
Libby Nelson
Former Editorial Director, Politics & Policy
Latest articles by Libby Nelson


Howard Schultz tests the political waters; European nations form a company that could trade with Iran.


A new Congress is sworn in; China’s economy slows down.


A government shutdown for the holidays; an election postponed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is leaving the Trump administration; Trump’s attorney general nominee has some thoughts on Russia.


Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s sentencing is postponed; the Trump administration’s bump stock ban is final.


A Green Beret’s murder charges; protests in Hungary.


Wisconsin’s lame-duck session strips the new governor of power; Theresa May comes home from Brussels empty-handed.


The Senate votes to withdraw American support from Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen; the Boy Scouts consider bankruptcy.


At least a little confidence in Theresa May; Michael Cohen gets three years.


Another Trump judicial nominee makes the court; students join France’s Yellow Vest protests.