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Is Trump the new Nero?
Barry Strauss is an expert in all things Roman. He joins The World's Marco Werman for a talk about Roman history and how its legendary figures compare to our modern politicians.
Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention
Madeleine Albright: 'Many of the best diplomats are women'
Nearly 40 percent of DACA recipients are high school or college students. Now their future is in limbo.
Why moving the US embassy to Jerusalem is so controversial
Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti
An artist finally lets the Clinton victory confetti fly.
In Manila, government-sanctioned killings are the new normal
A photo of the crime scene shows a bloodstained Aristotle Garcia lying in the street. He has a .38 caliber pistol in his right hand, a wad of cash in the other. Her brother wasn't right-handed, though, which means the gun is in the wrong hand.
Mexican officials ignore Trump’s disparaging tweets and reach out a hand to Texas
Hours after a tweet from President Donald Trump insisting Mexicans pay for a border wall, Mexican officials offered aid to Harvey victims in the United States.
Young, undocumented and trying to 'keep my sanity'
"You don’t feel safe anymore. It always feels like we’re tiptoeing our way to 2020, we’re tiptoeing our way to, hopefully, a new president.”
'Why are Americans so fat?' And other questions Russians have about us.
An American journalist living in Russia says in the age of Donald Trump, Russian perceptions of America are tinged with mistrust and vice versa.
Trump says he's committed to the wall. But is he really?
Donald Trump says he's sticking to his guns on the border wall, but in reality, the project has met delays.
Humorist Wajahat Ali laughs off Trump's desertion of the Eid celebration
Donald Trump broke a 20-year-long tradition by not hosting a White House dinner to mark the end of Ramadan. Humorist Wajahat Ali says it sends an awful message to Muslim Americans like him, but you have to keep your sense of humor about it.
The Putinization of Donald Trump
Many Russians perceive Donald Trump as an American version of Vladimir Putin. It's partly based on Trump's bombastic rhetoric, but also on how his speeches and tweets are translated into Russian.
After Putin's offer to share notes, ranking House Intel Democrat Schiff is 'running out of expletives'
In an interview with The World, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff says, "Everyone is asking quite rightly, 'Where does this all lead?'"
Trump firing Comey: ‘It helps every authoritarian in the world’
Journalists and academics across the globe see alarming parallels between the US and deeply troubled countries whose leaders go after those who investigate them.