<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: ‘What Lessons Would They Learn?’

What We’re Following

Data Debacle: The Federal Trade Commission is now investigating how the political-consulting firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to the personal information of about 50 million Facebook users. That data was used to build “psychographic profiles” of potential voters. Although the profiles might not have actually worked, the scandal entangles not only Facebook (whose leadership has offered only a minimal response), but also President Trump, whose campaign had ties to the firm. Robinson Meyer breaks it down.

A meeting between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman left open the question of whether the U.S. will —although there are signs the president could be convinced to do so. And Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders the fairness of Russia’s recent election, in which President Vladimir Putin