The Economist has seen evidence of a secret Russian plan to supply innovative weapons to Iran. The drones were to be used against American troops, in case they tried to attack Iranian territory. Read our exclusive reporting on the three-part proposal.

America’s big cities are losing children, overall. But one group is defying the trend: rich white families. Parents who can afford to raise their kids in some of the country’s most expensive cities are giving the boring suburbs they grew up in a pass. Our dispatch from Chicago looks at the rise, and the effects, of upscale urban parenting.

Speaking of Chicago, our editor-in-chief sat down with the city’s former mayor (and a fixture in Democratic politics for decades), Rahm Emanuel. On the latest episode of The Insider, she asked him whether he was running for president—no answer—but also what his party stands for in a post-Trump world. He was fizzing with ideas.