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Credit: Samuel Corum / Sipa / Getty Why DOGE Could Actually Increase the Deficit
Some of Musk’s haphazard cuts will produce tiny savings in terms of salary while forfeiting much larger ones down the road, costing the government money.
Warrick Page / Max The Pitt Has Revolutionized the Medical Drama
The smash-hit hospital show has brought the beloved genre back into the real world.
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Getty. Job Loss Is a Kind of Grief
Those recently out of work may find that traditional mourning rituals can ease some of their suffering.
Shawn Thew / Bloomberg / Getty The Double Standard at the Center of the Signal Debacle
As senior officials deny wrongdoing, rank-and-file national-security personnel worry about the dangers if no one is held accountable.
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Andrew Harnik / Getty The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Mauricio Palos / Bloomberg / Getty; Anna Moneymaker / Getty. Why Sheinbaum Can Surrender to Trump
Canadian and European leaders push back against the U.S. because they have to listen to their voters. Mexico’s leader faces no penalty for ignoring hers.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Mario Tama / Getty. Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.’s Unproven Measles Treatment
Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years
The True Story of the Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out of Prison in a Dog Crate
She wanted to escape her marriage. He wanted to escape his life sentence.
R. Fresson What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”
Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Deep Throat: An Institutional Analysis
“As I said at the outset, I didn’t know who Deep Throat was. I know from conversation with Bob Woodward at the time only that he was from the FBI. He could well have been Mark Felt.” (From 1992)
Associated Press Put Your Husband in the Kitchen
“I am tempted to think that the perplexed businessman might discover a possible solution of his troubles if he would just spend a few days in his wife’s kitchen.” (From 1932)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Allison Robbert / AFP / Getty. radio atlantic•Episode 120Classified, or Not Classified?
The fallout from the Signal breach is only just beginning.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Jeff Kowalsky / AFP / Getty. good on paper•Episode 43Politicians Think Voters Are Dumb. Are They Right?
A striking new study reveals that elected officials have a far more pessimistic view of voter behavior than do citizens themselves.
LIMITED SERIESWe Live Here Now
We found out that our new neighbors were supporting January 6 insurrectionists. We knocked on their door. A podcast series about what happened next.
LIMITED SERIESAutocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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