Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available

Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.

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Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing

Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss. The country’s bitterly tribal politics are spilling into text chains, social media posts and heated conversations as Americans absorb the reality of government cost-cutting claiming a relative’s job. Expecting sympathy, some axed workers are finding family and friends who instead are steadfast in their support of what they see as a bloated government’s waste. Luke Tobin, who was fired from his U.S. Forest Service job in Idaho, says it's been one of the worst parts of the ordeal: “I’ve been treated as a public enemy by the government and now it’s bleeding into my own family."

Taliban bans the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in public

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are cracking down on the sound of women’s voices in public, under a strict new set of vice and virtue laws under the Islamist regime.