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‘We Need to Do McCarthyism to the Tenth Power’

March 6, 2026

From left to right, black in white photos on a red background: Laura Loomer, Jack Posobiec, Joseph McCarthy, Steve Bannon

National Security

The End of Diplomacy

February 24, 2026

A collage of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives

February 22, 2026

Sudanese refugees wait for a health check at a clinic in Chad.

The Logical End Point of ‘America First’ Foreign Aid

February 3, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of a person leaning against a stack of boxes labeled "USAID"

Trump Doesn’t Want Legal Immigrants Either

January 18, 2026

illustration of the globe with some areas marked in red

The Longest Suicide Note in American History

December 16, 2025

A color photograph of a White House door at night, seen behind a hedge and between two columns.

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

Isaac Stanley-Becker

December 9, 2025

A sign at the entrance of the USAID building, as seen through glass

Trump’s Security Strategy Is Incoherent Babble

December 5, 2025

Photograph of an American flag flying above the White House

Trump Needs the UN in Gaza

October 27, 2025

Color photograph of a crowd of Palestinians receiving aid from a convoy of trucks in Gaza

National Security

The U.S. Is Quietly Pausing Some Arms Sales to Europe

September 19, 2025

An image of a German soldier standing on top of a truck while he and others unload a US made Patriot missile.

Inside the USAID Fire Sale

August 26, 2025

Illustration of a pile of green boxes and blue sacks labeled "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" against a red, orange, and purple background with helicopters and clouds of smoke

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants

William J. Burns

October 2025 Issue

an illustration of the American flag without stars, while in the foreground a figure walks while carrying a box with a star

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights

August 13, 2025

Photograph of four handcuffed prisoners in El Salvador being watched from behind by a masked prison guard

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy

August 8, 2025

Graphic illustration of a globe showing the United States on a planet by itself.

What a Democrat Could Do With Trump’s Power

Paul Rosenzweig

July 23, 2025

Illustration of a donkey next to a crumbling stone pillar

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

July 14, 2025

Illustration of a sack labeled "USAID" on fire against a red background

In Retrospect, You Should Have Known That Was Not Marco Rubio

Alexandra Petri

July 9, 2025

A photo of Marco Rubio superimposed over an illustration of somebody speaking on the phone

The Atlantic Daily

Five Sunday Reads

June 29, 2025

A vintage photo of a woman and a child reading books on a bench

Trump’s Campaign to Scare Off Foreign Students

May 28, 2025

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Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now

May 2, 2025

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A Witch Hunt at the State Department

May 1, 2025

‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’

April 16, 2025

A Yemeni mother sits beside her child, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, at a medical center in Sana'a, Yemen, on February 28, 2023.

The Age of Anti-Woke Overreach

Jerusalem Demsas

March 7, 2025

Gold letter-shaped balloons spelling out the word “woke”

Let Them Eat Art?

Laura Barrón-López

February 28, 2025

Abstract image of painting frames and a U.S. embassy

‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up

February 21, 2025

Another Edgelord Comes to Power

February 8, 2025

A photo of Paul Ingrassia outside of the D.C. Central Detention Facility on January 20, 2025

The White Nationalist Now in Charge of Trump’s Public Diplomacy

February 5, 2025

Photo illustration of Darren Beattie

America Can’t Just Unpause USAID

February 4, 2025

People holding a food- aid bag

How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea

January 25, 2025

A collage showing a map of the United States, an illustration of a continental shelf, and images depicting maritime commerce

The Politicization of the State Department Is Almost Complete

P. Michael McKinley

October 23, 2020

The Damage at the State Department Is Worse Than You Can Imagine

William J. Burns

March 12, 2020

A distorted illustration of the State Department seal

Snooping on Foreigners’ Facebook Feeds Is Ineffective and Creepy

Faiza Patel and Harsha Panduranga

June 14, 2019

People waiting in line outside the U.S. embassy in Beijing, China on July 26, 2018

The Open Mind

J. Robert Oppenheimer

February 1949 Issue

A black-and-white photograph of J. Robert Oppenheimer testifying before the Senate Military Affairs Committee in 1945.