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The Trump Administration has blown up seven boats in the Caribbean in recent weeks, killing dozens of people on board. The attacks mark a severe escalation of the Administration’s campaign against Venezuela. Plus:

The wildness and urgency of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Should we look at A.I. with awe and dread?

The towering musical integrity of a late German conductor

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Jonathan Blitzer

A staff writer covering immigration.

Much of the Trump Administration’s current agenda should not come as a complete surprise. On the campaign trail, the President was explicit about his most ambitious goals:

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