This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works.

I n 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to ...

This rhetorical move may generate applause from partisans, but it’s self-defeating, because societies that externalize their ...

W hen America’s Founders wrote the declaration that gave birth to the new nation, they began by saying that “a decent respect ...

Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

Some of the funniest bits are about her raising her son. When she’s ashamed of yelling at him: “It’s like bitch-slapping E.T.” When another mother in her son’s class makes a passive-aggressive comment ...

A shutdown was a risky way for Democrats to make a point, because it gave the executive branch even more discretion in the ...

The Democrats finally have their groove back—or at least a semblance of a groove. The convention was held, somewhat awkwardly ...

Mamdani won by a modest margin in a deeply blue city not because of his radical commitments, but despite them.

The government shutdown is now the longest in history. Panelists joined Washington Week With The Atlantic to discuss how ...

A Guardian and a Thief begins promisingly, offering nuanced portraits of its main characters. On the first page, the reader ...

They’re more diverse than ever, but they remain the sites of deep racial and socioeconomic gaps.