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Judge Rules Against State Department In Same-Sex Couple’s Citizenship Lawsuit

Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks have twin sons, born four minutes apart. The State Department has maintained that one is a U.S. citizen and one is not. A judge sided with the couple.

Too strong for other women? Why star runner’s case strikes a nerve at home

Growing up in rural South Africa in the 1980s, Hlengiwe Buthelezi got used to hearing that she was too much. Too much like one of the boys – whom she regularly outmatched in neighborhood pickup soccer games. Today, Ms. Buthelezi co-organizes a compet…

The pocketbook case for EVs

Owning an electric vehicle (EV) now may seem just as expensive and unnecessary as a smartphone did back then. If Americans today think about EVs at all, they are likely to assume EVs are expensive and, perhaps most worrying, that their batteries will …

Forget the Oscars: Why ‘Roma’ resonates with three Monitor families

The movie “Roma,” vying for 10 Oscars on Sunday, including best picture, is an homage to domestic workers. The movie by Alfonso Cuarón is set in Colonia Roma, the Mexico City neighborhood where he was raised in the 1970s. In some ways Cleo bears litt…

In Venezuela, support for Maduro is about more than the man in charge

“Venezuela is broken. The widespread hunger, sky-high inflation, rampant crime, and acute shortages that have hit the country hard over the past three years have started to poke holes in many Venezuelans’ once unbreakable faith in the government.

7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Ecuador’s Border With Peru

The earthquake’s epicenter was far inland, away from the country’s main highways that run along mountain ranges.

Venezuela’s Maduro Orders Closure Of Brazilian Border

President Nicolás Maduro issued the order in an apparent effort to make it harder for international aid to enter the country and buoy his political opponent, Juan Guaidó.

U.S. To Leave 200 Troops In Syria

The U.S. announced Thursday night it would leave a small number of troops on the ground in Syria.

Former Trump Campaign Adviser Stephen Moore On Trade And China

NPR’s David Greene talks with former Trump campaign adviser Stephen Moore of The Heritage Foundation about Trump and the current trade talks with China.

News Brief: New North Carolina Election, Jussie Smollett, Vatican Sex Abuse Summit

The North Carolina State Board of Elections has voted to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District amid many signs that the outcome was tainted.

Venezuela Heads Into Showdown Over Food Aid

Venezuela’s opposition leader says his supporters will get U.S. food aid across the border and into their country on Saturday. Venezuela’s president says it’s not going to happen.

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