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This Is a Test

David A. Graham

November 5, 2024

A ballot being cast in a marble pillar

How Republicans in Congress Could Try to Steal the Election

November 2, 2024

A white ballot box with the American flag above the word "vote"

A Bogus New Rationale for Trump’s Economic Agenda

Scott Lincicome

October 28, 2024

Color photograph of Donald Trump talking, wearing a black suit with a red tie.

Donald Trump’s Fascist Romp

October 14, 2024

A photograph shoes Glenn Youngkin shaking Donald Trump's hand

November Will Be Worse

October 9, 2024

A photo illustration of a lightning storm

What I Didn’t Understand About Political Lying

October 9, 2024

An illustration showing a rotten banana painted in gold

Trump and Vance Are Calling Their Abortion Ban Something New

October 5, 2024

Photo of Donald Trump and J. D. Vance

‘The Death Toll Is Going to Be Tremendous’

David A. Graham

October 3, 2024

People clean up a muddy downtown street using wheelbarrows

The Atlantic Daily

MAGA Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

September 26, 2024

Mark Robinson speaks in front of a Trump-Vance podium

Why Mike Lee Folded

October 2024 Issue

A color portrait of Mike Lee in suit and tie, sitting in chair with hand to chin, with double exposure of image

Hypocrisy, Spinelessness, and the Triumph of Donald Trump

October 2024 Issue

illustration with abstract figures of yellow-haired figure in blue suit standing and extending orange hand with ring for kneeling figure in blue suit to kiss, on black background

How to Fix the Secret Service Before It Fails Again

August 8, 2024

Trump Shooting podium

Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago

July 15, 2024

Weed plant with a halo of sunlight

The Atlantic Daily

An Attempt to Check the Supreme Court’s Power

July 11, 2024

The Supreme Court justices sit in front of a red curtain for a group photo

The Problem With ‘In Demand’ Jobs

June 23, 2024

Conveyor belt dumping a series of helmets into an abyss

What’s Wrong With Congress (And How to Fix It)

June 11, 2024

The Capitol melting

Republicans Respond to Trump’s Conviction

June 1, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Work In Progress

Americans Are Thinking About Immigration All Wrong

May 30, 2024

The Statue of Liberty

How Far Will Republicans Go to Become Trump’s Vice President?

May 25, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Political Dysfunction Facing Congress

May 18, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

A Strange Week in Politics

May 11, 2024

The Wrong Way to Fight Anti-Semitism on Campus

Conor Friedersdorf

May 11, 2024

Blue tape over a campus building

The Potential Political Fallout Over Foreign Funding

April 27, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Battle in Congress for Foreign Funding

April 20, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic. From right to left: Eugene Daniels, Seung Min Kim, and Jeffery Goldberg.

Why Congress Keeps Failing to Protect Kids Online

October 30, 2023

A photo-illustration of a school child superimposed by a design that looks like a QR code

This Week in Books: I Want to Know What Love Is

August 25, 2023

a black-and-white photo of two people kissing

UFOs Are Officially Mainstream

July 26, 2023

A black-and-white photograph of former military-intelligence officer David Grusch during his testimony to Congress

There Is No Constitutional End Run Around the Debt Ceiling

May 24, 2023

An illustration of a red line graph against a backdrop of constitutional text

The George Santos Saga Isn’t (Just) Funny

David A. Graham

January 20, 2023

Black-and-white photo of George Santos

How Did America End Up With the Z.O.M.B.I.E. Act?

November 12, 2022

Letters spill out of the United States capitol.

The Supreme Court Is Making America Ungovernable

Lisa Heinzerling

July 26, 2022

Illustration of the American flag being shredded.

The Supreme Court’s Extreme Power Grab

July 19, 2022

Image of the Supreme Court facade with a black background and red glow from the inside

The Constitution Isn’t Working

July 12, 2022

Empty House of Representatives

The Supreme Court Is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power

Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan

June 8, 2022

Edifice of the Supreme Court but in place of columns are king pieces from a chess set

The Puerto Rico Problem Is an American Problem

Xochitl Gonzalez

April 21, 2022

The flag of Puerto Rico hanging from a sash window of a house in Brooklyn, New York City

The Shadow Congress

February 20, 2022

A shadowy photo of the U.S. Capitol at night