The Top Gun: Maverick Theory of Pete Hegseth

When audiences first met Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in 1986’s Top Gun, he was a lieutenant at the Navy’s elite school for fighter pilots. The movie doesn’t give his age, but…

The Atlantic Announces First Speakers and Programming for the 18th Annual Atlantic Festival, September 17–19 in New York

Today The Atlantic is announcing the first speakers, film screenings, podcast tapings, and book talks for the 18th annual Atlantic Festival, taking place September 17–19 in New York City. The…

The DSA Isn’t Wrong About Everything

The Republican Party and its allied media organs have been blasting out messaging highlighting the radical views of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose views conservatives wish to associate with…

The DSA Isn’t Wrong About Everything

The Republican Party and its allied media organs have been blasting out messaging highlighting the radical views of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose views conservatives wish to associate with…

A Morning of Controlled Chaos in Maine

Photographs by Cassandra Klos Kathie Purdy doesn’t mind the phone calls. And there have been a lot of them—producing a sustained buzzing from her iPhone throughout the nearly two weeks…

J. D. Vance Isn’t a Fool. Why Does He Act Like One?

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…

War by Any Other Name

The Trump administration is back at war. It just doesn’t want to admit it. In the 10 days since the United States resumed its air strikes against Iran, neither President…

Iraq’s Man in the Middle

Every Iraqi prime minister since the fall of Saddam Hussein has inherited the same impossible job: Convince Washington that Iraq is not slipping entirely into Iran’s orbit while convincing Tehran…

Iraq’s Man in the Middle

Every Iraqi prime minister since the fall of Saddam Hussein has inherited the same impossible job: Convince Washington that Iraq is not slipping entirely into Iran’s orbit while convincing Tehran…

Iraq’s Man in the Middle

Every Iraqi prime minister since the fall of Saddam Hussein has inherited the same impossible job: Convince Washington that Iraq is not slipping entirely into Iran’s orbit while convincing Tehran…