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The Atlantic Daily

Trump’s Logic for Blockading the Blockaders

Will Gottsegen

April 14, 2026

Ideas

A Blasphemous President

Elizabeth Bruenig

April 14, 2026

Ideas

Trump’s Latest Meltdown

Tom Nichols

April 14, 2026

Photograph of Trump typing on a smartphone

Ideas

Hegseth’s Unholy War

Peter Wehner

April 14, 2026

A stained-glass window of King David wearing a crown and playing a hand harp

National Security

Trump Pivots to ‘Least Bad Option’ On Iran

Nancy A. Youssef, Vivian Salama, and Missy Ryan

April 13, 2026

A montage of Donald Trump in front of a red fever chart heading down

The Atlantic Daily

The Parable of the President

David A. Graham

April 13, 2026

National Security

There’s a Message for MAGA in Viktor Orbán’s Defeat

Isaac Stanley-Becker

April 13, 2026

A black-and-white collage with Donald Trump on the left in a USA baseball cap and Viktor Orbán on the right

Ideas

An Oligarchy of Old People

Idrees Kahloon

May 2026 Issue

illustration with 3 figures standing on top of a stack of abstract green bills: one with a cane, one with a walker, and one pulling up a long ladder out of the reach of the figure on the ground

Ideas

Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time

Quinta Jurecic

April 13, 2026

Politics

Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable

Isaac Stanley-Becker

April 12, 2026

Attendees at a Tisza-party election event cheer as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes during parliamentary elections in Budapest

Politics

The Conciliator

Elaine Godfrey

April 12, 2026

Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe

The Editors

April 11, 2026

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Atlantic Daily

Iran Has the Upper Hand in the Upcoming Negotiations

Will Gottsegen

April 10, 2026

A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows trails of rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel

Global

Why Trump Chose Vance to Negotiate With Iran

Karim Sadjadpour

April 10, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of an armed soldier standing in front of a mural of Mojtaba Khamenei holding a rifle next to the Iranian flag

National Security

Iran Out-Trolled the Troller in Chief

Ali Breland

April 10, 2026

Illustration of the flags of the United States and Iran, and emojis

Ideas

How Did Samuel Alito Become This Angry?

Peter S. Canellos

April 10, 2026

Photograph of Samuel Alito wearing a suit and tie from a low vantage point

Photography

Photos of the Week: Solar Eclipse, Amazon Monument, Titanic Bonfire

Alan Taylor

April 10, 2026

Four astronauts hug while inside a capsule, floating in micro-gravity.

Books

The Banality of MAGA-fication

Jonathan Chait

April 10, 2026

Illustration of two elephants, one standing quietly and one stampeding, separated by footprints on a field of red.

The Atlantic Daily

Vance’s ‘Fraud Czar’ Title May Come Back to Haunt Him

Will Gottsegen

April 9, 2026

Global

Reasons to Be Hopeful in Iran

Arash Azizi

April 9, 2026

An image of a woman speaking on the phone as emergency workers sift through rubble of a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in Tehran.

Books

A Writer of ‘Hypnotic Repetition’

Kaitlyn Tiffany

April 9, 2026

A black-and-white photo of people dining outside

National Security

What China Just Learned From the Iran War

Simon Shuster

April 9, 2026

Two tourists, seen from behind, taking a photo of the Chinese mainland and Chinese flagged sand dredgers from the bunker of an old Taiwan military observatory in Kinmen, Taiwan.

Politics

The State That Could Decide Trump’s Gerrymandering War

Russell Berman

April 9, 2026

Radio Atlantic

Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran

Adam Harris

April 9, 2026

Donald Trump holds a news conference with military officials on the mission to rescue a downed airman in Iran.

Politics

1979 Is the Year That Explains Donald Trump

Jonathan Lemire and Isabel Ruehl

April 9, 2026

A collage showing a hostage with their hands tied, a crowd of people in protest, and a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Ideas

Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military

Adam Serwer

April 8, 2026

An image of Pete Hegseth speaking to a group of military personnel

Ideas

Only Losers Play the Madman

David Frum

April 8, 2026

A black-and-white photograph of Donald Trump speaking from a low vantage point with the sky behind him

The Atlantic Daily

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

David A. Graham

April 8, 2026

National Security

Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted

Nancy A. Youssef

April 8, 2026

Iranian flag in the foreground with images of fighter jets in the background

Podcasts

What It Means to Be American

David Frum

April 8, 2026

A black-and-white photo of Fareed Zakaria bordered by an illustration

Global

America Looks Like a Paper Tiger

Brynn Tannehill

April 8, 2026

Photograph of a young girl sitting in the backseat of a car and holding an Iranian flag out of the rolled down window

Global

A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here

Thomas Wright

April 8, 2026

An image of local officials and navy personnel saluting a ship in the Gulf of Oman.

Technology

An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive

Charlie Warzel

April 7, 2026

A silhouette of Donald Trump and a photo of Earth as seen from space

Politics

J. D. Vance Is Definitely Against Foreign Election Interference

Isaac Stanley-Becker

April 7, 2026

Victor Orbán stands next to J. D. Vance as both of them raise one hand to wave to the crowd.

Culture

What the Astronauts See That Trump Cannot

Gal Beckerman

April 7, 2026

A photo of the Earth in a crescent shape, with the dark side of the moon in the foreground.

Sections

The Print Edition

Trump’s Stuck in a Bind of His Own Making

Trump’s Logic for Blockading the Blockaders

A Blasphemous President

Trump’s Latest Meltdown

Hegseth’s Unholy War

Trump Pivots to ‘Least Bad Option’ On Iran

The Parable of the President

There’s a Message for MAGA in Viktor Orbán’s Defeat

An Oligarchy of Old People

Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time

Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable

The Conciliator

The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe

Iran Has the Upper Hand in the Upcoming Negotiations

Why Trump Chose Vance to Negotiate With Iran

Iran Out-Trolled the Troller in Chief

How Did Samuel Alito Become This Angry?

Photos of the Week: Solar Eclipse, Amazon Monument, Titanic Bonfire

The Banality of MAGA-fication

Vance’s ‘Fraud Czar’ Title May Come Back to Haunt Him

Reasons to Be Hopeful in Iran

A Writer of ‘Hypnotic Repetition’

What China Just Learned From the Iran War

The State That Could Decide Trump’s Gerrymandering War

Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran

1979 Is the Year That Explains Donald Trump

Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military

Only Losers Play the Madman

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted

What It Means to Be American

America Looks Like a Paper Tiger

A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here

An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive

J. D. Vance Is Definitely Against Foreign Election Interference

What the Astronauts See That Trump Cannot