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April 1, 2026

U.S. Troops Could Soon Be on the Ground in Iran

The military is waiting for his go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.

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April 1, 2026

A New Solution to the ‘Wagner Problem’

A bold restaging of Tristan und Isolde arrives at a moment of intense concern about the cultural inheritance of Western civilization.

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April 1, 2026

Photos: Counting Down to the Launch of Artemis II

NASA’s Artemis II—the first mission to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years—is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026. Th...

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April 1, 2026

Lions Led by Donkeys

The U.S. is fighting Iran under the worst wartime political leadership America has ever had.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

What ‘Regime Change’?

Trump’s claim about the Iran war is premature.

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March 31, 2026

HHS Is Exiling Top Officials to the Indian Health Service

The Indian Health Service needs more clinical workers. The federal health officials being transferred to the agency don’t fit that bill.

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March 31, 2026

‘Retro Rewind’ Is a Boring Video Game I Can’t Put Down

A video game about running a rental store offers comfort in mundanity.

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March 31, 2026

The Gen Z Christian Revival That Wasn’t

Some pastors and politicians claim that a Christian revival is afoot among young Americans. Nationwide data tell a different story.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Four Ways the Iran War Could End

Trump has options, but they all come with serious liabilities.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 31, 2026: Board Games

Weiqi, an ancient-Chinese board game played with black and white stones, is more familiarly known in the West by what name?

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

You Can’t Escape the AI Tax

Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

The Family That Has No Stomachs

Māori families with a mutation for aggressive gastric cancer have had their stomachs preemptively removed. How do you live without one?

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Trump’s Mystifying Two-Front Messaging War

But he’s trying.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

How We Became Max-Maxxers

“Looksmaxxing” and its cousins are fake trends but real expressions of the internet’s intrinsic drive toward extremism.

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March 31, 2026

The Ukrainian in Hungary Who Has Europe’s Hardest Job

Ukraine’s ambassador to Hungary represents a government that has become Viktor Orbán’s primary target.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

What Makes a Doctor Excel at Diagnosis?

“To me, the concept of the master diagnostician is that you’re never good enough,” one doctor said.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

Who Is Spying on America’s Nuclear Triad?

The new age of war is already here, swarming over Barksdale Air Force Base.

The Atlantic

March 31, 2026

MAHA Has Been Given an Impossible Task

The Trump administration seems to be leaning on the movement as a distraction.

The Atlantic

March 30, 2026

Pete Hegseth’s Shameless Vice Signaling

The secretary of bombast is trolling America.

The Atlantic

March 30, 2026

The Ancient Chinese Game That Led to the AI Boom

Ten years ago, AlphaGo trounced human competitors—and its legacy is still present in today’s most advanced bots.

The Atlantic

March 30, 2026

Does the Constitution Protect This Congresswoman From Trump?

LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is arguing that the Department of Justice can’t prosecute her for an incident last May at an ICE facility.

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March 30, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 30, 2026: Sondheim Tunes

Raw dairy products are distinctive for not undergoing what process developed in France in the 1860s?

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March 30, 2026

Bruce Friedrich is an Anti-Meat Optimist

Bruce Friedrich has devoted his life to reducing American meat consumption—and he isn’t giving up just yet.

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March 30, 2026

What Happened to the Radicals?

Stories about revolutionaries seem to entrance readers and moviegoers alike—especially if they don’t end well.

The Atlantic

March 30, 2026

The Supreme Court Has Heard This One Before

Fringe elements of American society have never accepted that birthright citizenship is the law of the land.

The Atlantic

March 30, 2026

How to Keep the Suburbs Tenant-Free

The housing bill now in Congress may seek to increase the housing supply—but not for renters.

The Atlantic

March 30, 2026

America Is Now a Rogue Superpower

Washington’s conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening America’s dangerous isolation.

The Atlantic

March 29, 2026

Don’t Get Sucked Into the War on Lice

It hasn’t been going well.

The Atlantic

March 29, 2026

How to Know Yourself

The ability to understand, recognize, and label your own emotions is a necessary part of living a fulfilling life.

The Atlantic

March 29, 2026

Photos From the Third Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest

More than 3,000 marches and rallies took place yesterday in cities and towns across America during the third “No Kings” event, where million...

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March 29, 2026

The Kurdish Ground Force Preparing to Fight in Iran

The Peshmerga on the Iraq-Iran border are eager to join the American campaign. They’re also deeply uneasy about where it might lead.

The Atlantic

March 29, 2026

Iran Has Broken the Trump Coalition

How many times can a coalition crack before it shatters?

The Atlantic

March 29, 2026

The Man Who Thought He Could Keep AI Safe

Demis Hassabis has devoted his life to advancing a technology he thinks could destroy the world.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

Bill Maher Broke Trump’s Spell at the Kennedy Center

For the past year, Donald Trump has made the Kennedy Center all about him. Last night, the comedian revealed the limits of that approach.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

Trump’s Mixed Messages About Iran

Panelists joined to discuss the president’s shifting answers to how the conflict could end.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

Mutually Assured Energy Destruction

Wrecking oil infrastructure is easy; rebuilding it is hard.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

How to Wait Without Getting Bored

What if we thought about waiting in line as a sudden opening of time?

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

The Surprising Prosperity of Gen Z

For some, anxiety about money has led to lots and lots of saving.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

Food Safety in America Just Hit a New Low

The FDA has linked an E. coli outbreak to raw-cheddar cheese. The company that sells it refuses to agree to a recall.

The Atlantic

March 28, 2026

How Nick Fuentes Is Charming the Left

Viral clips of the far-right white supremacist make him palatable to progressives.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Expensive Plane Tickets Are a Preview

Airfare is way up. It’s a signal of what could come next.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Atlantic Trivia, March 27, 2026: Chinese Science

What ninth-century Chinese invention was at first employed primarily for fireworks rather than in the capacity that would change the world c...

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Let a Book Annoy You

Let a Book Annoy You

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

No, Netanyahu Is Not Dead

But a shocking number of people, against all evidence to the contrary, insist that he is.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?

An early Twitter exec reckons with the monster he helped create.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

A Day in Class With Plato, the Melania Trump–Mandated AI Humanoid Instructor

Envision a future of humanoid instruction, Melania told us, and … we did.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

The People Who Think Introspection Is Dumb

For some of America’s tech oligarchs, looking inward seems to be a waste of time better spent moving fast and breaking things.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

The U.S. and Cuba Have Both Abandoned Their Principles

The two countries are no longer clashing primarily over ideology.

The Atlantic

March 27, 2026

Photos of the Week: Fallas Festival, Butterfly Gathering, Beach Violin

Traditional bull racing in Indonesia, puppies rescued from flooding in Hawaii, humanoid robots in China, and much more