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Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei succeeds his father, making the Islamic Republic a hereditary dictatorship poised to double down on ideology and repression amid ongoing wars with the U.S. and Israel. 1 post
The Trump administration is investigating the 2020 election in Arizona through DHS and FBI probes, part of efforts to vindicate claims of election fraud despite previous investigations finding no widespread issues. 1 post
Universities have successfully blocked many of Trump's higher education policies in court, though the administration has still caused significant financial damage through funding cuts and research disruptions. 1 post
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The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump
The reasons other U.S. presidents avoided war with Iran are becoming all too evident. Samuel Corum / Sipa / Bloomberg / Getty In the least charitable—and probably accurate—view, President Trump went to war with Iran out of a delusional faith in himself. He believed that the worst-case scenarios
AI Isn’t Coming for Everyone’s Job
The rise and fall of the player piano indicates a robust demand for human labor that machines cannot replace. Steve Christo / Fairfax Media / Getty About 130 years ago, the job of pianist was automated when Edwin Votey created the first player piano. The machine worked by reading music that was
How Did I Become So Averse to Hype?
The Pitt, Severance, Sinners, you name it: For some reason, the more popular something is, the more likely I am to resist it. Illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. These days, everyone seems to be watching The Pitt—but not me. I hear it’s really good. I have to believe
The Midlife Crisis Comes for Millennial Pop
On her first album in seven years, Robyn reckons with motherhood and midlife desire. Illustration by Paul Spella. Source: Marili Andre, Courtesy of Young Recordings. Once upon the ’90s, a teenage girl named Robin Miriam Carlsson was crowned a pop princess. Her crystalline voice and secretive sm
The Big Story: Signalgate, One Year Later
Jeffrey Goldberg and Adrienne LaFrance discuss reporting on national security and the political fallout from the Signal story. Drew Campbell / The Atlantic On March 10, Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and executive editor Adrienne LaFrance discussed the political fallout after publis
The Iranian Regime Doubles Down
Trump was hoping for an Iranian Delcy Rodríguez. Instead he may have produced an Iranian Kim Jong Un. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP; Getty. Less than two weeks into the American and Israeli bombardment of Iran, the war is both a success and a failure.
Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations
Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona. Courtney Pedroza / Getty Updated on March 10 at 9:21 p.m. ET. In mid-February, as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fighting to keep her job, she held an el
Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has Hit a Snag
Universities and their allies have been able to block many, if not most, of the White House’s moves in court. Illustration by Lucy Naland. Sources: Kenny Holston / Bloomberg / Getty; Alamy. Almost immediately after Donald Trump took office for the second time, the White House and the Department
What to Make of the Gracie Mansion Incident
ISIS has become a brand. Charly Triballeau / AFP / Getty On Saturday, a far-right group organized a sparsely attended anti-Muslim demonstration outside of Gracie Mansion, the home of New York City’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani. A “Stand Against Hate” counterprotest attracted far more peo
Trump Can’t Decide Whether the Iran War Is Still Going On
The president seems to be at odds with both himself and his secretary of defense about the status of the conflict. Mark Peterson / Redux This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends th
Today's Atlantic Trivia: The Bible
Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help. Debut week for interactive Atlantic Trivia continues. I’ll keep the below instructions here until Friday: To play, type your response into the field below the question. If you need a hint, click to reveal. Next, click
Spain’s Wind-Farm Bargain
Renewable-energy projects can boost the economy of a rural town—if the community has a say in development. Cristina Arias / Cover / Getty Go looking for wind farms in Spain, and you might quickly end up in Castilla–La Mancha, a region southeast of Madrid. This is the place where Don Quixote, Mi
The Highly Exclusive Way That Everybody Shops Now
When everything’s a drop, what’s the point of a drop? Illustration by The Atlantic Scarcity is humanity’s great motivator. This has been true forever, since back when we were basically apes: The most important resources—food, shelter, mates—were the ones that were most in demand. Shortage meant
Why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Is Still Useful
For more than a decade, he has been known more as a regime opponent than as a supporter. Sobhan Farajvan / Sipa USA / Reuters On the first day of the Iran war, the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei overshadowed news of a strike near the home of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president f
I Recognize the Look on Liam Ramos’s Face
The 5-year-old was briefly held at Dilley, where families are sent after ICE roundups. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Ali Daniels; Ilana Panich-Linsman / Redux. When the first photo of 5-year-old Liam Ramos went viral in January, it became an instant symbol of the Trump administration’s
Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About
These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club. David Avazzadeh / Connected Archives This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The novelist Henry Miller once observed that “a book is not only a friend, it makes friends f
Just Don’t Say the W-Word
Trump’s administration has both used and avoided the word war in ways that seek glory and evade responsibility. Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty What’s happening in Iran right now? The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have been twisting themselves into semantic pretzels to avoid answe
Imagine Losing Your Job to the Mere Possibility of AI
The technology may not be ready to replace workers, but that isn’t stopping execs from pushing forward anyway. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic Late last month, at an event in Washington, D.C., Andrew Yang delivered a bleak message. “I have bad news, America,” he told the cro
A Never-Ending Conspiracy Theory in Remote Alaska
Why are some people convinced that nefarious experiments are happening at HAARP? Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic The guy pouring my beer in Anchorage told me that he knew there was no truth to decades-old rumors about a research facility 200 miles to the northeast. Nobody wa
What Anthropic’s Clash With the Pentagon Is Really About
Who will take responsibility for the technology? Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu / Getty. The weekslong conflict between Anthropic and the Department of Defense is entering a new phase. After being designated a supply-chain risk by DOD last week, w
The Wild 24-Hour Rise and Fall of Oil Prices
Americans will bear the costs if energy shocks in the Middle East lead to a full-blown crisis. Benoit Tessier / Reuters This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture
Meet the Nepo-tollah
Iran’s new supreme leader has little to recommend him and a lot to overcome. Illustration by Paul Spella / The Alantic. Source: Anadolu / Getty. Fittingly for Iran, the news that Mojtaba Khamenei, the ultimate theocratic nepo baby, will be the new supreme leader can be described as both expecte
Atlantic Trivia for March 9, 2026: Movie Stars and the Middle Ages
Test your knowledge—and read our latest stories for a little extra help. Atlantic Trivia is going interactive! Starting today, you’ll be able to enter your own answer—and thus show off even more. To play, type your response into the field below the question. If you need a hint, click to rev
I Believe California Has a Right to Exist
Gavin Newsom also has a right to exist. Justin Sullivan / Getty Last week, a New York Times report on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s pointed criticism of Israel included this curious clarification: “Izzy Gardon, a spokesman for Mr. Newsom, said that the governor ‘believes in Israel’s right
Love Story Is a Horror Story
The show, which deeply empathizes with John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, is ultimately just a paparazzo by other means. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: David Turner / Penske Media / Getty. This article contains mild spoilers through Season 1, Episode 6 of Love Story. If every