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Ryan Caught Between Desire for Republican Unity and Future Agenda

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and JONATHAN MARTIN

Speaker Paul D. Ryan may be forced to acquiesce to Donald Trump in the name of Republican unity or establish himself as the party's leading voice of opposition.

Supporters of Moïse Katumbi, who declared last week that he was running for president, in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congo Lurches Toward a New Crisis as Leader Tries to Crush a Rival

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Moïse Katumbi, a popular opposition politician, is the greatest threat to President Joseph Kabila's rule. He and his supporters are now being targeted by Mr. Kabila's security services.

Iraqi security forces detained men suspected of being members of the Islamic State for interrogation last month. The men were found among civilians returning to Ramadi.

Lack of Plan for ISIS Detainees Raises Human Rights Concerns

By CHARLIE SAVAGE, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC SCHMITT

The United States, determined not to get back into detention operations, has no strategy in place for handling potentially thousands of war prisoners.

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Outbuildings at Highland, the homestead of James Monroe, the country's fifth president.

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James Monroe's Home May Not Have Been So Humble After All

By HAWES SPENCER

Visitors to Highland, Monroe's estate, have toured a modest cottage, thinking it was his home. New evidence suggests he actually lived in a mansion on the property.

People opposed to the French government's labor reform law protested in Paris on Tuesday.

OPINION | Op-Ed | Pamela Druckerman

The Miserable French Workplace

By PAMELA DRUCKERMAN

Why is it so hard to change the labor laws?

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"I love Moïse more than I love my wife."

JACKIE ROKO, a vendor of belts in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Moïse Katumbi, a popular opposition politician who presents the gravest threat to President Joseph Kabila's rule.

Today's Videos

Video: ScienceTake | Meet the Humanoid Mer-Bot

A submersible robot in human form, developed at Stanford University, completed its first dive, recovering a 17th-century vase.

World

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil during the opening ceremony of the National Policy Conference for Women in Brasília on Tuesday.

Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff Is Debated by Brazil's Senate After Months of Chaos

By SIMON ROMERO

The debate that began on Wednesday, to be followed by a vote as late as Thursday morning, is a watershed in the power struggle consuming the country.

Queen Elizabeth II Says Chinese Officials Were 'Very Rude' on State Visit

By EDWARD WONG

A video of a garden party, which has been posted online, included an exchange in which the queen had sharp words for the officials' behavior last year.

Victoria Barrett, 17, is a New York high school student and a plaintiff in a climate change lawsuit brought by Our Children's Trust.

In Novel Tactic on Climate Change, Citizens Sue Their Governments

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

An American nonprofit is suing on behalf of 21 young plaintiffs, and a farmer in Peru sued a German energy utility over its part in causing global warming.

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ON THIS DAY

On May 12, 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.

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