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The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things much further than anyone has before.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is one of hundreds of prisoners in El Salvador who have been denied their day in court.

Missy Ryan (Marvin Joseph)April 30, 2025, 3:16 PM ET The Atlantic is announcing the hire of Missy Ryan as a staff writer, as part of a continued expansion of national security coverage. Missy has written about foreign policy, defense, and national security for more than a decade at The Washington Post, where she rep...

Millions of Americans are inhaling e-cigarettes illegally imported from China. Because of tariffs, they’re about to get a lot more expensive.

Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more.

Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.

The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.

Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.