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Trump’s nominee for veterans affairs secretary faces allegations of misconduct. Plus: how cities protect themselves against vehicular attacks, America’s self-reinvention, and more.
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Toronto’s Aftermath: At least 10 people were killed and 14 others wounded on Monday when a van drove into a crowd on Yonge Street, a busy thoroughfare in Toronto. While investigators suspect the driver was part of a misogynistic online movement known as “incel” (short for “involuntarily celibate”), he used a method that’s often associated with the Islamic State, illustrating what Graeme Wood describes as “the virality of technique.” As vehicular attacks spread, here’s how cities are trying to protect themselves.

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Washington, D.C., this week for the first formal state visit to be hosted by President they have very different views on international cooperation: Trump believes nations should put their own interests first, while Macron believes they have a responsibility to Now, with Macron joining other European leaders in an effort to these two attitudes are coming to a head.

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