• Donald J. Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Trump, was told in an email that a Russian lawyer wanted to offer him compromising information on Hillary Clinton to aid his father’s presidential campaign.

Our reports on his meeting with the lawyer have strengthened suspicions that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept Russian help. Donald Trump Jr. gave two different explanations for his meeting. Here’s a look at the Russian rationale.

It turns out that the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow offered the Trump family the chance to establish links to Russia — and to the Kremlin.