Today in PoliticsIt’s Friday, October 18. Today, who else benefits from the U.S. withdrawal from Syria? ¶ Plus, what to make of the Trump National Doral resort’s new hosting gig. ¶ Finally, remembering Elijah Cummings, a reluctant partisan warrior.(AARON JOSEFCZYK / REUTERS)A brief cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Turkey seems to be doing little to contain the damage already done.1. Who will monitor ISIS prisoners still being held in northern Syria? “Since the defeat of the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate, the U.S. has relied on Kurdish-led militias to hold some 11,000 ISIS fighters … according to a Defense Department …read more
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