After three years and perhaps a million casualties, Russia is still managing to throw its mightiest-yet summer offensive at Ukraine. Its casualty rates may be the highest of the war. This summer’s carnage will also be a severe test of Ukraine’s ability to hold out—especially given the vacillations in American support.

And Donald Trump is finding that sauce for the Democratic goose can sometimes be sauce for the Republican gander. MAGA types gleefully spread rumours of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to powerful figures while in opposition. Now Mr Trump’s attorney general says there is nothing to the files—and MAGAland is not happy.