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February 27, 2026

How an Unlikely Duo Brought the Epstein Files to Light

Two congressmen partnered with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims to try to hold the powerful accountable.

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February 27, 2026

Meta Says It Cares About Kids. New Documents Tell a Different Story.

For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.

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February 27, 2026

What Developers Know About the Dangers of Unbounded AI

Large language models are too powerful and too new to be set free from human oversight.

The Atlantic

February 27, 2026

Love Is Blindsided

On Netflix’s hit dating show, the villain edit is out; the villain twist is in.

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February 27, 2026

The Mind-Numbing, Soul-Crushing Boredom of Parenthood

When I became a father, I was forced to reckon with the terrible emotion that consumed my days.

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February 27, 2026

Winners of the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest

A collection of honored images from this year’s competition celebrating “photography beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes, rivers and eve...

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February 27, 2026

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

Russian forces falter as the world’s richest man intervenes in the war once again.

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February 26, 2026

Hegseth Wants to Make an Example Out of Anthropic

After refusing to bow to the Pentagon’s demands, the company faces what could be the most extreme regulation in the short history of AI.

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February 26, 2026

What Kind of Fighter Do Democrats Want?

The Texas Senate primary could help decide.

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February 26, 2026

The First Couple of a Dysfunctional DHS

A forthcoming book reveals new details about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski.

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February 26, 2026

How Much Control Should U.S. Government Have Over AI?

Even when companies vow to develop AI responsibly, geopolitics may force them to abandon that commitment.

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February 26, 2026

Editor Ann Godoff's Rigor and Love

Ann Godoff, who died this week, cared passionately about her writers—and much less about her own ego.

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February 26, 2026

A Presidential Problem of Canine Proportions

Misbehaving dogs in the White House have plagued administration after administration.

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February 26, 2026

The Degraded State of the Union

Presidential oratory once sought to elevate its audience, through high seriousness and artful rhetoric, but also by being high-minded and fa...

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February 26, 2026

The Women Who Reinvented Journalism

Two new books demonstrate how Martha Gellhorn, Janet Flanner, and other reporters took journalism in directions that men could not.

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February 26, 2026

Enough With the Bros

For a decade, the trope has been a reliable—and lazy—way to elevate pet peeves into trends.

The Atlantic

February 26, 2026

Bring on the Sex Scenes

A puritan strain is manifesting in realist novels as a marked absence of straight sex.

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February 26, 2026

Trump’s Favorite Voter-ID Bill Would Probably Backfire

Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a strict “election integrity” law that seems almost custom-designed to disenfranchise their own...

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February 26, 2026

The Tariffs Loss Is Paradoxically a Win for Trump

The president will need the Court to have a veneer of legitimacy for when it blesses other, more damaging parts of his agenda.

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February 26, 2026

Why Pick a Fight With Iran Now?

President Trump has yet to give a good rationale.

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February 26, 2026

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account

Our national project of elite impunity

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February 26, 2026

MAHA, Subdued

The nominee for surgeon general kept her most eccentric wellness beliefs largely in check at her confirmation hearing.

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February 25, 2026

The Democrats Who Got Weird During the State of the Union

They found a bizarre, crass way to push back against Trump.

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February 25, 2026

This Looks Like a Kalshi Insider Bet on Aliens

Someone just put a lot of money on ET.

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February 25, 2026

Is It Aging, or Is it ADHD?

Middle-aged Americans are grappling with a new possible explanation for their slowing brain.

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February 25, 2026

When Caring Becomes Counterculture

Tim Miller on what he saw in Minnesota, why “Resist libs” turn off younger generations, and whether Never Trump has veered too far to the le...

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February 25, 2026

Sherrod Brown Hasn’t Changed

The aggressively rumpled former senator from Ohio is back. Will working-class voters follow?

The Atlantic

February 25, 2026

Lucky Winner Mike Johnson Gets Dream Trip to State of the Union

Send me someone who looks at me the way Mike Johnson looks at Donald Trump while he rambles about fountains of blood.

The Atlantic

February 25, 2026

Sephora Tots Are Coming

Millennials created the wellness economy, and now it wants their children as customers.

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February 25, 2026

Energy Drinks Are for Girls Now, Too

Once marketed mostly to young men, new versions have arrived, and they’re very—pastel.

The Atlantic

February 25, 2026

Trump’s Childish State of the Union

The president misused the State of the Union ritual in ways so radical as to call the ritual itself into question.

The Atlantic

February 25, 2026

Nine Books to Reset Your View of the World

Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.

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February 25, 2026

The Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month

We don’t need permission from the government to commemorate a complex past.

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February 25, 2026

The Gorsuch Tariffs Concurrence Is a Warning

The opinion may become the Roberts Court’s most influential statement on how to prevent the steady accretion of executive power.

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February 25, 2026

President Trump's State-of-the-Union Extravaganza

Were you not entertained?

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February 24, 2026

Trump’s Chance to Turn Things Around Tonight

A conversation with Jonathan Lemire about what Donald Trump’s State of the Union address could achieve—if he doesn’t get in his own way.

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February 24, 2026

The End of Diplomacy

The once-bustling corridors at Foggy Bottom are tomblike as ambassadors scrap for information.

The Atlantic

February 24, 2026

Photos: Four Years of War in Ukraine

Constant bombardment and frontline fighting continues, at the cost of many thousands of lives.

The Atlantic

February 24, 2026

Del Bigtree Wants His Kids to Get Polio

The longtime ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t just anti-vaccine. He’s pro-infection.

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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?

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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.

The Atlantic

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.

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February 23, 2026

Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity

You don’t “train a human”