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The ‘Russia Hoax,’ Revisited

July 9, 2025

Donald Trump and John Ratcliffe

The Atlantic Daily

Five Feel-Good TV Shows

July 4, 2025

David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel sit a diner together

Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?

May 13, 2025

A photo of AfD supporters waving German flags at a rally ahead of the 2024 election.

My Near-Future Dystopia

April 25, 2025

A hotel sign says “The Dream Hotel,” with surveillance cameras around it

Trump Needs Someone to Blame

April 17, 2025

A photo of Fed chairman Jerome Powell

The Judiciary’s Last Stand

March 24, 2025

Black-and-white photo of Donald Trump in front of the words "We the People"

What Does Dan Bongino Believe?

March 6, 2025

Black and white photo of Dan Bongino speaking placed in front of a red background

Trump, by Any Means Necessary

March 5, 2025

In a black-and-white photo, Donald Trump speaks to Congress.

A Movie That Has Fun With the Inevitability of Death

February 21, 2025

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views

John Langford and Erica Newland

February 15, 2025

Illustration of a man in a suit holding a cardboard box with binders, folders, and the Bill of Rights

The Opposition Is Already Growing

February 14, 2025

Raised fists, signs, and megaphones in between pillars of a courthouse

The Atlantic Daily

The Great Surrender

David A. Graham

February 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., smiles and shakes hands with Donald Trump after a swearing-in ceremony

Elon Musk Is Breaking the National-Security System

February 12, 2025

A chain and opened lock wrapped around a folder of paper

The New Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky

February 10, 2025

giant star tilting the scales

The Atlantic Daily

What Trump’s Nominees Revealed

Isabel Fattal and Bhumika Tharoor

January 30, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard sits in front of a microphone during her Senate hearing

The Atlantic Daily

A True-Crime Reading List

January 19, 2025

Fingerprint card for law enforcement identification

The Atlantic Daily

Time for Senate Republicans to Decide

January 13, 2025

An empty chair in the Senate chambers

Welcome to the Burning ’20s

January 6, 2025

Burning piece of paper in the shape of America

The Rise of John Ratcliffe

January 3, 2025

John Ratcliffe sits at a table in a low-lit, wood-paneled room.

Don’t Let Terror Shut America Down

Juliette Kayyem

January 1, 2025

Police vehicles in New Orleans

A Scandalous Resignation

December 11, 2024

Christopher Wray

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

December 1, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Kash Patel, now Trump's nominee for FBI director

The Kash Patel Principle

November 30, 2024

Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge

November 12, 2024

The badge of the National Security Agency with a silhouette of Donald Trump’s head in front of it

Melania Really Doesn’t Care

October 10, 2024

Photo of Melania Trump, the top half of her face obscured by a red bar

Trump’s New Big Lie

David A. Graham

September 13, 2024

Black-and-white photos of Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Trump’s Assassination Fantasy Has a Darker Purpose

Juliette Kayyem

May 23, 2024

A photograph of Donald Trump pointing and talking

Cómo Trump se saldría con la suya

December 4, 2023

Ilustración de una cinta policial rota y ondeando, con la frase “NO CRUZAR” repetida.

Five Reasons the FBI Failed to Prepare for January 6

October 18, 2023

stylized photograph of the Capitol on January 6

The FBI Desperately Wants to Let Trump Off the Hook

March 1, 2023

A photograph of Donald Trump from behind, looking out over a crowd of law-enforcement officials, with his fist raised

How Hoover Took Down the Klan

November 20, 2022

Composite image of J. Edgar Hoover and marching Klansmen

The Atlantic Daily

How the FBI Search Revived Trump

August 18, 2022

A truck with a 'Trump 2024' flag arrives at a rally in August 2021

Now They’re Calling for Violence

August 11, 2022

A grenade with the F.B.I. seal over a dark green background.

Conservatives Believe Trump Is Above the Law

August 9, 2022

An illustration featuring Kevin McCarthy and Paul Gosar

A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Excavation, and Some Very Angry Treasure Hunters

July/August 2022 Issue

Illustration of Civil War soldier, marching with rifle slung over his shoulder with a bag tied to it shedding gold coins

The FBI’s Next Set of Crime Data Is Going to Be a Big Mess

May 10, 2022

Illustration of a line chart showing a rising trend, where the upper end of the line is a bullet