2. We published “The ISIS Files,” a yearlong investigation into documents we found in abandoned Islamic State offices in Iraq. The documents show how the fighters wielded power through two complementary tools: brutality and bureaucracy.

We also have a new audio series, “Caliphate,” which follows our reporter Rukmini Callimachi as she covered the fall of Mosul. Listen to a preview here.

President Trump said that he wanted to withdraw American troops fighting the remnants of ISIS in Syria. But he dropped his demand after pushback from the Pentagon.