

Gen Z Women Are Having an Identity Crisis

They may be struggling even more than young men.

The Atlantic

February 23, 2026

High-End Construction Really Does Help Everyone

A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb up.

The Atlantic

February 23, 2026

The GOP’s Nazi Problem

How dark fringes reached the center of the Republican Party

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February 23, 2026

When Revolution Bloomed and Died in Damascus

Nothing prepares you for what it’s really like to live at the extreme.

The Atlantic

February 22, 2026

Trump Administration Ending Humanitarian Aid to Seven African Countries

The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. nation...

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February 22, 2026

A poem by Roey Leonardi, ‘Two Portraits of My Father in a Tree’

A poem

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February 22, 2026

Different Views of the Winter Olympics

A collection of creative photographs from this year’s games featuring infrared imaging, vintage cameras, optical filters, digital composites...

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February 22, 2026

Frederick Wiseman Always Made His Point

The late filmmaker captured our essential American institutions—and the people trying to navigate them.

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February 22, 2026

A Blockbuster That Understands Ambition

Culture and entertainment recommendations including The Devil Wears Prada, Agatha Christie novels, and more

The Atlantic

February 22, 2026

The Orality Theory of Everything

The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

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February 22, 2026

The Alysa Liu Effect

She proves that an Olympic gold-medalist figure skater can be strong, warm to her competitors, and salty all at the same time.

The Atlantic

February 21, 2026

Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Cross Jump

Four Olympic skiers race through the air.

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February 21, 2026

What to Expect from Trump’s State of the Union Address

Panelists join to preview the president’s upcoming remarks.

The Atlantic

February 21, 2026

What Would War With Iran Look Like?

How the U.S. conducts any attack will depend on what goal Trump is trying to achieve.

The Atlantic

February 21, 2026

How the Supreme Court Spared America

The ruling against Trump’s tariffs is a major victory for the constitutional separation of powers, rule of law, and millions of American con...

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February 21, 2026

The Crisis in Polling Is a Problem for Democracy

Gallup’s presidential-approval poll is the latest casualty in a divided, suspicious nation.

The Atlantic

February 21, 2026

Books for the Busy Person

A roundup of suggestions for what to read when you’re short on time or focus

The Atlantic

February 21, 2026

‘Kramer/Fauci’ and the Great American Debate

A new play upends the contemporary notion that public disagreement needs to be a gaudy game of winners and losers.

The Atlantic

February 21, 2026

What Pressure Does to an Athlete’s Body

Stress isn’t just mental.

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February 21, 2026

Why the 'Wuthering Heights' Movie Is Infantilizing

Everyone is 12 now, all the time.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

A Conservative Court Refused to Be a Rubber Stamp

Regardless, the tariffs will be back.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Shredding the Halfpipe

A freestyle skier grinds along the lip of an Olympic halfpipe.

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February 20, 2026

The Supreme Court Delivers Trump a Humiliating Gift

Finally, a check on the president’s tariff powers.

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February 20, 2026

The Supreme Court Left Trump With Options on Tariffs

Even after losing at the Supreme Court, the president has plenty of ways to reconstruct his trade regime.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

Winners of the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards

A collection of some of the top images “highlighting the beauty, fragility, and power of the natural world.”

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February 20, 2026

The Big Story: Signalgate, One Year Later

Jeffrey Goldberg and Adrienne LaFrance discuss reporting on national security and the political fallout after the Signal story.

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February 20, 2026

The AI-Panic Cycle—And What’s Actually Different Now

Are we in another acceleration phase for AI?

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

Our Olympians Are Being Put in an Impossible Position

American athletes have been asked to account for Trump—then attacked for doing so.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

The Washington Post’s Books Section Worked

Why the editor of the scuttled review pages believes that the paper’s subscribers know better than its leaders

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

Gisèle Pelicot’s Extraordinary Memoir

Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is an astonishingly honest look at her life with a man who did the unthinkable.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

Don’t Discount Iran’s Internal Opposition

The Islamic Republic takes domestic critics seriously. Other oppositionists should, too.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

South Dakota Is Buzzing About Kristi Noem’s Future

Some Republicans hope that she stays out of the Senate primary.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

The DOJ Can’t Keep Up With Trump

Pam Bondi is presiding over an understaffed and overworked department.

The Atlantic

February 20, 2026

Is There Anything RFK Jr. Wouldn’t Do in Jeans?

Our health secretary is jeans guy, and he knows it.

The Atlantic

February 19, 2026

The ‘Hopeless Labor’ of Writing

American writing instruction has always involved some level of torture. What happens when technology makes it easy?