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From The Atlantic. “I keep hearing from the White House that we need to cooperate,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz tells Isaac Stanley-Becker. “I don’t know what you want me to say about cooperating with a force who clearly was doing everything wrong.” Listen here:
From The Atlantic. Autocrats don’t just attack educational institutions; they seek to turn them into “a place that breeds the values of authoritarianism, suspicion, hostility,” Ruth Ben-Ghiat tells Anne Applebaum. Listen to the full episode of “Autocracy in America”:
From The Atlantic. The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling and shares the view from his state. “ The way you win this is through nonviolence, that you cannot do violence,” Governor Tim Walz told the Atlantic staff writer Isaac Stanley-Becker in Minneapolis on Wednesday (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/tim-walz-fort-sumter-minneapolis-ice/685801/) . “And I know my constituents are mad at…
From The Atlantic. People are risking their lives in Minneapolis to document the actions of federal agents, Charlie Warzel argues: “If the truth is ever going to win out over propaganda, it can only do so in the face of overwhelming evidence.”
From The Atlantic. Ahead of ICE coming to his home state, staff writer Tyler Austin Harper made the decision to stop carrying his personal handgun that he keeps under his shirt most days “in full compliance with Maine’s concealed-carry laws,” because the past few weeks in Minneapolis “have made it apparent that ICE and Border…
From The Atlantic. On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” David opens with his reflections on the recent shootings in Minneapolis. He argues that these killings, alongside ICE’s warrantless home raids and mistaken detentions, and the reports of deaths in custody, are not isolated abuses but signs of a rapidly deepening crisis in…
From The Atlantic. The statements from congressional Republicans expressing concern after Saturday’s shooting of Alex Pretti were relatively mild. But as Donald Trump watched the situation unfold from the White House, he grew uneasy with the pushback from his party—and with the National Rifle Association’s criticism of comments from a law-enforcement official, Jonathan Lemire report.…
From The Atlantic. “Behind the violence in Minneapolis—captured in so many chilling photographs in recent weeks—is a different reality: a meticulous urban choreography of civic protest,” Robert Worth reports from the city. At times, Worth was reminded of his coverage of the Arab Spring in 2011, in which a series of street clashes between protesters…
From The Atlantic. “The only reason we know that this happened the way it happened was because so many people in that neighborhood were also prepared to witness,” Adam Serwer tells Hanna Rosin from Minneapolis. Listen to more on "Radio Atlantic":
From The Atlantic. A second American was shot and killed by federal agents. The Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer joins from Minneapolis to describe what he’s seen there in recent days, describing it as a form of activism America’s not seen since the 1960s—perhaps even earlier. Serwer spent last week in Minneapolis talking to protesters.…
From The Atlantic. Come on a journey with the Atlantic staff writer Alexandra Petri as she paints a portrait of Oscar Wilde (and a bird!) while discussing sip-n-paints, how she became a humor writer, and her lifetime of pun-making. This is “Behind the Byline,” a series from The Atlantic that lets you get to know…
From The Atlantic. The Minneapolis protests are less online-based than many other modern protests, Ryan Broderick tells Charlie Warzel: “To compare that to the other side, which is extremely online, is a total inversion of everything I’ve seen in my career.” Listen to the episode:
From The Atlantic. In this episode of “Galaxy Brain,” host Charlie Warzel speaks with the reporter Ryan Broderick about how the internet’s fragmentation of attention and facts has bled into real-world political violence in Minneapolis this month. From the viral spread of a right-wing video about day-care fraud in Minnesota to the aggressive ICE activity…
From The Atlantic. Joan Brugge has worked for nearly 50 years as a cancer scientist, studying the earliest signs that someone might become sick. Then the Trump administration canceled her lab’s funding. The administration’s attacks on medicine, culture, and education—which include funding cuts and verbal threats—are about more than just budgeting and bravado. Our host,…
From The Atlantic. Last year, there was a mass exodus of federal workers: Some were pushed out, while others left on their own. All in all, more than 300,000 Americans left government jobs. The Atlantic staff writer Franklin Foer spent months talking to dozens of them, finding out who they were, what they did, and…
From The Atlantic. Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum “revealed what he still doesn’t understand about American power on the global stage,” David A. Graham argues.
From The Atlantic. Europe shoring up NATO defenses in Greenland introduces “a flip side of uncertainty” for Vladimir Putin, Fiona Hill tells David Frum. Listen to the full episode:
From The Atlantic. On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum examines one of the most consequential deceptions of the Trump presidency: the insistence that grocery prices are falling when Americans know from lived experience that they are not. David explains how tariffs and trade policy are deliberately driving food…
From The Atlantic. Trump’s base isn’t abandoning him—but several groups have an interest in pushing the claim that they are, Yair Rosenberg argues.
From The Atlantic. The people and politicians around Trump must stand up to him when it comes to his threat to invade Greenland, Anne Applebaum argues.
From The Atlantic. The beautiful illustrations of “The Mitten,” the humor of “A Baby Sister for Frances,” the lessons of “Miss Rumphius”—these are some of what our editors loved from The Atlantic’s 65 essential children’s books.
From The Atlantic. “Name a tech platform,” Sophie Gilbert argues, and “it has been created because someone somewhere wanted to ogle women.” Gilbert speaks with Charlie Warzel about how the use of Grok to create AI-generated nudes is the latest manifestation of a long-running phenomenon in tech. Watch more: https://theatln.tc/na3d4vfH
From The Atlantic. “Heated Rivalry,” the Canadian ice-hockey TV series that’s become a phenomenon, “knows the value of good sex scenes,” Faith Hill argues. The series shows the scenes “not for thrills or laughs or snapshots of a fleeting moment but for illustrating how the characters’ relationship develops, touch by touch, over time. It takes…
From The Atlantic. Some crypto investors don’t understand the level of risk they’re taking—and now government regulators are backing away from new consumer protections, Molly White tells Anne Applebaum. “There were many instances where people lost their funds and they said, ‘I thought I had the same protections as a bank.’” Listen to the full…
From The Atlantic. In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel confronts the growing crisis around AI-generated sexual abuse and the culture of impunity enabling it. He examines how Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok is being used to create and circulate nonconsensual sexualized images, often targeting women. Warzel lays out why this moment represents a red…
From The Atlantic. Brandon LaRoque kept his life savings in a cryptocurrency account. One morning, as he went to check his balance, he discovered that it was all missing. LaRoque is one of many victims of the unregulated crypto industry. President Donald Trump has rolled back regulation of the industry, while he and his family…
From The Atlantic. Brandon LaRoque kept his life savings in a cryptocurrency account. One morning, as he went to check his balance, he discovered that it was all missing. LaRoque is one of many victims of the unregulated crypto industry. President Donald Trump has rolled back regulation of the industry, while he and his family…
From The Atlantic. President Trump has made comments questioning the necessity of midterm elections. Arizona’s secretary of state talked about this threat earlier this week, telling Yvonne Wingett Sanchez “you can’t cancel the election.” “But here’s the problem,” he said. “The fact that we’re running through these scenarios in the first place should tell you…
From The Atlantic. Danish forces are moving to Greenland to show NATO—and Donald Trump—that they’re serious about security, Isaac Stanley-Becker reports from Copenhagen.
From The Atlantic. Tensions are high in Minneapolis this week. The Trump administration is sending more federal agents. Protesters are calling for justice for the killing of an unarmed citizen. But what could actually happen legally? Especially when the Department of Justice seems more interested in trying to open a criminal investigation into the victim’s…
From The Atlantic. Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 13, 2026, this fireside chat features Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes in conversation with Atlantic staff writer Yvonne Wingett Sanchez. As the country approaches the 2026 midterm elections, Fontes discusses Arizona’s efforts to safeguard election integrity, protect voters, and strengthen democratic trust. This conversation was…
From The Atlantic. Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and U.S. Senator Jeff Flake joins Atlantic contributor Evan Smith to talk about America’s position on the global stage. Recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 13, 2026, this conversation comes as the United States enters the second year of an increasingly isolationist administration, raising timely questions about…
From The Atlantic. On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses the menacing crises the Trump presidency is inflicting on the United States and its own movement to start 2026. David speculates that the recent lethal ICE incident in Minneapolis, Trump’s increasingly unhinged rhetoric, and the targeting of Jerome…
From The Atlantic. The U.S. strike on Venezuela has emboldened Donald Trump to flex even more, Jonathan Lemire reports: “Trump is acting with little to no checks on his power—abroad and at home.”
From The Atlantic. We have “a president with similar, but not identical, dark impulses” to Richard Nixon—but who uniquely “has no sense of shame and no guardrails,” Tim Naftali, the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, tells David Frum. Subscribe to watch the latest episode of "The David Frum Show":
From The Atlantic. Galaxy Brain’s Charlie Warzel reacts to the nightmare playing out on Elon Musk’s X. Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” newsletter: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/galaxy-brain/?utm_source=podcast-warzel Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/galaxy-brain/id1378618386 Subscribe to the “Galaxy Brain” podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/542WHgdiDTJhEjn1Py4J7n Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic/?hl=en Get more from your favorite Atlantic…
From The Atlantic. “This is, like, basic human decency: that we shouldn’t have tools that can very easily create viral content of women and children being undressed against their will.” Grok’s “mass-undressing spree” and the lack of urgency from X and other platforms to address it have crossed a dangerous line, Charlie Warzel argues. Watch…
From The Atlantic. The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us. This shift was evident even before the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland this week. In this…
From The Atlantic. The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us. This shift was evident even before the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland this week. In this…
From The Atlantic. In this episode of “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel discusses the nightmare playing out on Elon Musk’s X: Grok, the platform’s embedded AI chatbot, is being used to generate and spread nonconsensual sexualized images—often through “undressing” prompts that turn harassment into a viral game. Warzel describes how what once lived on the internet’s…
From The Atlantic. The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us. This shift was evident even before the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland this week. In this…
From The Atlantic. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) on White House threats to use the military to take Greenland. Subscribe to the “Radio Atlantic” podcast on Apple Podcasts: Follow The Atlantic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantic/?hl=en Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight…
From The Atlantic. “This isn’t just about me anymore,” Mark Kelly tells Hanna Rosin about the Trump administration’s demotion threat. “This is a message to the American people: Shut up or there are consequences. And we cannot let that stand.”
From The Atlantic. The U.S. seizing Greenland would embolden China and Russia to go after countries they covet, Mark Kelly tells @HannaRosin, adding that it “would probably be the biggest mistake any president has made in the history of this country.” Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subAtlanticYT
From The Atlantic. In December 24th’s episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum reacted to the Trump administration’s hostility toward NATO. David discussed why NATO was created, what it does, and why we should care about it. He also analyzed the United State’s global leadership role and why so many bad actors…
From The Atlantic. President Donald Trump likely won’t listen to this podcast, but Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona has a warning for him: Any attempt to take Greenland using military force will probably go down as the biggest mistake made by a president in all of U.S. history. In this conversation with Kelly, we discuss…
From The Atlantic. David Frum tells Vivian Salama that Venezuela’s claim of massive oil reserves is likely inflated: “They just made the figure up … Chávez, for his own ego reasons, said: I want the number to be bigger.”
From The Atlantic. Anne Applebaum hosts a new season of “Autocracy in America,” reporting on the sweeping changes unfolding in our country and preparing you to think about what might happen next. Listen to the new season this Friday wherever you find your podcasts.
From The Atlantic. The country that introduced the Truman Doctrine, the Reagan Doctrine, and—Trump’s apparent favorite—the Monroe Doctrine “now embraces the plainest and most ostentatiously bellicose of national-security policies,” Missy Ryan and Ashley Parker report.
From The Atlantic. On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses the American seizure of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and President Donald Trump’s deeply flawed thinking about Venezuelan oil. David argues that Trump’s worldview of exploitation and predation is likely to doom his ambitions in Venezuela rather than secure…
From The Atlantic. Maduro’s conviction in a U.S. court isn’t certain, the historian David Rothkopf tells David Frum: “We’ve seen a lot of cases put together by the Trump Justice Department falling apart because they’ve been mishandled from a legal perspective.”
From The Atlantic. The Trump administration’s victory narrative around its actions in Venezuela “is for U.S. domestic political consumption rather than to achieve something in Venezuela,” Anne Applebaum tells David Frum. Watch the full episode now.
From The Atlantic. After the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by U.S. forces over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced that America would now “run” Venezuela. Staff writers Vivian Salama and Michael Scherer break down what might happen next (https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-nicolas-maduro-venezuela/685493/) —and what Trump told The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-venezuela-maduro-delcy-rodriguez/685497/) the day after the…
From The Atlantic. Even some of Donald Trump’s closest allies are unnerved by his brash approach to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Atlantic staff writers report. Vivian Salama on the challenges Trump now faces—both in Venezuela and at home. Read more at the link. Credit: Anadolu, Jesus Vargas, Bloomberg Creative, E+, AFP, Luis James, Jim Watson, Bloomberg,…
From The Atlantic. David Frum is joined by The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum to react to the news of the American raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in a special episode of The David Frum Show. Sign up for David Frum’s newsletter alert to find out when a new story is published: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/david-frum/?follow=true&utm_campaign=frum-yt Subscribe…
From The Atlantic. “I’m not seeing everyone as just these absolutely passive observers,” Charlie Warzel argues. Warzel and David Frum discuss how ever more tribal online discourse and algorithms have manipulated the current political environment.
From The Atlantic. Ashley Parker has dubbed the cowboy boot the perfect work professional shoe. She has worn pairs from her collection to the halls of Congress, to Washington galas, and even to interview the president. This is “Behind the Byline,” a series from The Atlantic that lets you get to know the people behind…
From The Atlantic. In July, we published a series of stories about San Francisco’s attempt to address a crisis unfolding on the city’s streets. We followed Evan, who had been homeless for years, as he sought an escape from the addiction that was threatening his life. Four months later, we check in on how he’s…
From The Atlantic. On this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He examines the many actions President Donald Trump has taken that run counter to the ideals articulated in 1776, and considers how…
From The Atlantic. Many of the years’ biggest TV shows flaunted wealth—but the shows Atlantic critics Sophie Gilbert and Shirley Li loved most this year demonstrated that moving and ingenious narratives still exist on screen. See all their choices at the link: https://theatln.tc/PoGtyE4s Credit: FX; Ricardo Moreira / Getty Images for Disney; Peacock; HBO Max;…