Cries of harassment as a donor list is revealed

Calling out the contributors to a political campaign is not a new tactic, but Republicans have repeatedly argued that the degree to which donors are publicly disclosed results in harassment and has a chilling effect on free speech.

Republicans have accused Representative Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who serves as the chairman of the presidential campaign of his brother, Julián, of “doxxing” private citizens after he shared a list of donors to President Trump’s re-election campaign.

Mr. Trump’s critics have also called for a boycott of the boutique fitness chains Equinox and SoulCycle, which are owned by Stephen Ross, a billionaire developer who is scheduled to host a fund-raiser for Mr. Trump today at his home in the Hamptons.

Related: Our reporter visited a SoulCycle studio in the Hamptons to ask customers about the dispute.

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Spy games in Iran’s embargoed oil industry

Since President Trump imposed sanctions on Iranian oil sales last year, information about those sales has become one of Tehran’s most heavily guarded secrets, and a target of Western intelligence agencies.

Oil traders have been offered enticements — vacations, alcohol, prostitutes and money — to reveal data. “Sometimes I feel like I am an actor playing in a thriller,” one said.