| What would $6 billion in budget cuts mean for public housing? Posted: 10 Mar 2017 02:45 PM PST ![What would $6 billion in budget cuts mean for public housing?]( "What would $6 billion in budget cuts mean for public housing?") Funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development helps reduce homelessness, fund infrastructure, and enhance community services, data suggest. Preliminary budget documents obtained by The Washington Post and others seem to suggest that HUD is facing approximately $6 billion in budget cuts for the next fiscal year, which starts in October. Around $4 billion worth of cuts would come from community development grants that provide facilities such as gyms and community theaters as well as funding local services.
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| Buried treasure: huge statue of Egyptian king unearthed in Cairo neighborhood Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:51 AM PST ![Buried treasure: huge statue of Egyptian king unearthed in Cairo neighborhood]( "Buried treasure: huge statue of Egyptian king unearthed in Cairo neighborhood") A team of Egyptian and German archaeologists has discovered a towering 26-foot statue in a Cairo slum, a presumed depiction of Pharaoh Ramses II, Reuters reports on Thursday. The colossus found submerged in mud in where the ancient city of Heliopolis once stood is "one of the most important discoveries ever," according to the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry. The massive quartzite figure is "most probably Ramses II," Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani told Reuters on Thursday at the site of the statue's unveiling, adding that the identity would have to be later confirmed once more of the statue is uncovered.
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| Pelosi says Obamacare compromise possible, if GOP reaches out Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:22 AM PST ![Pelosi says Obamacare compromise possible, if GOP reaches out]( "Pelosi says Obamacare compromise possible, if GOP reaches out") Should Republicans fail to pass the health-care repeal-and-replace plan they unveiled this week, some compromises might be possible to amend the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) of California, the House minority leader, said at a breakfast meeting with reporters Friday hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. Failure of the GOP plan, the American Health Care Act, is a distinct possibility, even in the House, where Republicans hold a significant majority. While House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin says he's "confident" he has the votes to pass the plan, he can afford just 21 defections, and opposition from moderate and hard-liner Republicans could sink it.
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| Trump's first big test as dealmaker-in-chief: health care Posted: 10 Mar 2017 08:08 AM PST ![Trump's first big test as dealmaker-in-chief: health care]( "Trump's first big test as dealmaker-in-chief: health care") President Trump, the dealmaker, faces his biggest sales job yet as president: persuading Congress and the country to accept the GOP's health-care plan. Republicans are cautiously optimistic it will pass the full House in a close vote. Meanwhile, public support for the Affordable Care Act – a.k.a., Obamacare – is now at its highest level since 2010, when the law passed.
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| How US and Iraqi forces plan to stop Islamic State drones Posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:07 AM PST ![How US and Iraqi forces plan to stop Islamic State drones]( "How US and Iraqi forces plan to stop Islamic State drones") When she was embedded with Iraqi soldiers in Mosul last fall, researcher Vera Mironova says the Islamic State regularly buzzed her unit with camera-equipped drones to record information on troop movements.
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| 'It feels like spring’: How a protest movement grew to oust South Korea’s president Posted: 10 Mar 2017 06:36 AM PST !['It feels like spring': How a protest movement grew to oust South Korea's president]( "'It feels like spring': How a protest movement grew to oust South Korea's president") Late on the night of Dec. 3, Joseph Kim was walking home to his apartment in Seoul's Mapo district after another long day of protesting. The weekly demonstrations against the increasingly reviled President Park Geun-hye had become his new Saturday ritual, replacing his old ones of going out with friends or reading about Korean politics online. A late 20-something with a wide smile and quiet enthusiasm, Mr. Kim attended every demonstration in downtown Seoul for six weeks straight.
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| In President Park's dramatic ouster, a test of South Korea's young democracy Posted: 10 Mar 2017 03:19 AM PST ![In President Park's dramatic ouster, a test of South Korea's young democracy]( "In President Park's dramatic ouster, a test of South Korea's young democracy") It was a striking end for South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Only six of the eight justices on the South Korea's Constitutional Court needed to support the impeachment motion filed by lawmakers for her to be formally removed from office. The corruption scandal that led to Ms. Park's ouster has plunged South Korea into political turmoil. Take our geography quiz.
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| In Japan, young women’s problems are often ignored. But she’s ready to help. Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:30 PM PST ![In Japan, young women's problems are often ignored. But she's ready to help.]( "In Japan, young women's problems are often ignored. But she's ready to help.") For Kanae, it was so painful to be alive that she wanted to take her own life at the age of 20. "I always put a smile on my face, but I was ready to end my life," recalls Kanae, who declined to give her family name. Before taking such a step, Kanae wanted to meet Jun Tachibana, who has long helped troubled young women in Japan.
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