George Packer's Blog, page 18

Missing Files Motivated the Leak of Michael Cohen���s Financial Records

Ronan Farrow on unreleased suspicious-activity reports about Michael Cohen���s banking activities, and his connections to President Trump, Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, and Robert Mueller.

In the Suburban-Philadelphia Primaries, the Democratic Establishment Embraces Progressivism

Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the results in the Pennsylvania congressional primaries, and what it might mean for the midterm elections in November.

Just How Fragile Is Trump���s North Korea Diplomacy?

Robin Wright, reporting from the D.M.Z., writes about North Korea���s suspension of talks with the South, and about Donald Trump���s fragile diplomacy with the North.

The Michael Cohen Revelations Are a Crash Course in Shady Corporate Entities

Adam Davidson writes that Columbus Nova���s payment of a half million dollars to Michael Cohen last year may suggest the nefarious use of shell companies by the Trump Organization.

What Did A.T. & T. Pay Michael Cohen For?

Sheelah Kolhatkar writes about the two hundred thousand dollars that Donald Trump���s lawyer Michael Cohen paid to A.T. & T. when it was attempting to complete a merger with Time Warner.

Outsiders, Revolutions, and the Same Old Faces in Tuesday���s Big Primaries

Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Tuesday���s primaries in West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina, and what the results say about the political landscape in 2018.

Trump Destroys the Iran Deal���and a Lot More

Robin Wright on President Trump���s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal, unravelling the Obama Administration���s signature foreign-policy achievement and putting the U.S. on a collision course with Tehran.

The Hazard of Don Blankenship���s Senate Campaign in West Virginia

Carolyn Kormann reports from West Virginia on Don Blankenship���s campaign for the U.S. Senate. Blankenship, a Republican, is the former C.E.O. of Massey Energy, and was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a tragedy at the Upper Big Branch mine, in 2010, in which twenty-nine people died.

Four Women Accuse New York���s Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, of Physical Abuse

Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow on Eric Schneiderman, the New York State Attorney General, who raised his public profile as a voice against sexual misconduct and is now accused by several women of assaulted.

Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials

Ronan Farrow writes that, to discredit Obama officials who had been leading proponents of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Israeli private-intelligence firm Black Cube compiled detailed background profiles on several individuals.