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Donald Trump shattering a computer ship with his finger — Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Chip Somodevilla / Getty; Getty.

Trump Wasted No Time Derailing His Own AI Plan

The president is setting America back in a race he desperately wants to win.

August 6, 2025

photo through car window of military vehicles and trucks driving on dirt road, one flying flag, with fighters, arms raised, sitting on tops and sides — Photograph by Lynsey Addario for The Atlantic

The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth

Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.

August 6, 2025

A collage of three black-and-white photos of the Ferany family, showing a cat next to an empty pan, the father feeding a baby from a small pot, and four children eating from a pot. — Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Ghada Abdulfattah; jayk7 / Getty.

Feeding a Family of Seven in Gaza

For many in Gaza, daily life is a struggle for survival.

Ghada Abdulfattah

August 5, 2025

A line for hot meals in Gaza's al-Zeitoun neighborhood — Abdalhkem Abu Riash / Anadolu / Getty

Israel’s Last Chance

Flooding Gaza with food is the only way out of a crisis largely created by Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.

August 4, 2025

A 6-year-old is affected by severe food shortages in western Gaza on July 27, 2025. — Abdalhkem Abu Riash / Anadolu / Getty

‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’

The people caring for others in Gaza are hungry too.

Claire Porter Robbins

August 1, 2025

A triptych shows a close up of Benjamin Netanyahu's face flanked by those of Bezalal Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir — Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Leo Correa / Pool / AFP / Getty; Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg / Getty.

The Corrupt Bargain Behind Gaza’s Catastrophe

Israel’s far right wants to take over Gaza. Netanyahu wants to stay in power.

July 29, 2025

Photograph of a tattered Ukrainian flag flying in the wind — Mykhaylo Palinchak / SOPA / LightRocket / Getty

Zelensky Learned the Wrong Lesson From Trump

Trump withdrew from the fight against kleptocracy, and other countries have absorbed that fact.

July 27, 2025

Yulia Svyrydenko — Xavier Popy / REA / Redux

Men Are Already Writing Off Ukraine’s New Prime Minister

Yulia Svyrydenko has heard the same sexist critiques as nearly all of Eastern Europe’s female leaders.

July 26, 2025

Palestinians scramble for aid at a food-distribution point. — AFP / Getty

Food Aid in Gaza Has Become a Horror

In the scramble for sustenance, Palestinians are gunned down for no reason, with no excuse.

July 25, 2025

Trump sitting in conference table with Netanyahu and others — Andrew Harnik / Getty

The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Trump turned a far-right fantasy—ethnic cleansing in Gaza—into U.S. policy. He needs to reject it.

July 24, 2025