Amid a dizzying week of news, somehow Donald Trump manages to hog the spotlight

While walking into the White House Wednesday morning, I passed the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, as usual, and saw a family taking pictures. "We're saying that there's something our pilots are seeing.. And so we want to get to the bottom of it." When I asked if those two events were a sign of Russian weakness, Kirby said he did not know, but that Putin's actions were "completely irresponsible" and "reckless." Since Joe Biden apparently no longer does press conferences of any type, his "bilat" pool spray — that is, his brief appearance before the press pool alongside Herzog — was a raucous affair, with shouted questions, pandemonium and all the decorum of feeding time in the primate house. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Look at how times have changed, and how dramatic and historic this week's news has been: A potential alien incursion, life-threatening climate change, a war in Ukraine with a dangerous chance of expansion, peace in the Middle East, cyber-security concerns, American global military readiness, life-threatening drug epidemics and a woman's right to choose her health care — and none of those things topped the news.