On Tuesday, President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term. On Washington Week With The Atlantic, panelists joined to examine what to expect from the president’s ...

The gambit was successful. At least twice, the president weighed ordering an attack on Iran, only to be dissuaded by aides ...

The ruling against Trump’s tariffs is a major victory for the constitutional separation of powers, rule of law, and millions ...

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A new play upends the contemporary notion that public disagreement needs to be a gaudy game of winners and losers.

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Killing thousands of protesters last month was apparently not enough for the Islamic Republic, which followed up by arresting ...

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Or, at least it was his favorite power—before the Supreme Court ruled today that many of the tariffs he had imposed in the past year were illegal. The ruling is a political embarrassment to the ...

American writing instruction has always involved some level of torture. What happens when technology makes it easy?

Benjamin Lynch of Team Ireland competes in the first run of the men’s freeski halfpipe final on Day 14 of the 2026 Winter ...