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Obama to Free Manning, Jailed for a Vast Leak of U.S. Secrets

  • Chelsea Manning, the Army intelligence analyst convicted in a 2010 leak of security documents, is set to be freed in five months instead of in 2045.
  • The decision by President Obama rescued Ms. Manning from an uncertain future as a transgender woman incarcerated at a male military prison.

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Rubio Challenges Nominee, but Will He Defy Trump?

Senator Marco Rubio’s tough questioning of Rex W. Tillerson, the nominee for secretary of state, was an early test of how adversarial he is willing to be toward a fellow Republican in the White House.


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President Xi Jinping of China speaking at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. He used his moment to mount a defense of economic globalization. Credit Gian Ehrenzeller/European Pressphoto Agency

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China Steps Up as Voice for Global Trade

President Xi Jinping of China made an expansive case for globalization, staking a claim to leadership in the realm of free trade days before Donald J. Trump assumes the presidency.



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