
Lebanon's soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even the children want to play
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Beirut feels both familiar and utterly foreign. In the Beirut of today people go through the motions and the energy that once made the city vibrant has dissipated. It had an energy of being alive, and that's all gone.
He shakes his head. He doesn't want to join the other children decorating the tree we've brought in.
"Why not?" I ask.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











