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Mikhail Voskresensky / Reuters Bill Browder's Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee
“I hope that my story will help you understand the methods of Russian operatives in Washington and how they use U.S. enablers to achieve major foreign policy goals without disclosing those interests,” Browder writes.
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Long Can This Go On?
One of Trump’s top aides viciously attacks the others, even as the president lambastes his own attorney general. Is there any limit on this administration’s dysfunction?
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Lisa Hornak / Reuters Donald Trump Eats First
Even prominent right-wing populists are beginning to worry that they invested their faith in an unstable leader.
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Jim Young / Reuters The Lesson Trump Hasn't Learned
Trump says that he surrounds himself with “the best people”—but too often, that means people like himself.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Senate's Blind Vote on 'Skinny Repeal'
Three Republicans issued an unusual demand on Thursday, saying they will only vote for Mitch McConnell’s latest proposal if they are assured it won’t become law.
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Maxim Shemetov / Reuters Why Does the Kremlin Care So Much About the Magnitsky Act?
What Russian officials mean when they talk about “adoptions”
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Jim Young / Reuters Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color
A new study finds that believing society is fair can lead disadvantaged adolescents to act out and engage in risky behavior.
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The Perils of Prediction in the Age of Trump
More than two years ago, soon after Donald Trump entered the presidential race, I noted online that no one like…
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Why Trump Is Threatening the Wrong Republican Senator on Health Care
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is no vulnerable GOP squish—she wields significant power over the Interior Department and once won her seat as a write-in candidate.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Trump Gives an Order Too Vague for His Generals to Obey
What happens when the president gives top military brass an order so poorly thought-out and explained that they can’t follow it?
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Fratricidal Fight Inside the White House
Less than a week into his job, White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is accusing President Trump’s chief of staff of leaking damaging information to the press.
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Chris McGrath / Getty The Mystery of Why Japanese People Are Having So Few Babies
Many point to unromantic 20-somethings and women’s entry into the workforce, but an overlooked factor is the trouble young men have in finding steady, well-paid jobs.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Skinny Repeal Gets a Score
The Congressional Budget Office offered an estimate of Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to roll back Obamacare.
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Manish Swarup / AP The 13 Writers Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize
Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith, Colson Whitehead, and George Saunders are among the authors in contention for the British literary award.
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Barry Brecheisen / AP What's Wrong With Arcade Fire's Everything Now?
The band’s fifth album hints at hearty social critique—but just provides weak songs.
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Mike Blake / Reuters This Is the Way the College ‘Bubble’ Ends
Not with a pop, but a hiss
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Stephan Savoia / Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP ... Why Zuckerberg and Musk Are Fighting About the Robot Future
It looks like the two tech titans are arguing about AI’s impact on humanity. Really they’re protecting their personal brands.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Foxconned
How much is Wisconsin paying for a Taiwanese manufacturer's jobs?
