by Marina Dunbar and Maya Yang in New York on (#71TC4)
US families queue for groceries, hot meals and baby supplies as demand at Trinity's Compassion Market soarsOn a chilly morning in Lower Manhattan this month, the line outside Trinity Commons, a modern extension of New York's historic Trinity church, stretched on past the end of the block.Hundreds of people were standing in the 44F cold, many with young children, waiting to get their turn for the Compassion Market food bank. Continue reading...
People implicated in the late sex offender's crimes might face criminal charges or, at the very least, social ostracismAs the clock ticks toward the congressionally mandated deadline of 19 December by which Donald Trump's justice department must release its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, there is intense speculation about the contents of these documents - but also questions as to what happens when they are released.The US president on 19 November signed a bipartisan bill requiring that the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, disclose these documents to the US public within 30 days. Given that other tranches of materials related to the disgraced financier included damning correspondence with high-profile individuals, many expect that still more names of the rich, famous and powerful will be named. Continue reading...
Those who tried to overturn the 2020 election now occupy key federal roles, shaping rules and sowing doubt for 2026The people who tried to overturn the 2020 election have more power than ever - and they plan to use it.Bolstered by the president, they have prominent roles in key parts of the federal government. Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer who helped advance Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election in 2020, now leads the civil rights division of the justice department. An election denier, Heather Honey, now serves as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the department of homeland security. Kurt Olsen, an attorney involved in the stop the steal" movement, is now a special government employee investigating the 2020 election. Continue reading...
The conflict is neither a clear-cut defeat nor a feel-good victory, but an in-between outcome that contains profound elements of eachNo one should be satisfied with the unjust peace that Ukraine may be forced to accept. The aggressor would be rewarded with territory and other concessions from the victim it has brutalized. Yet the horrified reaction in Washington to recent peace proposals is troubling in its own right.The Trump administration's recent 28-point plan, roundly denounced in Congress and the commentariat as a capitulation" to Moscow, actually offered Kyiv a remarkable strategic outcome. Under its terms, Ukraine would face no meaningful limit on its peacetime military, despite Russian attempts to impose draconian restrictions since 2022. (The only requirement, a cap of 600,000 personnel, probably exceeds the number of active-duty forces Ukraine would maintain anyway.) Moreover, Ukraine would receive a substantial security guarantee from the United States and Europe - the strongest in history, even if short of a Nato-style commitment.Stephen Wertheim is Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. Continue reading...
In the wake of the deadly Washington DC shooting, Trump claimed immigrants are destroying everything America stands for'. Here's what the data showsDonald Trump's hateful, falsehood-filled rant on Thursday blaming immigrants for crime, social dysfunction" and economic hardship is refuted by a wide range of immigration statistics, which show clearly that immigrants dramatically bolster the US economy and commit crimes at far lower rates than people born in the US.On Thursday evening, Trump condemned immigrants in a broad and vicious invective, painting them as illegal and disruptive populations" and attacking those that hate, steal, murder and destroy everything that America stands for". He vowed to block all migration from third world countries" to allow the US system to fully recover". Continue reading...
Some small business owners doubt that even strong holiday sales will ease impact of tough year plagued by uncertaintyDonald Trump's tariffs have increased prices on an array of popular holiday goods and driven a massive" number of small firms out of business, industry leaders have warned.On Small Business Saturday, firms have their fingers crossed that strong holiday sales will ease the impact of a tough year. But many aren't holding their breath. Continue reading...
Next nominee faces enormous task of leading a party that has been entirely re-oriented around TrumpDonald Trump hasn't stopped joking about running again for the White House in 2028, even as he acknowledges it is pretty clear" he is constitutionally ineligible for a third term. Whether intended as a taunt or a threat, his musings are a reminder that, even barred from the ballot, Trump is likely to remain a central figure in the campaign to succeed him.The next Republican nominee faces the potentially enormous task of leading a party that has been entirely reoriented around Trump into a post-Trump era. Here's a look at the Republicans best positioned for a White House run.Retiring Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor GreeneHomeland security secretary Kristi NoemHealth and Human Services secretary Robert F Kennedy JrArkansas governor Sarah Huckabee SandersVirginia governor Glenn YoungkinGeorgia governor Brian KempSouth Carolina senator Tim ScottFormer UN ambassador Nikki HaleyUtah governor Spencer Cox Continue reading...
A harrowing US podcast documents a community's struggle against immigration raids - and warns us about herd mentalityEarlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in - volunteers walk them there and back.In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it's simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe their most evocative tactic is whistles - coded blasts for when a convoy is suspected to be ICE agents, a different code when it's confirmed. They have numerous accounts of undocumented migrants warned off driving right into a raid, which is galvanising, but they also see and hear dismaying things all the time: vehicles standing empty, one door open, not robbed, merely relieved of their drivers; landscape gardeners arrested off ladders. Earlier this month, the Protect Rogers Park group got 1,500 calls in a day. Continue reading...
Trump administration says decisions paused until government can ensure every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible'The Trump administration has announced it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington DC, according to a senior immigration official.Joseph Edlow, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a post on X on Friday that asylum decisions would be paused until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible". Continue reading...
The first autopen was patented in the 1800s and has been used by many American presidentsOn Friday, Donald Trump claimed that he will reverse everything that Joe Biden has signed with an autopen.The automated signature machine has been a tool used by presidents at the White House for decades. Continue reading...
Trump claims without evidence Biden did not sign off on orders himself in latest attack on predecessor - key US politics stories from Friday at a glanceDonald Trump has declared he intends to cancel most of the executive orders signed by Joe Biden, his predecessor as president of the United States.In a post on social media, Trump claimed baselessly that Biden had not signed off on the orders himself, saying that the radical left lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him" by signing his name using an autopen - a signature machine, which has commonly been used by nearly all US presidents since the device's invention. Continue reading...
by Lucy Campbell (now); Tom Ambrose and Fran Lawther on (#71SS9)
In social media post Trump claims baselessly that Biden did not sign off on the orders himself, escalating longstanding campaign against his predecessor
Hernandez was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipmentsDonald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US on drug trafficking and weapons charges.I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly," Trump said Friday in a post on Truth Social. Continue reading...
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stopA Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure has said she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Seattle, Washington, who told her that her tribal identification looked fake".Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actor, alleges that she was stopped by four masked men while she was walking to a bus stop in Redmond. She offered them her ID card from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon but was told by an ICE agent that anyone can make that." Continue reading...
Student heartbroken' after being sent to Honduras while trying to travel from Boston to Texas, attorney saysA college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, had already passed through security at Boston Logan international airport on 20 November when she was told there was an issue with her boarding pass, said attorney Todd Pomerleau. The Babson College student was then detained by immigration officials and within two days sent to Texas and then Honduras, the country she left at age seven. Continue reading...
Russia's president is only interested in a deal on Moscow's terms. Equipping Kyiv with the resources to fight on is the quickest route to a just settlementAs Donald Trump's Thanksgiving Day deadline for a Ukraine peace agreement came and went this week, the Russia expert Mark Galeotti pointed to a telling indicator of how the Kremlin is treating the latest flurry of White House diplomacy. In the government paper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a foreign policy scholar close to Vladimir Putin's regime bluntly observed: As long as hostilities continue, leverage remains. As soon as they cease, Russia finds itself alone (we harbour no illusions) in the face of coordinated political and diplomatic pressure."Mr Putin has no interest in a ceasefire followed by talks where Ukraine's rights as a sovereign nation would be defended and reasserted. He seeks the capitulation and reabsorption of Russia's neighbour into Moscow's orbit. Whether that is achieved through battlefield attrition, or through a Trump-backed deal imposed on Ukraine, is a matter of relative indifference. On Thursday, the Russian president reiterated his demand that Ukraine surrender further territory in its east, adding that the alternative would be to lose it through force of arms". Once again, he described Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government as illegitimate", and questioned the legally binding nature of any future agreement.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration rolesHacked materials from the powerful rightwing thinktank the Heritage Foundation show that applicants to a Project 2025-branded effort to create a talent pool for the Trump administration cited the influence of Nazi political theorists and other far-right thinkers on their political views.Not all applicants revealed in the hack ended up with Trump administration jobs, but some current appointees did make applications. Continue reading...
Religious leaders' powerful prophetic and moral compass' comes to fore amid ICE arrests, teargas and violenceFor weeks, Chicago has been at the center of the Trump administration's brutal immigration crackdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security officials have arrested 800 people as of 1 October, while also using violent tactics such as body-slamming and deploying teargas in residential areas.Amid the raids and arrests, which have created a pervasive sense of fear, faith leaders have stepped up, putting themselves on the front lines of resistance. Continue reading...
Shaped by lockdown and two Trump presidencies, gen Z are grappling with a lot in love, dating and the bedroomThe sex lives of gen Z are of great interest - to politicians, to parents, to influencers and dating app executives and to you, apparently. Are gen Z so lonely they are falling in love with AI robots? Are they forming polycules across the US? Are they having enough sex? Are they having sex at all?Gen Z is defined roughly as young Americans aged 13 to 28. This generation came of age with information about sex readily available to them, for better (the internet provides both sex education and community) and arguably for worse, too (in 2022, 54% of US teens reported first seeing online pornography at age 13 or younger). They are more likely to embrace non-traditional identities and are progressive on issues such as abortion rights and same-sex marriage - especially gen Z women. Continue reading...
President's remarks followed the death of Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two guard members shot. Plus, Palestinian-American 16-year-old released after nine months in Israeli jail
The entertainment giant is building almost 2,000 homes in California's Palm Springs area so beloved by its founderThe Coachella valley typically brings a few things to mind: hot desert sun, the most Instagrammable music festival in the country, and even more sun. What it doesn't bring to mind, however, is the family-friendly, Mickey Mouse-eared nostalgia associated with all things Disney. But that may be changing.In 2022, Disney announced plans to build a first-of-its-kind branded residential community, which they have named Storyliving by Disney". The first of the Storyliving communities, Cotino, is officially welcoming residents into model homes in Rancho Mirage, a city nestled in Coachella valley. When all plans are finished, the 618-acre community will feature almost 2,000 residential units, including single-family homes and condos. Continue reading...
by Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent on (#71SQG)
The one-act play Oh, Mary! - the stupidest, funniest thing possible' - to open after blockbuster run in New YorkWhat if, in the final weeks before Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the first lady could not care less about the American civil war and was instead hell-bent on becoming a cabaret star?That is the question posed by Oh, Mary!, the smash-hit show that reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a gloriously unhinged alcoholic who despises her closeted husband. Continue reading...
Ex-member of the hip-hop group was convicted of money laundering and campaign finance violations after funneling money from a rich MalaysianFrom the moment the Fugees shot to fame in the mid-90s, Prakazrel Pras" Michel was discounted as an incidental member of the hip-hop superstars. He was the unremarkable New Jersey rhyme spitter by way of Brooklyn who was lucky enough to be a high school classmate of the mesmerizing Lauryn Hill and a cousin to mercurial Wyclef Jean. On the group's breakout album The Score, Michel's eight-bar features were minor contributions, relative to Hill's adroitness as an emcee and balladeer and Jean's compositional polymathy.From Hawaii to Hawthorne, I run marathons, like / Buju Banton, I'm a true champion, like / Farrakhan reads his daily Qur'an / It's a phenomenon, lyrics fast like Ramadan," Michel raps on the band's breakout single Fu-Gee-La, in one of his more pedestrian efforts. Continue reading...
Many knew little about the polarizing figure before Utah Valley University was thrust into the national spotlightThe spot where Charlie Kirk was killed is fenced off. The fountain beside it shut down. The American flags nearby hang low above the spot where he fell. Every so often, someone stops to leave flowers or say a prayer. There are far more police officers and security staff than before, and many linger around the venue, as if the campus itself hasn't taken a full breath since that day.Back in 2019, Utah Valley University felt big and loud in the best way, a sprawling public campus of nearly 46,000 students and one of the most diverse in the state, with a large share of first-generation students. Then, on 10 September 2025, Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and one of the country's most polarizing conservative commentators, was shot on stage during a campus event. The attack sparked national outrage and political blame, adding to a long list of politically violent episodes. Two months later, UVU stands at the center of a national conversation. Continue reading...
We live not in a post-Holocaust world of Never Again' but in the same world that led to the Holocaust, a world of Again and Again'On 10 October, following two years of Israeli genocide that have turned Gaza into the new benchmark of total destruction, after Israel has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and inflicted on all the people in Gaza severe bodily or mental harm," to quote from the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Trump administration imposed a ceasefire, giving rise to the idea that the Gaza war has ended.The ceasefire, however, seems to be designed mostly to move forward with the business deals of the mega rich in the Middle East, and the fire has never ceased: the Israeli government has continued its assault, killing and injuring hundreds of Palestinians since 10 October, destroying thousands of homes and buildings, and blocking the entry of sufficient aid.Raz Segal is an associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University and the endowed professor in the study of modern genocide Continue reading...
Tech investors promise to disrupt everything from padel to basketball, but their pitch-deck jargon is slowly draining the humanity from sport itselfFinally, a sector more ludicrously hyped than AI. Speaking to Yahoo Sports recently about the launch of Project B, a startup global women's basketball league, co-founder Grady Burnett declared that women's basketball is growing right now as fast as AI". Come again? There's no question that women's basketball is growing nicely, a development that we should all cheer: this year's WNBA season was the most watched ever. But it is testing credulity to suggest that the sport is growing at anything like the same speed as AI, which since 2022 has gone from the technological margins to the very center of the US economy: by some reports, AI spending accounted for half of the growth in US GDP in the first half of this year. Perhaps I'm missing the real story here and the Federal Reserve is actively keeping tabs on attendance figures at Washington Mystics v Golden State Valkyries games for signs of potential overheating in the US economy. But it seems unlikely.Claims like Burnett's are par for the course in the hyperventilating world of sports investment, in which new leagues intent on world domination are launched seemingly every week and the pitches, delivered at investment conferences by slick men with gleaming teeth and spotless sneakers, grow more and more clammily self-satisfied by the hour. Burnett's league, which he co-founded with former Skype co-founder Geoff Prentice, was briefly associated with Maverick Carter and LeBron James over the summer but that pair now seems to have been removed from the picture, and the league is emerging from stealth mode", to use a wormy bit of tech jargon, as the pure, uncut essence of bored Silicon Valley rich guy calculation. In a crowded field, Project B may be the most insanely overcaffeinated, tech bro-addled pitch for a new sports league yet. Continue reading...
Would-be contenders include governors, senators, members of Congress and the former vice-presidentAfter Democrats's devastating loss to Donald Trump, the path forward for the party remains uncertain. With no clear direction - and no obvious standard-bearer - the race for the party's 2028 presidential nomination is wide open. Would-be contenders include governors, senators, members of Congress, a former cabinet secretary and the former vice-president. While no one has officially announced their candidacy, several have begun visiting the early-voting states, and raising their profiles with appearances on popular podcasts and cross-country book tours. Of course, much could change in the months and years ahead, leaving room for surprises and new faces.Many more Democrats are viewed as potential contenders. Here's who else to watch.Illinois governor JB PritzkerMaryland governor Wes MooreMichigan governor Gretchen WhitmerMinnesota governor and former vice-presidential nominee Tim WalzColorado governor Jared PolisFormer commerce secretary Gina RaimondoBarack Obama's former chief of staff, Rahm EmanuelArizona senator Mark KellyMichigan senator Elissa SlotkinConnecticut senator Chris MurphyNew Jersey senator Cory BookerCalifornia congressman Ro KhannaColorado congressman Jason CrowMedia personality Stephen A Smith Continue reading...
In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens' following Washington DC shootingDonald Trump has said he will permanently pause migration from all third world countries," a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a political flashpoint in the president's ongoing crackdown on immigration.In a social media post beginning with a very happy Thanksgiving," sent after 11pm on Thursday, the US president said his administration would end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens" and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States". Continue reading...
Trump announced the death of national guard member Sarah Beckstrom, as his administration pledged to re-examine entry of Afghan refugees. Key US politics stories from Thursday at a glanceThe FBI searched multiple properties on Thursday as it widened its investigation into a shooting in Washington on Wednesday, that has left one national guard member dead and another in a critical condition.The search including a home in Washington state linked to the suspect, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who officials said was part of a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan before coming to the US in 2021 under a resettlement program. Continue reading...
Dak Prescott shone in a dramatic win for the Dallas Cowboys against the Kansas City Chiefs at AT&T StadiumLions 0-3 Packers 4:01, 1st quarterThat sack Goff didn't take on 3rd down in the previous drive, he just took it on this one. Green Bay's defensive line is dominating so far. Micah Parsons and Kingsley Enagbare share the QB takedown. Punt. Continue reading...
Donald Trump signaled after attack that refugee and asylum cases would be scrutinizedTrump administration officials say they are undertaking a broad re-examination of asylum cases and green cards issued to citizens of certain countries, after the shooting of two national guard members near the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) named the suspect in the shooting as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US under a policy set up under Joe Biden after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and continued under Donald Trump. Continue reading...
Administration said awareness is not a strategy', but here is a short list of orders the president has signed to do just thatFor the first time since 1988 the US government said it will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, which honors those who have lost their lives to the disease, celebrates efforts to combat the epidemic and raises awareness.An awareness day is not a strategy," a state department spokesperson, Tommy Pigott, told the New York Times. Continue reading...
Stern, credited with designing 15 Central Park West, sought to design buildings that invoked pre-war splendorRobert AM Stern, an architect who fashioned the New York City skyline with buildings that sought to invoke pre-war splendor but with modern luxury fit for billionaires and movie stars, has died at the age of 86.Dubbed The King of Central Park West" by Vanity Fair, Stern was credited with designing 15 Central Park West that, in 2008, was credited as being the highest-priced new apartment building in the history of New York. Continue reading...
The 99th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the largest in the world, dazzled crowds in Manhattan, New York, on Thursday. Thirty-two balloons, three giant balloons, 27 floats, four special units, 33 clown groups, 11 marching bands, performance groups, and music stars parade to welcome Santa Claus and the holiday season' Continue reading...
Several flights are delayed and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could see six to 10 inches of snowParts of the US midwest and the Great Lakes region are bracing for a strong storm this weekend, as an estimated 82 million Americans travel to gather in celebration of Thanksgiving.Some parts of the country are expecting cold, snowy conditions, and the weather has already caused some travel delays. On Thursday morning more than 800 flights were already delayed, most in the northern states. Continue reading...
On Wednesday, Rahmanullah Lakanwal shot troop members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew WolfeTwo national guard members shot on Wednesday in Washington DC are in critical condition. Here's what we know so far:At 2.15pm on Wednesday, a man is alleged to have launched what Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, has called an ambush-style" gun attack two blocks north-west of the White House on two members of the West Virginia national guard.The guard members - named as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, both newly sworn-in - are currently hospitalized in critical condition.The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was shot at the scene by a third guard member and is being treated in hospital after being arrested. His wounds are not believed to be life-threatening.Lakanwal faces charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, though if the national guard members die, the charges could be upgraded to first-degree murder.His motives remain unclear: Pirro has said that it's too soon to say" and Jeffery Carroll, an executive assistant DC police chief, said that investigators had no information on a motive and the suspect came around the corner" and immediately started firing at the troops.He had driven across the US from the home he shares with his wife and five children in Bellingham, Washington state, allegedly to conduct the attack.He is believed to have acted alone.Lakanwal worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and came to the US in 2021 as part of a program to resettle Afghans who had aided US operations there. The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, said Lakanwal was a member of a partner force in Kandahar".The Trump administration has responded to the shooting by ordering 500 more national guard members to Washington, and calling for the reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under the Biden administration.US citizenship and immigration services also said it has stopped processing all immigration requests for Afghan nationals pending further review of security and vetting protocols". Continue reading...
State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 DecemberFor the first time since 1988, the US government will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, according to reports.The state department has directed its employees and grant recipients not to use US government funds to mark the event - which falls annually on 1 December - and not to promote the day publicly. The news was first reported by the journalist Emily Bass and confirmed in an email viewed by the New York Times. Continue reading...
Charles Stanish surmised indentations were rudimentary market place and later adapted as accounting and storage systemA Florida archaeologist's decades-long persistence has helped solve one of Peru's most puzzling geographical conundrums: the origin and purpose of the so-called Band of Holes in the country's mountainous Pisco Valley.Charles Stanish, professor of archaeology at the University of South Florida, and an expert on Andean culture, spent years studying the more than 5,200 curious hillside shallow pits known to local residents as Monte Sierpe - serpent mountain. Continue reading...
The US attorney for the District of Columbia,Jeanine Pirro, confirmed the identities of the two national guards critically injured in a Washington DC shooting on Wednesday as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24. The suspect was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, a man from Afghanistan living in Bellingham, Washington state, the FBI director, Kash Patel, confirmed
Maher Tarabishi was arrested at a routine visit despite decades in the US, leaving his son with Pompe diseaseA 62-year-old father named Maher Tarabishi visited the ICE field office in Dallas, Texas, on 28 October as he has done each year for 17 years. Tarabishi, originally from Jordan, is in the US on a supervision order. Even though his asylum claim was denied, the US government allowed him to remain in the country because he is the primary caretaker for his son, Wael, who was diagnosed at four years old with a progressive muscle disorder called Pompe disease.Tarabishi's mandatory annual visits to ICE were never eventful; he'd arrive, an official might ask about Wael's condition, and then he would leave. This time was different. Continue reading...