Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst believe the future of AI art doesn’t have to belong to slop, @skornhaber writes. He met the artists working to prove that the technology can inspire something much weirder—and potentially great. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

A new book asks what we might gain if we accepted the way we look. @ilanaslightly on Stephanie Fairyington’s “Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter,” and the upsides of defying beauty standards: theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…

In case after case, the Supreme Court is gutting established precedents while saying that it is preserving them, @DuncanHosie argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

The Supreme Court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship is a blow to Trump’s immigration agenda, the law professor Amanda Frost tells Hanna Rosin: “He was trying to change our nation’s understanding of who belongs.” Watch Radio Atlantic: piped.video/watch?v=EgpM77zU…

Lawyers for the Kennedy Center are urging an appeals court to restore Donald Trump’s name to the building—but their latest argument raises a new mystery about fundraising for the center, Janay Kingsberry reports: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…

NEWS: A new Kennedy Center mystery: a "Trump Kennedy Center Foundation," created in March. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…

Difficult childbirth isn’t unique to humans—but how our species deals with it reveals something distinct about humanity, @KatherineJWu reports: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

Some of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings broadly affirm the president’s executive power, while others seem to rebuff Trump’s agenda. In The Atlantic Daily, Will Gottsegen and Quinta Jurecic break down the decisions: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…

NPR’s erroneous report that Justice Samuel Alito had retired “is, by journalistic standards, a massive blunder,” Charlie Warzel argues: “A valid question though is how many people still care about those standards.” theatlantic.com/technology/2…

A charming and revealing window into what it's like to be a young founder (or founder wannabe) in the Bay Area these days, by the great @matteo_wong: theatlantic.com/technology/2…

I talked with David Blight, biographer of Frederick Douglass, about birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment on the David Frum Show 2 weeks ago piped.video/watch?v=FjOo4aL5…

This is an exceptionally moving account of the disaster in Venezuela, with great reporting from @partlowj: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

"The intended message to the Russian public is that the drone campaign, which Ukraine coyly describes as 'long-range sanctions' against the country that invaded its territory, is nowhere near plateauing." theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

Even if Ukraine’s recent drone strikes in the Moscow area do not immediately end Vladimir Putin’s rule, they have dispelled the idea that Putin can defend the Russian capital, protect the economy, and look after the military, @PhillipsPOBrien argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

In the days after the earthquake in Venezuela, the people closest to the disaster felt acutely the absence of any assistance from the outside world, Joshua Partlow reports. “It was just us, the relatives, the neighbors,” one woman told him: theatlantic.com/science/2026…

Newly released chat records reveal an even broader use of Signal by top Trump-administration officials than previously known, @michaelscherer, @missy_ryan, @nancyayoussef, and @shaneharris report. theatlantic.com/national-sec…

To Abraham Lincoln, the American Revolution was “a living legacy to which we are bound,” one that Lincoln used to build a popular antislavery politics, our staff writer Jake Lundberg said last year. As part of our special issue marking 250 years since the nation’s founding, Lundberg explored why Lincoln “might be the figure best suited to teach us how to tell the story of the Revolution and live the story of the Revolution.” theatln.tc/xbM6BKa3

The Roberts Court likes to think of itself as originalist—but its recent overturning of a 90-year-old decision shows “a distinctly modern and stilted understanding of the separation of powers,” George Thomas argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

A radical legal theory emerged half a century ago—and a new Supreme Court decision just made it American law, @petermshane argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

J. D. Vance recently said that Watergate would be “a 12-hour news story” today. @GrahamDavidA argues that the vice president is probably right—but he’s taking the wrong lesson from America’s tolerance of political scandals: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…