The Brief 'THISLATESTTWISTINTHE CONFLICTLEAVES THEKRE. MLIN WITHA WORSENINGDILEMMA. ' —NEXT PAGE し S. Secretary ofState Rex Tillersonfaces 0 wi 市 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov 0 〃 Apri112 President B ashar As sad for committing IN THE END, VLADIMIR PUTIN agreed tO see the envoy from the that atrocity and flatly accused Russia Of covering it up. Trump Administration. After a week ofmutual recriminations over the The punitive mis sile strike ordered war in Syria, the Russian President by President Trump against a Syrian air force base heralded a sharp tack did not snub Rex Tillerson during the U. S. S ecretary of State 's first ⅲ the White House's approach to the Kremlin. Both Tillerson and his boss Off1Cial visit tO Moscow. lnstead, Putin showed a willingness to grit his teeth insisted that Russia must revoke its support for Assad. "Putin must see and accept the U. S. attack against his ally in Syria—as long as Trump offered what a barbarian this guy is, and it's a very bad symbol for Russia with this him a way tO save face in the process. guy gas s ing children; ” Trump told the lt was demeaning enough for Putin tO welcome Tillerson on April 12 after New York Post. The Kremlin showed no sign of the accusations the visitor's country backing down. ln an interview aired on had leveled at his hosts. Poison gas Russian television at the start ofTiller- had been used to kill 叩 to 100 people son's visit tO Moscow, Putin said the on April 4 , including children, in a rebel-held town in western Syria. ln an U. S. hadviolated international law by attacking AS sad's forces without first intelligence report declassified a week later, the White House blamed Syrian proving his use ofchemical weapons. WORLD The Trump- Putin reset is dead—but don't rule 0 収 t an amicable settlement By Simon Shuster PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO 5

TheBrief The U. S. had acted in Syria much as it did in lraq in 2003 , he said, by attacking a sovereign country "under a completely trumped-up pretext. " The thunderous backbiting seemed to blow 叩 art Trump's pledge t0 "get along" with Russia after a presidential race overshadowed by claims that Moscow had covertly helped Trump get elected. Yet behind the escalating rhetoric, the two sides were bOth careful tO leave room to smooth things over. The Kremlin stopped well short 0f countering the attack by military means. lt did not use Russia's air defense systems in Syria tO attempt tO shOOt down the U. S. cruise missiles, as it could have. Nor did Putin revoke his invitation to form a coalition with the U. S. against ISIS. For its part, the Trump Administration offered no clarity on hOW exactly it would seek tO remove Assad; Trump himself insisted in the New York post interview that "our big mission is getting rid of ISIS . that's where it's always been. ” For the sake ofthat objective, they may still be willing to set aside their dispute over Assad. That has been Putin's hope ever since he intervened Syria in 2015. The ideal outcome for him would be an anti-terrorism coalition with the U. S. and its allies in Syria—one that would keep Assad in power, eliminate ISIS and erode the West's resolve in isolating Russia over itS 2014 annexation ofCrimea from Ukraine. This latest twist in the conflict leaves the Kremlin with a worsening dilemma, however. Russia's isolation 伝 om the West is deeper than ever, and Trump has embraced the sort ofinterventionism that putin has long sought tO counter in the Middle East. Russia is alSO now bonded with lran—an alliance that the U. S. would not allow intO its own coalition in Syria. TO underscore that dilemma, Tillerson arrived in Moscow with an ultimatum: abandon Assad or share responsibility for his crimes. Neither option would seem palatable tO putin, whO is intent on projecting strength, especially in his frequent confrontations with the West. "The idea of retreat is not part Ofour president's constitution," says Alexander KonovaIov, a foreign policy expert in Moscow,. "SO he will have to demonstrate toughne s s. That need to act tough did not stop putin 仕 om showing an openness—even an eagerness—to work with the U. S. during TiIIerson's vis it. while avoiding the media right after their talk, the Russian President le 仕 it tO his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tO announce that U. S. -Russia cooperation would "benefit not only our peoples but the entire world. ' What remained unclear after the meeting is whether the two sides can find any common ground on the future ofAssad, whO appears intent on imposing further horrors on his own people. ロ 6 TIME April 24 , 2017 TICKER RepubIicans ⅲ Kansas seat Ron Estes won a Kansas House seat in the first congressional election since President Trump's victory, replacing Mike Pompeo, whO became CIA directorin 」 anuary. Estes beat his Democratic opponent by 7 points. Trump won the district in November by 27. Ge ロれれ soccer team's bus bombed Three pipe bombs damaged a bus carrying German soccer team Borussia Dortmund 90 minutes before a game against Monaco was due tO begin. Prosecutors detained one suspect Compensation Act. 1996 Workers Canadian province's amendmentto the work, following an wear high heels tO employees tO can no longer force British Columbia Companies in British Columbia HeeIs optionalin abuses. campaign-finance but pleaded guilty tO has denied the affair, him. The Republican proceedings against begin impeachment led lawmakers tO atop aide, which his alleged affairwith an investigation intO resigned following Robert Bentley Alabama Governor GOV' resigns Alabama's lslamic extremism. possible links tO and said there were 3 Q&A Colin Powell The retiredfour-stargeneral andformer Secretary 0fState is thefounding chair 可 America's Promise Alliance. The れ 0 叩 ro. 五 t , aimed 砒 improving the lives 可 children, な holding 0 summitfor 沁 20 市 anniversary 0 れ A. 卍 18 ⅲ New r た City. What is the single most important thing we can dO for 0 r kids? Research shows that the presence Of stable, trusting adult relationships in the lives ofyoung people is a key factor—perh 叩 s the key factor—in keeping them ⅲ school. Children need t0 get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system and gainjobs. But they deserve more. We want them tO learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment and CiViC duty. What have been the watershed moments in terms ofprogress and regression? The high school graduation rate, now 83.2 % , is higher than it's ever been. High-quality early- childhood programs and he alth coverage have expanded, and the number ofmentoring relationships for at-risk youth has risen dramatically. That progress is encouraging, but it's not evenly distributed. Are your efforts more necessary under the new Administration? We hope and expect that it will make opportunity for all young people a real priority. 0 Standing ⅲ support 0f children is something we should all be able t0 get be- hind, regard- less ofparty afflliation. —CLAIRE HOWORTH

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Biden, Massachusetts Senator ElizabethWarren and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders—the youngest is Warren, now 67. Each of the four highest-ranking Senate Democrats is 66 or Older, and the trio leading the House are all at least 75. "lt's hard t0 disagree with the premise that the bench is weak' ” says Amanda Litman, a former Clinton campaign offlcial whO CO- founded Run for Something. With few exceptions, most Democratic activlsts whO went intO politics over the past decade have since gone elsewhere for work, choosing lucrative jobs over the drudgery 0f electoral politics. "They know politics well enough t0 know how crappy it is," explains Gupta. "The idea that you would spend seven days a week raising money, give up a great life SO you can have billionaires run adS attacking you in your hometown and, ifyou win, spend your time in D ℃ . with sociopaths? lt's understandable that people weren't deciding tO run. On his way out the door, Obama tried t0 address the problem. At his farewell speech ⅲ Chicago on Jan. 10 , the former President made a plea tO his young supporters. "lf you're disappointed by your elected offcials; ” he said, grab a clipboard, get some signatures and run for Off1ce yourself. ” Ronnie ChO was ⅲ the crowd that night, and the line struck a chord. He was an original Obama acolyte, crisscrossing the lowa cornfields in 2007 as a caucus organizer on his campalgn and later following the President tO the White House. So at age 34 , he decided t0 leave his job as a vice president for MTV in New York City to run for an open city council seat in his East Village neighborhood this fall. He's not the only Obama alumnus looking to jump into the ring this year. "I think many ofus; ” he says, are eager t0 give it a shOt. ” Alejandra Campoverdi, another former Obama campaign aide turned White House staffer, ran in an April 4 special election for a House seat in LOS Angeles County. (She lost. ) Haley Stevens, a 2008 Clinton and Obama campaign aide whO went on tO work in the Treasury Dep artment, is leaving her j ob as a digital manufacturing executive tO explore a campaign for Congress in her native Michigan. 'lt's not like l've been planning some political run; ” says Stevens, 33 , who began mulling abid for the Detroit- area seat on election night as she watched the dismal returns trickle in with Clinton's te am at the Javits 'IFWEWANTTO SEE CHANGE, THE BESTWAYWE CAN MAKE 旧 STO RUN FOR OFFICE.' HEATHER WARD, 21 , a college senior -and candidate fo 「 a school board in Chester County, Pennsylvania 0 the President's Cabinet picks is now being channeled HALEY intO concrete campaigns tO groom a new generation STEVENS, 33 of Democrats. "lf we want to see change, the best way we can make it is tO run for Offce,: ” says Heather 可 0 加 g a Ward, a 21-year-01d senior at Villanova University campaign fO 「 wh0 is running for a sch001 board seat near PhiIa- Congress 加 Michigan's ユ 1t わ delphia. "Making phone calls to Representatives is CongressionaI great. But it's the people in those offces wh0 make District the decisions. •Worked as a Some Republican strategists worry that they have campaign aide seen hOW this sort Of activism can end. ln 2009 and for Obama and 2010 , a small-government uprising against a new HiIIary CIinton President propelled the GOP back into the House ・ A Michigan majority and bred a new crop Of conservative stars. native, She served as chiefof "lt's almost like the beginning ofthe Tea Party move- staff on Obama's ment times two,: ” says Chip Lake, a Georgia GOP presidential strategist wh0 worked for Price and says OSS0ff's task force tO strength foreshadows trouble for his party ⅲ the restructure the 2018 midterms. "lt's a big deal. Clearly we should autO industry be pulling the fire alarm. ” ・ Left the Obama Administration tO work in advanced IT WASN'T LONG AGO that the opposite was true. manufacturing On the morning Of NOV. 9 , Democrats awoke to econonmc Republican control 0f the White House, both development, chambers 0f Congress, 33 governorships and 69 of m OSt rece ntly 99 state legislative chambers. The roster 0f party fora national i n novati on- leaders are a rather geriatric bunch. Of the most research lab prominent figures whO might consider running for President in 2020—former Vice President Joe 29

TheBrief As 亡 e White House 亡 r 取 a guide 0 亡 e shifting power centers among Trump's を 0 advisers By MichaeI Scherer and Zeke J. Miller DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED HIS WHITE House a "fine-tuned machine,'j an image that is at Odds with the steady stream Of sparks, springs and sprockets that have flown out 0f the West Wing since he was sworn ln. ln fact, the te am surrounding the President is among the most conflicted groups in memory, weaving together longtime Washington hands , military bras s, family confidants, ideological revolutionarles and a coterie ofhigh-powered former Wall Street executives. They are united by a common desire t0 help Trump succeed, but deeply divided by ideology and tactics. At the matrix's center is a President proudly untethered t0 any conventional political doctrine, whO boasts about his ability tO change as circumstance s demand. Trump has always been trans actional, looking t0 make deals with the people ⅲ the room and with the facts immediately before him. "I like to think of myself as a flexible person,: ” he said just before reversing his approach to Syria with a missile attack. As a result, aides spend a 10t Of time jockeying for Trump's attention. And while their alliances shift depending on the issues or the day, the faults tend to divide along cultural lines. Each week seems tO bring a new group in or out Of favor with the boss. The biggest loser of late has been Stephen Bannon, a strategist whO championed Trump's early blow-it-up strategy 0f governing. The President and Other aides have since concluded that Bannon's wrecking-ball approach has led to missteps, dysfunction and sagging polls. Trump suggested t0 the New York POSt on April 11 that Bannon's influence has limits. "l'm my own strategist," he said. Which means that for now other groups are ascendant, including the realist foreign policy advisers wh0 supported the Syria strikes and the group ofpragmatic advisers with Manhattan roots, who are working on recrafting the Trump legislative strategy after the failure ofObamacare repeal. The "fine- tuned ” machine is about tO get a tune-up. 8 TIME April 24 , 2017 KEY: ■ CURRENT OR FORMER MILITARY GENERAL ■ CABINET [ E し GOLDMAN SACHS ALUM NET WORTH OVER 0 S10 MILLION JOHN KELLY Homeland Security Secretary 0 JAMES MATTIS Defense Secretary JEFF SESSIONS Attorney General SEBASTIAN GORKA Deputy assistant tO the President 〃 ONA リ S "AMER ℃ A 日 RST ” IMMIGRATION HAWKS PUSHING TOUGH-ON- TRADE POPULISM 0 PETER NAVARRO NationalTrade Council director GETTY IMAGES ( 15 ご AP ( 4 ) 】 REDUX ( 2 ) 】 POLARIS ( 1 ) STEPHEN MILLER Senior adviser for policy STEPHEN BANNON Chief strategist

TheBrief THE RISK REPORT the defense ofacademic freedom (and attacks Viktor Orban is on Orban) makes for good politics. Foreign multinationals, especially those affliated turning Hungary intO ・ th CEU, wouldjoin the fight. Europe's black sheep AS things stand, however, Orban's assaults on Hungary's liberal opposition and its West- By lan Bremmer ern allies are pois ed tO inte nsify, threatening agreements that allow foreign companies tO operate in Hungary. The parliament is due tO ON APRIL 4 , HUNGARY'S PRIME MINISTER Viktor Orban scored a victory in his campaign consider a bill that would force every civil- against Western-backed institutions and society organization and foundation that companies when the parliament gave him the receives more than about $ 25 , 000 per year 0. K. to shutter Central European University from outside Hungary to be labeled a foreign- (CEU) in Budapest. The move helps Orban funded organization, a move similar tO laws tighten his grip on power and may well passed in Vladimir putin's Russia aimed at spell the end for CEU, a prestigious and minimizing "foreign financially independent institution funded influence ” inside by Hungarian-born George Soros, a U. S. the country. Unless financier who has given heavily to liberal coordinated pres- causes around the glObe. sure from inside ln Budapest, tens ofthousands ofpeople, and outs ide Hun- mainly students, marched in protest at the gary forces Orban treatment ofCEU on consecutive weekends to backtrack, he ' Ⅱ ⅲ April. But Orbanwon't be inclined t0 back ride this strategy down. His growing control of Hungary's tra- intO elections next ditional media ensures favorable coverage for sprmg ・ the government and few opportunities for This escalation the fragmented opposition tO make its case. will test the He also knows that his fellow E. U. leaders are determination of E. U. leaders to defend the far more focused on French German elec- integrity ofEuropean integration. lt's one tions, Brexit negotiations and worries over thing t0 cut deals with Putin or Turkey's Recep Rus sia and Turkey than on Hungary. ln addi- Tayyip Erdogan as they trample Western tion, he's unlikely to hear forceful complaints values within their own borders. lt's another from the White House, given Orban's out- when the leader in question is consolidating spoken support for Donald Trump and the power in a country inside the E. U. Republican Party's attitude toward Soros, a One defense strategy might be t0 strip major donor tO liberal causes and a longtime Hungary 0f its membership ⅲ the European bogeyman for the conservative grassroots. Parliament's main center-right grouping ・ ()rban has reversed course under pressure; That would allow E. U. leaders to reduce the in 2014 , he tried tO impose a tax on lnternet subsidies Hungary receives as a member traffc, but huge demonstrations and force- state. Pretty quickly, Orban would have t0 血 1 E. U. criticism forced him to retreat. lfthe choose between upholding respect for E. U. protests t0 save CEU become larger and an- values and losing the benefits that come with grier, political leaders ⅲ Europe might decide being a member ofthe club. TICKER Justice Neil Gorsuch takes his seat President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was sworn ln as a 」 ustice on ApriI 10 , following a tumultuous confirmation battle that deeply divided the Senate. Gorsuch filled thelate Antonin Scalia's seat after a 422-day vacancy. Ahmadinejad tries tO stage 0 return 旧 a surprise move, lran's polarizing former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered tO run in the country's May election, despite being advised by Supreme Leader AyatuIlah AIi Khamenei notto stand. His candidacy is unlikelyto be approved bylran's candidate vetters. Judge: Texas voting ー 0 discriminatory A federaljudge ruled that a Texas voter-lD law that came intO force in 2013 was crafted with the intent Of discriminating against minorities WhO may face difficulties obtaining one Ofthe seven forms of 旧 required tO VOte. Anchor reports on husband's death A news anchorin lndia was reporting on a car accident when she realized her husband was involved in the crash. Supreet Kaur remained composed during the 10-minute broadcast before her husband's death was confirmed tO her offscreen. O rb an's assaults on Hungary 's lib eral opposition and its Western allies like ly will intensify DIGIT Length, ⅲ feet, Of the world's first ship tunnel, which Norway plans tO begin building in 2019 to help vessels 0i0 the stormy Stadhavet Sea; once complete, the passage will be 162 化 tall and 118 代 . wide 5 , 610

ー H E G 0 N M E N CA M E ー N ー H E A FT E R N 0 0 2. Wearing the drab and baggy uniform of the lslamic State, they arrived at the door of Bashar Abu Ali's home ⅲ west- ern Mosul tO commandeer it as a sniper's nest. There were seven or eight Of the militants, all lraqis. They used an up- stairs bedroom tO shOOt intO the broad road outside. ln those days in late February and early March, the lslamic State was fall- ing back quickly. The lraqi military swept into the city, backed by ferocious Ameri- can airstrike s and artillery. The militants had already lost the eastern halfofthe city and were now scrambling tO mount a de- fense ofthe west side. That meant seizing some vehicles tO make car bombs, setting fire tO others tO create smoke screens and taking over hundreds Of civilian houses like Abu Ali's, militarizing both the urban and the suburban landscapes ofthe city. Then the battle began. For 11 days, the 43-year-01d coffee-shop manager cow- ered with his family in terror in down- stairs rooms while the ISIS fighters held the high ground, taking shifts shooting at the top Of the stairs. American and lraqi warplanes rained bombs around them. "I was 90 tO 95 % sure we were going tO die there,: ” said Abu Ali. There was no thought 0f leaving. Better tO die in your own home, he thought. When the lraqi military and police arrived ⅲ their neighborhood, the gunmen fled in a panic. What they left was a landsc 叩 e ofbombed-out buildings and twisted metal, the burnt skeletons Ofcars and trucks flung aside by massive explosions. There iS no electricity, no running water and few shops selling food. A defused car bomb in a narrow street 100kS like a battle wagon from Mad Max, AFTER SIX MONTHS Of fighting, the end onstrated less the military might 0f the steel plates where the windshield and insurgents than the hollowness 0f lraq's is ⅲ sight in the battle for Mosul—a vic- sovereignty under a government ruled hood should be. "DO you want to see the tory that, when it comes, will mark a on sectarian lines: many SunniS in lraq's body?" a resident asks, and leads the way turning point in the broader war against north and west preferred sunni militants tO the corpse Of a "Russian"—shorthand the lslamic State. lraq's second city has used for foreign fighters from former embodied the group's claim that it was over a Baghdad government responsive Soviet nations, wh0 spoke Arabic poorly. in fact building a state—and a warning only t0 lraq's Shi'ite majority. But ISIS has now been ousted from Killed at least two weeks earlier, his burnt that lraq might not be one much longer ・ more than half the city by a massive body still lies in the street, one charred When the city of 2 million fell to ISIS ⅲ June 2014 , it t00k only hours and dem- force marshaled against it: 100 , 000 arm protruding from under a blanket. 20 TIME April 24 , 2017

conversation prefer a president who tells it like it is SO that I know where I stand with him for better or for worse. Sammy Somekh, RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL THE NEW TRUTH RE "CAN TRUMP HANDLE the Truth? ” [April 3 ] : As an Americ an expat living in Australia, I have watched the Donald Trump circus With more than average in- terest. For a11 the euphe- misms, the bottom line is that THE POWER OF WORDS Trump is and always was a RE "A LETTER TO THE PRES- ident ” [April 3 ] : At the cru- liar. Whether lying is ⅲ his cial moment when people's DNA or is calculated does not faith in America iS waning matter. lt is still unaccept- pops up lbtihaj Muhammad's able in a President. WhiIe letter tO Preside nt Trump. many Americans approve Of The letter ofletters. Thank Trump, the feeling here is you, lbtihaj; there is hope, e ntertaine rs. Their reward that he is a morally bankrupt I WAS SO MOVED BY THIS letter that I had t0 stop re ad- should be based on the reve- person totally unworthy t0 be agaln. ing because I couldn't see nue they generate. paying fe- Markku Vanhanen, President Ofone Ofour maJOr the words through my tears. male athletes on the basis of allies. ln Australia he is seen JARVENPAA, FINLAND Muhammad's spirit and hope sex damages the valid argu- as ajoke, and America 100ks illustrate the best in Ameri- ment for equal pay for equal the fool for electing him. MUHAMMAD'S PASSIONATE cans Of every race, religion work for ofwomen letter about what it's like Richard Keyes, and culture. Let's resist the in the Wider workforce. to be a Muslim in the U. S. , ENFIELD, AUSTRALIA evil forces of racism, bigotry wearing hijab and fight- R0bertJames, and incompetence OfthiS ing for an Olympic medal is NO, TRUTH IS NOT DEAD, CANB E RRA Administration ・一 even if it iS not yet. But due tO the insane quite impressive. But I can't something as seemingly in- politically correct climate help feeling a bit uneasy, SAVING RHINOS consequential as saying he110 and hypocrisy ofalmost all not about what she says but RE "A RISE IN RHINO POACH- about what she does not say. tO someone different from glObal mainstream media— ing? ” [April 3 ] : Despite mas- yourself while waiting in line N0t a single word about the sive efforts tO protect rhinos TIME magaz ine included— at the supermarket. ⅲ Africa by dedicated people truth very s eldom shows up. murdering terrorists practic- J00 Dubie, whO put their lives at risk on Luciano Morelli, ing exactly the same religion as she does. What to think a daily basis, the war against WESTBOROUGH, MASS. ROME about a person who feels rhino poaching is being lost. fit to tell everybody what Pressure has to be applied PAY FOR PLAY WHAT WE HAVE IS THE truth according t0 Trump, wonderful people American RE "HOW FEMALE ATH- tO corrupt governments in wh0 is deeply convinced Muslims are but who does lete s Can Help Advance the Africa and Asia to reduce Of his assertions. Like it or not explain the dark side of Fight for Fair Pay ” [April 3 ] : demand and to force them not, the President speaks his this religion? She seems fore- Paying top female athletes tO crack down on the crime mind instead 0f hiding be- mo st tO be a strong-willed the same prize money as top syndic ates that are profiting hind convoluted diplomatic God- crazy woman, dabbling male athletes is not an ex- from one ofthe most expen- niceties for the sake Of po- in religious marketing. ample offair pay: it is an ex- Sive commodities on earth. litical expediency or politi- Georg Hausherr, ample ofsexism and politi- Alas tair S 慊 e ら cal correctness. I personally cal correctness. Athletes are ROUFFIAC, FRANCE JOHANNESBURG CAN TRUMP HANDLE THE TRUTH? TALK TO US SEND AN EMAIL: letters@timemagazine.com Please dO not send attachments Send 0 r : Letters to the Editor must include writer'sfull name, address 0 〃 d home telephone, may be editedforpurposes ofclarity orspace, 0 ou 旧 addressed to the nearestofice: HONG KONG - TIME Magazine 地 e 博 , 37 / F , 0x House, Taikoo Place, 979 King,s RO , Qu 砒 Bay, Hong Kong; JAPAN - TIME Magazine 地 e 博 , 2-51-27F Atago, Tokyo 1056227 , Japan, EUROPE - TIME Magazine ers , po Box 63444 London, SEIP 5F 」 , UK; PIease recycle this magazine and AUSTRALIA - TIME M0g0i00 00 , GPO Box 3873 , sydney, NSW 2001 , Au ・ t 財 0 ; 肥 mo inserts NEW ZEALAND - TIME M0g0i00 00 , po BO 、 198 , Sho 市 00d st. , Auck ね nd , 1140 , N00 Z00 nd before recycling FOLLOW US.• facebook.com/time @哲 me (Twitter and lnstagram) 2 TIME April 24 , 2017

WORLD Christians Of Egypt hit by ISIS in PaIm Sunday bombings A PAIR OF BOMB ATTACKS AT churches in Egypt killed at least 44 people on April 9 , shattering the Christian festival 0f Palm Sunday for the country's Copts, the Middle East's largest Christian community. One bomb ripped through a church in the Nile Delta town ofTanta while a suicide bomber set offhis device at an Alexandria cathe dral where Coptic pope Tawadros II had held palm Sunday services. The attacks were quickly claimed by the lslamic State, which has become a persistent menace in Egypt since an insurgent movement in the Sinai peninsula proclaimed its allegiance in 2014. ln keeping with ISIS sectarian absolutism, the Sinai militants, wh0 in recent years had killed more than 1 , 000 soldiers and police, soon expanded their targets tO include Egypt's Christian community, which makes up about 10 % of the population. ln February dozens of Christians fled North Sinai for lsmailia on the Suez Canal, fearing for their lives following weeks of attacks. Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi declared a new state Of emergency in response tO the bombings, but he faces accusations that his government is failing tO dO enough tO protect the Christian minority. lt's a tough charge for a leader WhO promised a return t0 security and order following a military coup in 2013. —JARED MALSIN 0 0 Egyptian Coptic Christians gather 砒 the れ er 和 r blast victims ⅲ the Nile Delta city 0fTanta, れ or 市 0fCairo, 0 れ April 9 PHOTOGRAPH BYAFP/GETTY IMAGES 0 0 >For more ofour bestphotography, visittime.com/lightbox 13

」 0N OSSOFF DOESN'TWANTTOTALKABOUT DONALDTRUMP, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ORTHE NATIONALTURMOILTHAT HAS LIFTED THE 30-YEAR-0LD CANDIDATETO THETOP OFTHE POLLS Ⅲ THE UPCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION Ⅲ GEORGIA'S group called Run for Something, which launched Sixth Congressional District. But as he crisscrossed on lnauguration Day With a mission tO recruit mil- the affluent north Atlanta suburbs one afternoon in lennials to run for offce, already has 30 candidates early April, the lanky Democrat paused t0 ponder how a sleepy off-year race t0 replace Health and on ballots in races ranging from seats on state legis- latures tO city councils, and hopes that number will Human Services Secretary Tom price had turned grow t0 at least 50 by November. Flippable, which intO a national referendum on the President's tenure. "l don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, raises money for state legislative races, and the Sister District Project, which helps activists from liberal en- Ossoff said with a shrug, sitting 0 Ⅱ a white leather couch in the back 0fan offce-park studio after taping claves connect With competitive contests elsewhere, an interview With a local Vietnamese-American teamed up tO funnel $ 145 , 000 tO Delaware state sen- ate candidate Stephanie Hansen, whose victory in television program. "National political strategy is a February special election preserved Democrats' not something I have time tO think about. ” control of the chamber. There are 0ther groups de- Yet there is little question why the rookie voted t0 flipping the House in 2018 (like Swing Left), candidate suddenly has a shot to turn this patch and even one focused on recruiting scientists, math- of the South blue for the first time ⅲ nearly four ematicians and engineers ( 314 ACtion, named after decades. Since January, the anti-Trump resistance the first digits ofpi). Money is following. ln the first movement has pumped a staggering $ 8.3 million int0 quarter 0f 2017 , ActBlue, a progressive fundraising OSSOff's campaign, more than five times the average site used by many candidates, raised $ 112 million, up sum collected bywinning House candidates in recent 丘 om $ 17 million in the first quarter Of2013 , after the two-year election cycles, according tO the Center for Responsive P01itics. Some 95 % 0f that haul came last presidential contest. This is the new phase ⅲ the national pushback from out of state, as did Ossoff's field director, an to Trump's election. The jagged outrage that filled alumna 0f Hillary Clinton's campaign, and s ome 0f the Washington Mall for the Women's March and his battalions 0f eager volunteers. P011s suggest he's jammed Capit01 Hill switchboards ⅲ opposition t0 lapping a field 0f11 Republicans and five Democrats, inching toward the maJority he needs tO win the April 18 election outright and sidestep aJune runoff. Ossoff, says former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whO represented this district for 20 years, 'is today the national left's great hope. ” He may also be a glimpse ofthe Democratic Party's future. Out ofthe ashes 0fTrump's election triumph has risen a grassroots network dedicated tO restock- ing the depleted Democratic talent pool. A constel- lation ofloosely connected organizations, operating outside the party structure, have taken it upon them- selves to draft first-time hopefuls and school them in campaign mechanics, supplying everything from seed money tO sample canvassing scripts tO VOlun- teers WhO can proofread press releases over Slack. “ The S e new insurgent organizations are the future 0f the party,' says Ravi Gupta, a former campaign staffer for Barack Obama who co-founded a group called the Arena that supports new civic leaders and has commitments from more than 400 progressive activists tO run for state and 10Ca1 0 伍℃ es. The resurgent le 仕 takes many forms. A single 28 TIME ApriI 24 , 2017 RONNIE CHO, 34 Candidate fo 「 New York City Council District 2 •Worked as an lowa field orga- nizer for Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and later as a White House aide ・ Former Vice president at MTV in New York City ・ Decided tO run after Obama encouraged supporters tO dO SO during his farewell speech in 」 anuary -- 一 4 豸こ