An Alien Scholar’s Notes on Trump’s Washington

We’ll start this conference looking back on 2026 Washington Architecture by being honest: We have no idea what happened here. The snapshot of this planet that my comrades and I…

The Hasan Piker Question

Like late-summer humidity, Hasan Piker hangs heavy over the discourse. At a rally on Monday, Vice President Vance brought up the hard-left streamer in an attempt to paint the Democratic…

How the Early Dreams of the Internet Changed

Source: YouTube Summary This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here.During the 1984 Super Bowl, an advertisement launched…

The Vicious Cycle Trump May Restart

Source: YouTube Summary By the time he retired from the Marine Corps, in 1931, Major General Smedley Butler had served in Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, the Philippines, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic,…

Trump’s Antitrust Gambit May Backfire

In March, one of the most important antitrust cases in recent memory went to trial. The Department of Justice and 39 states plus the District of Columbia had sued the…

An Inflection Point for Prediction Markets

Source: YouTube Summary This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends…

The Court’s Ballroom Decision Is a Sign of Deeper Problems

In deciding to allow President Trump to proceed with constructing a new ballroom, which Congress has not authorized, at the White House, which Trump does not own, the U.S. Supreme…

The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Gail Bisson / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards Common Merganser. Winner, Female Bird, U.S. and Canada. East Bay Sandbar, Nova Scotia, Canada. Timothy Dhalleine / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards Crested Caracara.…

How Trump Lost Asia

Source: YouTube Summary Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeIn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a discussion of how Donald Trump…

The MAGA Right Is Only Pretending to Be Censored

For nearly a year and a half, the Trump administration prepared its case. Political appointees inside the State Department combed through old files and databases. Civil servants received notice that…