14+ hour, 43+ min ago   (268+ words) The technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle—and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down. Politicians have no shortage of ideas about how to rein in AI: a 100 percent federal tax rate on data-center incentives, a…...

20+ hour, 20+ min ago   (18+ words) The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (117+ words) Last week, after floodwaters caused by a collapsing glacier tore through the Himalayas between Nepal and China, leaving more than 1,100 people dead and thousands more missing, the party’s current... China’s leader behaves more like an emperor than a man of…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (392+ words) The Houthi advance is bad news for the U.S., and even worse news for Saudi Arabia. Yesterday morning, those delusions drifted away like smoke as Houthi forces broke through their enemies’ defenses and seized the towns and islands around the Bab…...

2+ day, 14+ 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…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (195+ words) At a midterm convention, Trump tries to defy the odds one last time. “I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot,” he said. “I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. Just one more time.” Read: Trump plans…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (215+ words) The military is doing long-term planning for its force in the Persian Gulf, risking further strain on the Navy. To hear the Trump administration tell it, the war with Iran is all but over. U.S. military posture tells a different story:…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (130+ words) He was ready for life after the Smithsonian. Protecting the institution had taken a toll. Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was already slipping into the past tense when we walked together through the National Museum of American…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (568+ words) Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do. In the anxious days following President Trump’s 2020 election loss—before his supporters stormed the Capitol, before…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (148+ words) The attacks 25 years ago inspired a sense of national unity. It has since been shattered. The response underscored how much New York belongs to America. Rescue workers from red and blue states raced to help. Donations poured in from rich…...