Section: The Atlantic (USA)
Three Trump Lieutenants, Three Different Approaches to Mueller
The fateful decision to work for Donald Trump years ago has put a lot of people into the position of making much harder legal decisions. As special counsel Robert Mueller, as well as prosecutors in New York and investigators from the House and Senate, zero in on the president himself, they’ve swept up a series of his lieutenants, in...
American Foreign Policy Could Use More Prudence
During George H. W. Bush’s single term in the White House, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany reunified peacefully, the Warsaw Pact dissolved, the Soviet Union crumbled and the Cold War ended. The American military ejected Manuel Noriega from Panama and liberated Kuwait from Saddam Hussein. The United States emerged as the world’s...
House Democrats Shift Their Focus from Collusion to Compromise
The House Democrats preparing to lead their own Russia probes appear to be turning their attention from possible collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian intelligence to potential Russian leverage over the president. The turning point came last week when Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty to...
The Saudis’ Reputation: A Tale Told in Three Acts
The big question ahead of the G20 summit in Argentina was how world leaders would greet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid the fallout over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. We now have the answer: He was embraced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, apparently admonished by French President Emmanuel Macron, and mostly ignored by President...
Photos of the Week: Foggy Skies, Wayward Boar, Mars Landing
The “Angel of Knives” in England, tree canopy tours in Ghana, soldiers on patrol in Ukraine, Christmas displays across Europe and the U.S., wildfires in Australia, protests in Colombia, Turkey, and Belgium, and much more. …read more Source: The...
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: A Bridge Too Farr
Written by Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey), Madeleine Carlisle (@maddiecarlisle2), and Olivia Paschal (@oliviacpaschal).We’re working on improving our email newsletters and your opinion is important to us. Will you help us by answering this short survey, so we can make our newsletters a better fit for you?Today in 5 Lines Michael Cohen,...
Trump Suddenly Takes a Stand Against Russia
This morning it was “probably” on. Now it appears it’s off: President Trump said Thursday he was canceling his bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the seizure by Russia of three Ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of Crimea.“Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from...
The Saudi Crown Prince Gets a Pass on Khashoggi at the G20
When leaders of the Group of 20 nations meet Friday in Argentina, they will discuss the global economy, climate and energy, and efforts to fight corruption. One item that will almost certainly not be on their agenda—despite the presence in their midst of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—is the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a...
The 60-Year Downfall of Nuclear Power in the U.S. Has Left a Huge Mess
It was just another day in the life of the defunct Hanford nuclear site, a remote part of Washington State that made most of the plutonium in America’s Cold War arsenal. On the morning of May 9, 2017, alarms sounded. Around 2,000 site workers were told to take cover indoors, and aircraft were banned from flying over the site for several...
Is the U.S. Bringing Europe and Russia Closer Together?
Nearly one year after hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin at Versailles, French President Emmanuel Macron went to St. Petersburg. The French leader, who is addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday, held direct talks with his Russian counterpart Thursday, during which the two discussed the crisis in Ukraine, the war...
