What Shifting U.S. Support May Mean for Ukraine
Published: October 24, 2026 14:06
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss how Donald Trumpâs dismissal of Russian aggression against Ukraine has prompted bipartisan backlash.
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A Very Suspicious Prosecution of Two Former FBI Officials
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/fbi-prosecution/689138/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 24, 2026 12:29
The timing of the charges and the puzzling substance of the allegations raise questions about the integrity of the prosecutorial work.
AI Terrorism Is Just Terrorism
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/ai-terrorism-technology/689137/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 24, 2026 12:00
The new technology hasnât fundamentally transformed the problemâat least not yet.
A Very Suspicious Indictment of Two Former FBI Officials
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/fbi-indictments/689138/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 24, 2026 01:26
The timing of the charges and the puzzling substance of the allegations raise questions about the integrity of the prosecutorial work.
The GOPâs Midterms-Money Advantage Has Its Limits
Published: October 23, 2026 20:41
Cash canât necessarily solve the challenges that Republican candidates face.
Welcome to the Valley of Pain
Published: October 23, 2026 18:47
An explosion of AI-powered hacks will reshape life online.
The DEI Language Thatâs Doing More Harm Than Good
Published: October 23, 2026 17:42
Those committed to the fight for equal opportunity in hiring should reconsider the movementâs rhetoric, but not the principle that everyone should get a fair shot.
The Armageddon Economy
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/zealousness-new-tech-right/689124/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 23, 2026 17:05
Tech leaders have escape plans. What about everybody else?
Wicker Asks Whether Love and Marriage Are Incompatible
Published: October 23, 2026 14:25
The film shows just how suffocating matrimony can be.
Photos of the Week: Foam Fight, Santa Dance, Orangutan Escape
Published: October 23, 2026 13:00
A huge Hindu festival in India, hazy skies from wildfires in Indonesia, preparations for a presidential runoff election in Brazil, Halloween decorations in Los Angeles, a newborn giraffe in Germany, and much more
Why Trump Canât Sell Putin a Deal
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/10/trump-putin-ukraine-nato/689118/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 23, 2026 11:00
Economic incentives donât persuade the Russian leader. Hereâs what could.
The Party That Must Not Be Named
Published: October 23, 2026 11:00
Sherrod Brown doesnât want you to know heâs a Democrat.
The Man in the Middle of Trumpâs Deeply Conflicted Ukraine Policy
Published: October 23, 2026 11:00
CIA Director John Ratcliffe leads an agency thatâs at war with Russia, even as Trump makes nice with Putin.
The Man Who Saved the Internet Yesterday
Published: October 22, 2026 23:51
OndĹej SurĂ˝ was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.
Trumpâs Gamble to End the Iran War
Published: October 22, 2026 21:56
The president is considering another escalation in the Middle East.
When Rivers Run Low in the American West
Published: October 22, 2026 21:02
Water is the one resource that the region will never stop fighting over.
The Myth of Safe AI
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/false-promise-of-safe-ai/689114/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 22, 2026 19:26
Silicon Valley promises to make AI benevolent. That may be technically impossible.
America Needs Its Indian Immigrants
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/america-anti-indian-bigotry/689107/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 22, 2026 19:13
The country relies on their talents, ambition, and skills to power two of its most important sectorsâtechnology and medicine.
A Congressional Race Thatâs a Referendum on the War
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/10/iran-war-virginia-midterms/688948/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 22, 2026 19:09
How voters in Virginiaâs veteran-rich Second Congressional District feel about the war could determine control of Congress.
Clayface Struggles to Justify Itself
Published: October 22, 2026 17:56
DC Studios is still trying to find its footing with its newest film.
The Job Market Is Not the Problem
Published: October 22, 2026 13:49
Employers are hiring. The trouble lies in finding men who are willing and able to handle working.
America Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AI
Published: October 22, 2026 12:23
Chatbots are adding a new layer of chaos ahead of the midterms.
After the Apocalypse
Published: October 22, 2026 12:20
As Venezuela struggles to recover from political upheaval and calamitous earthquakes, the U.S. government is exploiting the country for oil and money.
Chinese Manufacturers Can Make AnythingâExcept a Profit
Published: October 22, 2026 12:14
Asiaâs economic juggernaut has a problem.
Why Revolutionary Movements Fail
Published: October 22, 2026 12:00
Harold Cruse had a prescient understanding of why activists stumbleâand how they might find more success.
Sending a Silly Meme Is an Act of Love
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/10/send-silly-memes/689077/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 22, 2026 12:00
The case for a common, occasionally annoying, and secretly sweet digital habit
The New Subterranean Front
Published: October 22, 2026 11:49
As drones fill the skies over the war zone, the fighting in Ukraine has moved into a network of gas pipelines deep belowground.
Maria Bamford Is Tough as Nails
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/maria-bamford-is-tough-as-nails/689076/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 22, 2026 11:00
An interview with the comedian about OCD, family, and the new Judd Apatow documentary about her life
Congratulations to That Great Humanitarian, Vladimir Putin
Published: October 21, 2026 22:57
Please update your dictionaries accordingly.
Vivek Ramaswamyâs Appalling Campaign Ad
Published: October 21, 2026 21:51
The Republican candidate for governor of Ohio has drawn condemnation from the right and the left for casually dismissing his opponentâs account of being raped as a child.
The AI-Hacking Apocalypse Began Last Night
Published: October 21, 2026 20:19
Websites across the internet are going dark to protect themselves against a newly discovered vulnerability.
Please, I Beg You, Mr. President, Do Not Stop Talking About the Golf Course
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/trump-golf-course-dc-potomac/689104/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 21, 2026 18:17
This is a kitchen-table issue.
Will the Tech Oligarchs Turn on Trump?
Published: October 21, 2026 17:00
Kara Swisher on whether AI will ever be regulated
The Texas Race Worth Watching
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/texas-attorney-general-race/689061/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 21, 2026 16:06
The power of the attorney general
The Data Center Rebellion Is Just Beginning
Published: October 21, 2026 15:53
Infrastructure that once flew under the radar is now the subject of national and global outrage.
The Paradox of African Writing and AI
Published: October 21, 2026 15:44
A past winner of the Caine Prize draws a hard lesson from the controversy over its latest recipient.
Stop Trying to Be Your Best Self
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/10/self-worth-esteem-book/689079/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 21, 2026 14:05
A new book argues that being sort of confident is enough.
Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2026
Published: October 21, 2026 14:01
Some of the winning and honored images from this yearâs photomicrography competition, selected from more than 1,800 entries.
The Atlantic Publishes List of â50 Unforgettable Love Storiesâ
Published: October 21, 2026 13:56
50 Unforgettable Love Stories
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/love-stories-romance-novels/688079/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 21, 2026 12:00
Centuries of joyous, tragic, tantalizing, enduring fiction
This Is Not a Cycle of Retribution
Published: October 21, 2026 11:30
The Republican response to Senator Elissa Slotkin is revealing.
The Contradictions of Troy Jackson
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/troy-jackson-maine-progressive/689091/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 21, 2026 11:00
The Democratic Senate candidate for Maine is courting working-class votersâwhile championing a set of policies that they donât support.
Canadian Officers Donât Want to Serve in the U.S. Anymore
Published: October 21, 2026 11:00
Trumpâs threats are making a real impact on U.S.-Canada military cooperation.
Trumpâs Budget Fantasy
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/trump-budget-deficit-debt/689085/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 21, 2026 10:01
Promises made, promises broken.
The Three Dates for Deciding Ukraineâs Future
Published: October 21, 2026 00:23
The next two months will bring a U.S. election and summits.
When the Public Good Is in the Hands of Big Tech
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/ai-charities-power-control/689097/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 23:41
Elon Musk and Dario Amodei are offering giftsâwith strings attached.
You Can Believe Everything
Published: October 20, 2026 21:36
What do Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk's flying car have in common?
Donald Trump Really Wants This Golf Course
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/trump-golf-course/689086/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 20:32
The government is going to considerableâbordering on absurdâlengths to make a D.C. park worthy of the PGA.
Trump Jr. Privately Breaks With His Dad
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/10/trump-don-jr-iran-war/689078/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 20:07
In private conversations, including with his father, Donald Trump Jr. has raised concerns about the Iran war.
France Will Never Be Enough for the People Desecrating It
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/france-protests-macron-government/689089/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 19:54
No society, no matter how equal or enlightened, can satisfy nihilists.
Sally Rooney Is Wrong, and So Is Whatâs Happening to Her
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/sally-rooney-free-speech/689087/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 19:44
You donât have to agree with the author and activist to see that Britainâs suppression of speech is a problem.
All the Presidentâs Hotties
Published: October 20, 2026 18:46
Donald Trump asks the biggest question in politics: Which Senate candidates are dreamboats?
Winners of the 2026 Epson International Pano Awards
Published: October 20, 2026 15:36
A collection of some of the highest-scoring images from the 17th edition of this panoramic-photo competition
Trumpâs âStaggering One-Two Punchâ to Ukraine
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/ra-ukraine/689068/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 14:09
Why Is Trump Making Deals With Putin?
What Lego Lost When It Grew Up
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/lego-adult-market/689051/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 12:44
The companyâs overt outreach to an adult market has changed the nature of its products.
American Sustenance
Published: October 20, 2026 11:01
Twenty years since my book The Omnivoreâs Dilemma was published, Americaâs food system is still a messâbut there are reasons for optimism.
The Cynicism of Trumpâs Climate Policy
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/epa-greenhouse-gas-emissions-power/689070/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 11:01
The EPAâs latest emissions guidance is nihilisticâand also wrong.
Why Is Strategy So Difficult?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/strategy-military-politics-war/689072/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 20, 2026 10:01
It can be studied, but rarely mastered.
A New Season of Autocracy in America
Published: October 20, 2026 10:01
Anne Applebaumâs podcast asks: Can we repair the American institutions Donald Trump is breaking?
What Role Should Politics Play In Your Life?
Published: October 20, 2026 02:02
Long careers spent covering politicians have taught David Brooks and Jeffrey Goldberg the importance of putting politics in its place.
Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars
Published: October 19, 2026 22:36
If high gas prices wonât persuade drivers to go electric, what will?
What Trumpâs Comments About France Say About Him
Published: October 19, 2026 22:27
The presidentâs reaction to mass protests in France tells us more about his mentality and domestic politics than it does about French society.
Let Yosemite Burn
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/10/yosemite-fires/689069/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 19, 2026 20:48
Firefighters are dying trying to put out fires that could be left alone.
The Internet Needs a Memory
Published: October 19, 2026 16:00
Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their workâbut the Wayback Machine has become collateral damage.
How Corruption Got This Bad
Published: October 19, 2026 12:50
Over the course of decades, the Supreme Court has legalized behavior that is poisonous to a functioning democracy.
The Perfect Liberal
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/liberalism-fukuyama-shklar-trump/689040/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 19, 2026 12:07
Now that the triumphalism of the postâCold War era is dying, what can replace it?
Like Yesteryear, but Better
Published: October 19, 2026 11:56
In Sarah Andersonâs novel, Fallow, a woman is hired to bear children for busy C-suite executives.
How Is Canadaâs Military Buildup Going?
Published: October 19, 2026 11:08
Decoupling from the U.S. is easier said than done.
Mamdani Is the Centrist Weâve Been Waiting For
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/mamdani-leftist-moderate-new-york/689053/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 19, 2026 11:01
The New York City mayor deserves a new cult followingâamong pragmatists.
Maine Has Changed. Susan Collins Hasnât.
Published: October 19, 2026 10:01
The senator is trying to defy the odds, again.
The Democratic Partyâs New Villain
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/10/democratic-party-big-tech/689008/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 19, 2026 10:01
The breakup with Big Tech is evident in dozens of campaign ads.
Siding With Putin Is a Huge Mistake
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/trump-putin/689067/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 22:47
The United States should stand unequivocally with Ukraine against Russia.
America Is Now an Ally of Russia
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/america-now-ally-russia/689066/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 21:59
Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.
Catalog of Misplaced Things
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/poem-j-mae-barizo-catalog/689060/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 16:00
A poem
Bad Vibes
Published: October 18, 2026 13:26
Enough with the sex toys, already.
Are We Too Political?
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/are-we-too-political/689011/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 13:00
Long careers spent covering politicians have taught David Brooks and Jeffrey Goldberg the importance of putting politics in its place.
The Evolution of Human Brain Set It Up for Failure
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/10/alzheimers-evolution/689062/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 12:00
The genetic changes that made the human brain may have made us uniquely vulnerable to Alzheimerâs.
America Has a Police Shortage
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/police-officers-usa-europe/689006/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 11:00
Many Americans have decided that their countryâs problem is that it has too many police officers. In fact, it has too few.
Elizabeth Holmes Was Ahead of Her Time
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/theranos-trump-nathan-fielder/689001/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 18, 2026 11:00
Americans have grown accustomed to her kind of fraud.
The Fight to Control Congress
Published: October 17, 2026 16:30
Panelists discuss the midterm elections in a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic in Austin, Texas.
The Final Defenders
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/capital-punishment-mitigators/688995/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 17, 2026 13:23
Those facing the death penalty have a last line of protection: the specialists who find explanations for unthinkable crimes and attempt to convince juries that sometimes guilty people deserve mercy.
The Flying Car Must Never Be Built
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/tesla-elon-musk-roadster/689059/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 17, 2026 12:35
It is not a goal to be reached, but a dream of new freedom deferred.
Another Battle Between the Catholic Church and the Trump Administration
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/catholic-church-sacraments/689063/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 17, 2026 12:00
The Church has fought the government multiple times to ensure that detained migrants have access to sacraments.
All the Comforts of Fall
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/comforts-of-fall/689056/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 17, 2026 12:00
Pumpkin-spice treats, cozy reads, and a few more ways to make the most of the season
What Has Anti-Imperialism Gotten Iran?
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/10/west-iran-economy-us/689039/?utm_source=feed
Published: October 17, 2026 11:01
An ideology of refusal has not made the international order fairer for Iranians or anyone else.