But when intelligence officials revealed details about the election interference, the C.I.A. decided to extract the source from Russia. The informant initially refused that offer, but was extracted in 2017, hampering intelligence officials as they investigated Moscow’s interference in the next two election cycles.

How we know: Our article is based on interviews with current and former officials who agreed to discuss classified information if their names were not used. Officials did not disclose the identity or location of the informant, whose life remains in danger.

Cabinet official is said to coerce scientists

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire employees at the agency responsible for weather forecasts after its Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, according to people familiar with the discussion.

The agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, later issued an unsigned statement disavowing the National Weather Service’s position that Alabama was not at risk. NOAA is a division of the Commerce Department and oversees the weather service .