| With economy humming, Democrats split over how to beat Trump Posted: 01 May 2019 02:50 PM PDT ![With economy humming, Democrats split over how to beat Trump]( "With economy humming, Democrats split over how to beat Trump") "The 2020 election isn't going to be close." That was conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, writing in the Washington Post last weekend. Last year, many economic analysts were nervously predicting a recession on the horizon. Mr. Trump is uniquely unpopular, the only president whose Gallup approval rating has never once reached 50% or higher, as CNN's Chris Cillizza points out.
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| Why Europe is again a battlefield for Iran’s internal wars Posted: 01 May 2019 02:40 PM PDT ![Why Europe is again a battlefield for Iran's internal wars]( "Why Europe is again a battlefield for Iran's internal wars") The attack in southwestern Iran last September was the most lethal assault the country had seen in nearly a decade. Twenty-five soldiers and civilians were killed, among them 12 members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The desire for revenge was palpable: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed to "severely punish" those behind the attack, whom he said were paid by arch-foes Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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| Desperate for change, Venezuelans weigh risks of protest Posted: 01 May 2019 02:22 PM PDT ![Desperate for change, Venezuelans weigh risks of protest]( "Desperate for change, Venezuelans weigh risks of protest") The day after a bombshell announcement by Venezuela's National Assembly President Juan Guaidó that the military was on his side and President Nicolás Maduro needed to step down, the world is still waiting to see how the cards will fall. Across town, thousands of defiant demonstrators dressed in white and wearing tricolor hats of the Venezuelan flag poured into the streets, readying themselves for news of when and where Mr. Guaidó would speak next. Recommended: Regime change in Iran and Venezuela: Is that the whole story?
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| Could aid for Notre Dame help rebuild France’s crumbling history? Posted: 01 May 2019 01:53 PM PDT ![Could aid for Notre Dame help rebuild France's crumbling history?]( "Could aid for Notre Dame help rebuild France's crumbling history?") The village church in Saint-Gilles is not a thing of great beauty. It was converted in the mid-19th century from a storehouse and vat rooms that had belonged to a local winery, and it feels like it. When Maxime Petitjean became mayor in 2014 of this sleepy, canal-side village in Burgundy, the church bells were in complete disrepair.
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