Trump Briefed on Russian Bounties Report: NYT

Read the article from the New York Times, with two sources suggesting the US president was briefed on a report that a Russia military intelligence unit was paying bounties to Taliban militants to kill US troops: “Mr. Trump is said to often neglect reading that document, preferring instead to receive an oral briefing summarizing highlights every few days. Even in those face-to-face meetings, he is particularly difficult to brief on national security matters.”

Charlie Savage is a Washington-based national security and legal policy correspondent. A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, he previously worked at The Boston Globe and The Miami Herald. His most recent book is “Power Wars: The Relentless Rise of Presidential Authority and Secrecy.”

Eric Schmitt is a senior writer who has traveled the world covering terrorism and national security. He was also the Pentagon correspondent. A member of the Times staff since 1983, he has shared three Pulitzer Prizes.

Nicholas Fandos is a national reporter based in the Washington bureau. He has covered Congress since 2017 and is part of a team of reporters who have chronicled investigations by the Justice Department and Congress into President Trump and his administration.

Adam Goldman reports on the F.B.I. from Washington and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Fahim Abed, Annie Karni and Emily Cochrane contributed reporting.