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A New York Times report sheds new light on the close ties between Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and Kremlin cronies in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Nothing in the Russian president’s UN speech suggested he was about to bomb Syria or withdraw from Ukraine. But that’s what he did.

His most senior ministers are getting off the carousel of chaos because they just don’t see him governing the country.

Lawmakers won’t face facts about Ukraine because they’re scared of the base. Yet one reason the president’s support remains so indivisible is that few lawmakers have condemned him.

When something real happened, Americans found a way to pay attention.

The government may classify too much intelligence, but that doesn’t mean a low-level employee should be able to see it.

The SpaceX CEO’s much-praised move to help keep the country online isn’t the magical fix it may seem.

In a wide-ranging conversation at his compound in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells The Atlantic what Ukraine needs to survive—and describes the price it has paid.