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The Supreme Court is mostly giving the Trump administration what it wants—with interesting exceptions.

How Markwayne Mullin went from Indian Country to Trump’s immigration enforcer

Metal credit cards are getting out of hand.

The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party.

AI companies are stripping universities of their best researchers.

The past few months have shown just how anachronistic and costly the Jones Act is.

Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.

Replacing a Senate candidate is messy, but so is democracy.

The secretary of defense is making one of the most dangerous jobs in America more lethal.

The country’s new prime minister is trying to navigate between Washington and Tehran.

A teardown of the upper chamber would be good for American democracy.

No classified briefings, no press conferences, no acknowledgment that the conflict with Iran is back on

Every politician does some pandering, but few do it as clumsily, or with such evident disdain for their own supporters, as the vice president.

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 festival will for the second year be anchored at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in downtown Manhattan and hold programming at venues around the city, including the Tenement Museum, the Brooklyn Public Library, and Metrograph. For the opening night, The Atlantic is partnering with Juilliard to present

Like Tom Cruise in the movie, the defense secretary appears stuck in his past.

Dave Eggers’s career has long balanced two major impulses. In his new book, he lets them wrestle on the page.

Vincent Smith on rising grocery prices and whether there will be relief anytime soon. Plus: Trump’s broken economic policies and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology .

The war in Iran has dealt a serious blow to the idea that the president can slip out of any bind easily.

A new, gonzo style of fraud could be an existential threat to prediction markets.

The Hugging Face hack reveals that the web is in a vulnerable new era.

The problem with ICE and traffic stops

Viking 1's meteorology instrument stands aloft, on an extended boom, seen against the rocky and sandy surface of Mars.

As the government began to figure out why people were getting sick, the messaging got only worse.

The president and the Pentagon are not being up front about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities.

Republicans grilled a museum head, intensifying Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the American story.

Spain’s 1–0 win over Argentina demonstrated all of the ways that this sport is still foreign in the United States.

Mark Kelly’s résumé and the goodwill he’s accrued as Gabby Giffords’s spouse have granted him a high level of admiration. Can it translate to excitement for a presidential campaign?

Amitav Ghosh believes that climate change requires rethinking the novel. His new work of fiction fails that standard.

Jay Young looking at a photograph of his father, Jeffrey Young, at his home in Frisco, Texas

Too many institutions are teaching young people to stay quiet.

The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that many patients have been wrongly diagnosed.

Ella Langley’s country music offers an appealing commodity for this moment: moderation.

Rose Horowitch on her cover story and what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”

Why does Communion exist?

Military fitness experts say the secretary of defense fails on form.

Its blend of horror and comedy channels the spirit of the times.

The new blockbuster’s box-office success affirms the power of spectacle.