<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Indispensable Alter Ego
The longtime aide to Paul Manafort may have ties to Russian intelligence. Plus the kids stuck in Illinois’s psychiatric hospitals, Mount Kilauea’s eruption up close, and more.
What We’re Following
Aides and Abettors: Millan Hupp, a top aide at the Environmental Protection Agency, has resigned after testifying in Congress about personal tasks she performed for Administrator Scott Pruitt—the latest in a string of scandals that led Hupp to quit, EPA officials say. And people close to Paul Manafort have recognized his longtime aide Konstantin Kilimnik as the person referred to in court filings by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as someone “with ties to Russian intelligence.” Franklin Foer puts it bluntly: “Donald Trump’s campaign chairman had a pawn of Russian intelligence as his indispensable alter ego.”
