1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (34+ words) This article was adapted from the afterword to the 2003 paperback edition of William Langewiesche’s 2002 book, American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center. Langewiesche, who died in 2025,... A note from the author...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (128+ words) His insistence during an overseas trip on championing democracy in foreign policy is now a relic. Secretary of State Colin Powell was having breakfast with Peru’s president in Lima’s historic center on September 11, 2001, when an aide passed him a note…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (75+ words) The Atlantic The president’s latest version doesn’t square with the facts. Where were you on 9/11? Every American old enough to remember the day has an answer to that question. President Trump has several. Trump’s view may have been clear, but…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (411+ words) A city at the southern tip of Mexico has become the place where migrants’ dreams go to die. “Where are we?” Borrell asked. Mexican agents pull migrants out of commercial buses and cars on the freeway leaving the city, making…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (124+ words) Test your knowledge—and read our stories for a little extra help. This is the final week of this version of Atlantic Trivia! Stay tuned for the first editions of our new trivia game, Rabbithole. Until then, good luck with…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (156+ words) The Department of Homeland Security set up an independent office to provide statistics that lawmakers and the public could trust. Its director just quit. Read: The problem with shutting down ICE in blue states Read: Inside Trump’s reversal on ICE…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (456+ words) Trump fumed at subordinates who showed him the perils of escalation. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week pleaded with Republicans on Capitol Hill for billions of dollars to replenish America’s dangerously depleted stockpiles of missiles and other crucial munitions. Hegseth’s…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) The president would ruin an architectural gem because he thinks it doesn’t match the White House. Since November, President Trump has been pushing a plan to paint the granite office building next to the White House, because he thinks it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (173+ words) Anthony Fauci returned to Capitol Hill this week, where he faced attacks from Republican lawmakers during a Senate hearing. On Washington Week With The Atlantic, panelists joined to discuss his... Panelists joined to discuss the doctor’s Senate hearing, and more....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (500+ words) Ukraine wants to start using Musk’s Starlink to target ballistic-missile launchers inside Russia. During closed-door talks at the White House on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky laid out a plan for his country to survive another winter of war with…...