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Daily News Briefing

March 2017

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The Christian Science Monitor Daily News Briefing provides an editorially curated perspective on important news of the day. Each issue provides a daily commentary from the editors, abridged versions of five key stories, an Editorial, the Christian Science perspective article, and a Top Headlines column. Insights gained from the Monitor can support and strengthen your prayers for the world. For the latest news and 24/7 access to Monitor content, you can also visit CSMonitor.com.

Party politics

It might be a feint after the health-care defeat, but President Trump could be signaling a bipartisan shift.

The filibuster does not make for edge-of-your-seat reading. But maybe it should.

Workers Unite

President Trump is a wayward defender of workers’ interests.

Africa's hour of need

Drought and conflict are threatening famine across sub-Saharan Africa. The world community can make a difference.

A question of legitimacy

The biggest protests in Russia in five years haven't shaken Mr. Putin's grip on power, but they show that not all Russians back him.

'We are not afraid'

Countering terrorism is a complex and often unsuccessful effort. The best response to it, as Britain has shown, is a refusal to fear.

Coal's global decline

Along with the US, China, India, and other countries are shifting away from coal. A revival of coal jobs is unlikely.

Peacebuilding

An Irish nationalist trod a perilous path to compromise.

Establishing facts

The trustworthiness of media reports is always open to debate. The trustworthiness of FBI and NSA testimony is much less so.

Republicans are having a heap of trouble trying to replace Obamacare. That points to an important lesson.