White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump
Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.
An Intimate Portrait of Humanity at Its Worst
Bugonia is surprisingly subdued for a movie about alien conspiracy theories.
Atlantic Trivia on Galileo, Horror Flicks, Fast Food, and More
And did you know that every elephant is either left- or right-tusked?
What If the Government Doesn’t Need to Be Shut Down?
The reinterpretation of a 19th-century law could reopen it.
J. D. Vance’s Bad Answer to an Anti-Semitic Question
The vice president will need to choose between accommodating and rejecting the right’s anti-Semites.
The Powerful, Unpredictable Nature of Fear
Halloween is the perfect time to think more deeply about the role it plays in our lives.
All Our Brilliant Friends
The explosion of novels about intense female friendships, in the Elena Ferrante mold, is changing the genre—and making it more fun.
America’s Grocery Lifeline Is Fraying
Inflation and tariffs are hitting canned food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up.
Israel’s Critics Have Canceled Themselves
Withholding submissions from The New York Times in order to promote your views is some odd logic.
Patti Smith’s Family Secrets
Nearing 80, the punk poet reflects on the twists in her story that have surprised even her.
Gertrude Stein Wanted It All
A new biography deconstructs some myths around the enigmatic modernist’s legacy.
Don’t Blow This, Baseball
The thrilling World Series shows that baseball is truly back—just in time for its next crisis.
Photos of the Week: Pumpkin Patch, Witch Paddle, Giant Labubu
The aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, the festival of Chhath Puja in India, a bird-flu outbreak in Germany, armored-battle re-creations in Moscow, and much more
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
Are the Democrats Overthinking This?
In wringing its hands over how to win elections, the party is ignoring the more foundational question of what it believes in.
The Validation Machines
Humanity thrives on friction—so why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy?
The Real Worry About Trump’s Deals With China
Today he’s resolved little more than a crisis of his own making. What might he trade away later for such negligible gains?