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The Atlantic Daily: Reveal and Replace

The Atlantic Daily: Reveal and Replace

What We’re Following Administration Updates: President Trump announced new sanctions on North Korea, which are intended to cut off Pyongyang’s funding sources for nuclear-weapon development by targeting people and companies that do business with the country. Experts praised the strong measures, though they’re likely to ratchet up tensions in the region. Meanwhile, it’s been a week of complicated revelations in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation into the Trump campaign, particularly with respect to Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. David Graham takes stock of how much—and how little—the public knows.