While she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends and family and churches and coffee shops. -- Donald Miller

TRADE

Trade and borders: A reset for U.S.-Mexico relations in the Trump era?

Trump and Xi Likely to Get Only Framework Trade Deal, Ross Says

US limits tech exports to Chinese firm on security grounds

How to fight a trade war: Turn the other cheek

EDUCATION

Data dominates in EDUCAUSE's top IT issues for 2019 

Rosenworcel proposes 'homework gap fund' to address digital disparity in K-12 districts

Life Story Fuels Justice Sotomayor's Passion for Education, Civics

As states submit ESSA plans, policymakers must design responsible school rating systems

Department of Defense Agency Financial Report FY 2018

United States Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars Through FY2019: $5.9 Trillion Spent and Obligated1

It’s official: DoD told to take cut with FY20 budget

U.S. MILITARY

The chances of a U.S.-China war

Medicaid: Essential for millions of children of military families

Providing for the Common Defense The Assessment and Recommendations of the National Defense Strategy Commission

Assuring a ready fleet: A discussion with Admiral John Richardson, chief of naval operations

Trump-Macron spat exposes clashing US-French interests PODCAST

Trump remains in sour mood post-midterms: reports

Seth Meyers: Trump is 'a grifter who surrounds himself with other grifters' OPINION

Trump appears to call for defense spending cuts

U.S. AGRICULTURE

Meet the Modern Farmers: Tamer and Claire Harpke of Harpke Family Farm

FARM TO THANKSGIVING TABLE

Is this the fanciest farm in the world? (Probably.)

Conservation Ranching

Praying Mantises Don Tiny Goggles to Help Us Understand 3-D Vision 

New Super Wood Beats Metals in Feats of Strength

Researchers Mature Human Eggs in the Lab for the First Time

The Meteorite That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Also Triggered Underwater Volcanoes

FEDERAL WORKFORCE

OPM to delegate IT direct hire authority to agency heads 

POLITICS

Former Vice President Joe Biden Says President Donald Trump Is 'Shredding' American Values 

The Irresistible, Ineffable, Occasionally Exhausting Power of Joe Biden

Trump’s Powerful Theory of Politics

'Toxic Christianity': the evangelicals creating champions for Trump

READ

Louisiana Longshot FICTION

Pandemic FICTION

Family Memories: An Autobiographical Journey

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

KENYA

William Ruto allies fight back over graft claims

From public spats to support: Joho, Uhuru enjoy friendship

When women's health is addressed, everyone wins

How Climate Change is Fueling Innovation in Kenya

SOUTH AFRICA

Momentum will pay murder victim after social media outrage

Solar Pump Options

What’s Behind Cape Town’s Water Woes?

Tiger Brands helps launch South African Centre for Food Safety

ASIA

Genocidal justice finally served in Cambodia

Money matters tilting Indonesia’s elections

Chip Stock Carnage Seeps Into Asia With $11 Billion Lost

The Spies Who Mapped Great Swathes of South Asia by Foot

MALAYSIA

Submarine deal resurfaces: Najib quizzed, Razak Baginda may be next

Cabinet decides to end death penalty for 32 offences

Malaysia Was ‘Cheated’ by Goldman Sachs, Mahathir Tells CNBC

Unknown Language Discovered in Malaysia

SOUTH KOREA

Ex-UN Chief Urges S. Korea to Donate More

Is Korea’s Cold War About to End?

How Korea’s Demilitarized Zone Became an Accidental Wildlife Paradise

A Brief History of Bulgogi, Korea’s Most Delicious Export (Recipe)

SAUDI ARABIA

Stop politicizing Khashoggi case: Cabinet

Saudi Arabia Seeks Death Penalty for Five Accused of Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing

Dragos to open Saudi Arabia office, announces new funding round

Saudi Arabia won’t extradite suspects in Khashoggi killing to Turkey

AUSTRALIA

A Deadly Virus Is on the Rise for Australia’s Cats 

A third of Australians at risk of Listeria infection

Former strawberry farm worker charged; allegedly put needles in strawberries

Michelle Guthrie alleges former ABC chairman Justin Milne touched her inappropriately, a claim he denies 

NEW ZEALAND

More than one in 10 elderly Aucklanders malnourished - new research

We're worried about the environment, but don't know how to take action

Can Marijuana Save This Maori Community in New Zealand?

Giant ‘Spider Bum Parachutes’ Cover New Zealand Field

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