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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Republican Leadership Member Most Likely to Lose
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the most powerful Republican woman in the country. But in the “year of the woman,” she’s in a fight for her political life.
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AP What Did Atlantic Readers Think of Watergate?
As the investigation wore on, The Atlantic’s coverage garnered telling responses.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters John McCain’s Parting Gift to His Nation
The senator orchestrated a final ceremony that called his fellow citizens to live up to the greatness of American ideals.
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Joel Berger The 'Bloody Business' of Wildlife Conservation
A veteran conservationist reckons with his career studying animals in the most extreme places on Earth.
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Sylvia Jennings Alexander Estate / The Atlantic When Slavery Is Erased From Plantations
Some presidential estates and other historical sites have struggled to reconcile founding-era exceptionalism with the true story of America’s original sin.
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Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle via AP This Race in Houston Is the Future of Texas Politics
The Republican incumbent John Culberson has held the minority-majority Seventh Congressional District for almost two decades, but the Democrat Lizzie Fletcher hopes to finally turn out progressives and minorities.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Inside the Pomp and Circumstance at John McCain’s Funeral
Invited guests lined up outside the Washington National Cathedral hours early for what became an unrivaled assemblage of official Washington to mourn the death of a father, a warrior, a senator, and a friend.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters ‘We Gather Here to Mourn the Passing of American Greatness’
Meghan McCain electrified the congregation with a tear-filled eulogy in which she drew razor-sharp contrasts between her father, Senator John McCain of Arizona, and a president conspicuous by his absence.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John McCain
“What better way to honor John McCain’s life of service than, as best we can, follow his example.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP George W. Bush’s Eulogy for John McCain
During a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral, the former president delivered a tribute to the late Arizona senator, whose bid for the presidency he blocked in 2000.
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Aly Song / Reuters Why Hasn’t Science Solved Acne Yet?
Dermatologists are cautiously optimistic that a new vaccine could work better than so many other flawed treatments.
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Jeff Chiu / AP The Family Weekly: The Benefits of Teaching Sex Ed to Preschoolers
Plus: teaching preteen girls about puberty, unexpected news about STD rates, and KFC’s latest marketing stunt aimed at babies
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Drawn & Quarterly Coyote Doggirl Gives the Western a Whimsical, Watercolor Spin
A new graphic novel from the artist Lisa Hanawalt (BoJack Horseman) gives an old genre the kind of heroine it’s never seen before.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Reuters A Fitting Shrine for John McCain’s Funeral
The Arizona senator joins three presidents and a host of other celebrated Americans who have had funeral services at the soaring Washington National Cathedral.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump’s Divisive and Relentless Politicization of the NFL
Mark Leibovich argues in his new book, Big Game, that the president has made the league central to his politics, pitting his largely white base against the mostly African American players.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Almost Too Strange to Be True
A Kremlin influence campaign, the deeper meaning of admissions lawsuits, Eminem’s surprise album, and more
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Ken Cedeno / Getty John McCain's Anachronistic Memorial
Friday’s ceremony on Capitol Hill felt plucked from a different chapter of the nation’s history, and offered a rare reprieve from presidential drama.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Wins a Round on NAFTA, and America Loses the Trade War
If Trump wants to take down China in the trade wars, the NAFTA talks won’t help.
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Mussa Qawasma / Reuters The U.S. Is Sidelining Itself in the Middle East
The Trump administration’s reported plan to redefine who it considers a Palestinian refugee may further decrease its influence in the peace process.
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Mark Makela / Reuters Eminem Makes a Vicious Strike in the War of Generations
The rapper’s surprise new album, Kamikaze, insults those who’ve leached away his buzz—but also reiterates what their appeal is.
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Morry Gash / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Honoring Giants
Mourners paid tribute to the late Arizona Senator John McCain and singer Aretha Franklin.
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NASA / JPL NASA Sets a Grim Deadline for Saving a Beloved Mars Rover
Some mission employees are stunned.
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‘Man-Killing Jobs’ and Environmental Racism
Residents of a steel mill town reckon with a history of discrimination and its resultant health crisis.
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Adrees Latif/Reuters How Will Separated Kids Find Their Parents?
Five hundred twenty-eight kids are still in U.S. government custody.
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Greg Preston / Dark Horse Comics Remembering the Woman Who Changed Marvel Comics
Marie Severin, the trailblazing comic-book artist who drew some of pop culture’s most iconic characters, died Thursday at the age of 89.
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Jean-Marc Giboux / AP When the Happy Couple Registers for Cash
As couples postpone getting married, some are forgoing old-fashioned wedding registries and instead just asking for money.
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Carlos Osorio / AP There Is No Pickup-Truck Emoji
There are 12 train emoji and one scooter emoji. And yet.
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Ahn Young-joon / AP Photos of the Week: Bog Snorkeling, Air Guitar, Canadian Calf
Competition in the 2018 Asian Games, the new tallest statue in the world under construction in India, memorials for both Aretha Franklin and Senator John McCain, and much more
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Chris Shinn / Getty A Simple Reason So Many Older Americans Are Overdosing on Opioids
A recent poll suggests many doctors aren’t warning elderly patients of the risks when prescribing painkillers.
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Radio Atlantic: The Endless Devastation of Hurricane Season
A year after Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, we finally know: the hurricane season of 2017 was one of the deadliest in North America in a century. What have we learned in the aftermath?
