Islamic State (ISIS) ISIS Is Regaining Strength in Iraq and SyriaThe New York TimesSoldiers at a checkpoint in April on the outskirts of Manbij, Syria, where an ISIS suicide bombing killed four Americans this year. The Al Hol camp in northern Syria that American intelligence officials
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim That Google ‘Manipulated’ Millions of Votes for ClintonThe New York Times
U.S. Politics A Flash Point for Women in PoliticsThe New York Times United States Politics and Government,Presidential Election of 2020,Women and Girls,Women's Rights,Gillibrand, Kirsten E,Primaries and Caucuses,Polls and Public Opinion,Voting and Voters,Democratic Party
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Refuses Federal Funds Over Abortion RestrictionsThe New York Times - By PAM BELLUCKPlanned Parenthood said Monday that it will withdraw from the federal family planning program that provides birth control and other health services to poor women, rather than comply with a new Trump administration
Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren Apologizes at Native American Forum: ‘I Have Listened and I Have Learned’The New York Times
Jeffrey Epstein U.S. Prisons Chief Is Reassigned After Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide in JailThe New York Times
Joaquin Castro Why Julián Castro’s Obama Moment Didn’t LastThe New York TimesJulián Castro’s record as mayor of San Antonio earned him national praise. Mr. Castro was introduced by his twin brother, Joaquin, at the convention in 2012. Mr. Castro and Senator Cory Booker during Democratic
Robert F. Kennedy Joseph Kennedy III Said to Be Eying Edward Markey’s Massachusetts Senate SeatThe New York Times
U.S. Politics Why Are These Democrats Too Good for the Senate?The New York TimesThe Senate is not as alluring as it once was for prominent Democrats like former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, who said he would consider a Senate bid on Thursday after resisting one for months.
Play buttonU.S. Politics ‘I Can Still Smell Him’: For 4 Legislators, the Child Victims Act Is PersonalThe New York Times - By CORINA KNOLLYuh-Line Niou told no one for years. And then, one day, she told everyone. “I was 13 years old, and it was a teacher, and I can still smell him,” she said, trembling. It was Jan. 28, and lawmakers were
AIPAC Israel’s Alliance With Trump Creates New Tensions Among American JewsThe New York TimesRabbi Avi S. Olitzky at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn. The American Jewish community has found itself emmeshed in a fraught debate over President Trump’s efforts to demonize Ms. Omar and the
Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren Offers a Policy Agenda for Native AmericansThe New York Times Senator Elizabeth Warren rolled out a collection of plans aimed at supporting Native Americans.
U.S. Politics How Stephen Miller Seized the Moment to Battle ImmigrationThe New York TimesPresident Lyndon B. Johnson said the immigration bill he signed in 1965 would be a largely symbolic measure. Instead, it sent the foreign-born share of the population soaring. President Ronald Reagan the
U.S. Politics Hickenlooper Exits as O’Rourke Presses On: This Week in the 2020 RaceThe New York Times
U.S. Politics In D.C., Trading Politics for a PaddleThe New York TimesKayakers on the Potomac River, just upstream from the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Georgetown. Fletcher's Cove, about four miles upstream from Key Bridge, is a popular place to rent kayaks and rowboats.
U.S. Politics U.S. Can Block Migrants Seeking Asylum, but Only in Some States, Appeals Court RulesThe New York Times Migrants prepared to cross the border into the United States and apply for asylum, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico last month.
Yemen Lawmakers Accuse State Dept. of Defying Federal Law by Missing Deadlines for Yemen ReportsThe New York Times
AIPAC Trump and Netanyahu Put Bipartisan Support for Israel at RiskThe New York TimesRepresentative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, last month on Capitol Hill. On Friday, she rejected an offer to visit her grandmother in the West Bank on Israel’s conditions. President Trump and Prime
U.S. Politics Tlaib Renounces Trip to West Bank Under Israel’s ConditionsThe New York TimesRepresentative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, is of Palestinian descent and has spoken often of her grandmother, who lives in the West Bank. President Trump had privately lobbied the Israeli prime
Taliban Peace Road Map for Afghanistan Will Let Taliban Negotiate Women’s RightsThe New York TimesGirls at a school in Yakawlang, Afghanistan. The Taliban acknowledged in a statement that women have rights to education and jobs under Islam. Afghan women in 1996 at a market in Kabul. The Taliban imposed
