The Atlantic

The 39th president of the United States died at 100 today.

The disgraced former Florida representative now faces the blunt reality of his own political irrelevance.

The politics of procrastination

A returning president who expects to govern without constraints leaves his opponents hoping to benefit from the blowback.

The billionaire may have just tanked a bipartisan bill to fund the government. All he needed was a few hours on X.

Most major media properties are tied to larger business interests that can benefit from government policy—or be harmed by it.

The U.S. failed to produce weapons and ammunition fast enough to supply Ukraine. Could it equip its own armed forces in the event of war?

Advice from the friends who sit on my bookshelves.

The party once championed an approach popular with voters and politicians alike. Why give up on it?

The party’s debate about reinventing itself after the election has gotten more complicated.

Small-town America voted heavily in his favor—but the policies he’s pledged won’t reward that faith.

Behind MAHA, RFK Jr.’s alternative-health movement, is a legion of Instagram influencers with millions of followers.

Embracing populism could help the party build a lasting political coalition—if the Republicans don’t do it first.

FBI Director Christopher Wray, like so many Republicans who couldn’t stomach Trump’s demands, decided to go gentle into that good night.

The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed.

In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?

The party should stop talking to itself and start hearing what voters have to say.

In postelection Washington, the mood is calm—and the developments are disturbing.

An Eisenhower-era initiative holds key lessons for Trump’s immigration policy.

By pardoning his son, the president shows he’s a politician after all.

In state after state, they rejected proposals to fix two of the most hated problems in politics.

His father did the right thing.

The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism.

The newspapers and networks of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules.

It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.