The sanctions have an off switch. He found it.

Good evening. Trump has put the Russia sanctions he signed on hold, citing the national interest. An accommodating arrangement: the law can demonstrate resolve while the pause prevents it becoming a nuisance. We have asked the graphics desk to draw the switch. It has asked whether the switch requires sanctions.

Elsewhere, the consequences are less accommodating. Russian strikes have left Ukrainian households without power. Settler attacks are disrupting the West Bank olive harvest. In France, mass arrests and investigations into police conduct demand answers about how school protests were handled. Those answers need findings and identifiable decisions; another declaration of commitment will not do the work. On the financial pages, Kevin Warsh declined to promise the Fed’s next rate moves. Someone has left room for information. We intend to encourage this.