This Week and Next

While the President Slept: American Piracy, Saudi Cash, and the Dismantling of Public Health

Wow. What a week.

The septuagenarian-in-chief has been dozing off in cabinet meetings like Mr. Grandfather Clock did on Captain Kangaroo — that somnolent timekeeper who’d come to life spitting out non sequiturs like a Pez dispenser spits out soap-shaped candies. Only Trump’s confections are considerably less sweet.