Trump, Donald J

• Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
• How We Became ‘Half in Love With Easeful Death’ - Apocalyptic predictions may actually serve as comforting fantasies, at which point our future freakouts become an excuse for inaction.
• Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence - David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
• The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine - Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.
• Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself - President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.
• Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible - President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.
• Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed - President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.
• Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault - The attack came as U.S. officials were expected to hold peace talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the coming days.
• In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer - Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.