It’s Official: The Supreme Court Ignores Its Own Precedent
The Roberts Court has violated its own logic with the ruling on executive immunity. Donald Trump is the beneficiary.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Olivier Douliery / Getty; Chandan Khanna / Christian Monterrosa / Getty. Not Illegal, but Clearly Wrong
The biggest problem with Hunter Biden’s access-peddling business may have been that his father, the president, thought it was fine.
Kenny Holston / The New York Times / Redux Look Out, Corruption Ahead
As the country mobilizes resources to address the pandemic, politicians and corporations may attempt to exploit the crisis to enrich themselves.
Alicia Tatone This Is How Kleptocracies Work
Trump’s pardons were shocking to some, but to me they were eerily familiar—straight out of the kleptocratic playbook I’ve studied in a dozen other countries.
Joshua Lott / Reuters Hunter Biden’s Perfectly Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption
Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense, but prominent Americans also shouldn’t be leveraging their names for payoffs from shady clients abroad.
Visar Kryeziu / AP Preparing for the Collapse of the Saudi Kingdom
It can’t last. The U.S. better get ready.
Reuters Scents & Sensibility
How the author helped Afghans build a thriving soap and body-oil business—and overcame the incompetence of America’s aid establishment
