
Ella Nilsen
Former White House Reporter
Latest articles by Ella Nilsen


After Charlottesville, universities are arguing that white nationalists pose a safety threat.


Trump equates white nationalists to counterprotesters, saying there was violence in Charlottesville coming from “both sides”; flash floods in Sierra Leone kill hundreds; Alabama’s special election heats up.


Earlier this year, it became a major campaign issue in the Republican primary for governor.


Trump explicitly condemns white supremacism after deadly violence in Charlottesville this weekend; the US announces a new trade probe into China; rhetoric between the US and Venezuela heats up.


China is under growing pressure over the North Korea situation; Europe faces a massive egg recall; the Trump administration will soon wrap up its review of America’s national monuments.


New polls show Americans are divided on how to handle the North Korea threat.


Trump declares the opioid crisis a national emergency; Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu faces official corruption charges; researchers take an important step toward pig organ transplants.


New research has put a price tag on what it’s worth to Americans to live without chronic pain.


North Korea threatens the US territory of Guam; Trump’s Justice Department supports Ohio purging its voter rolls; South Africa’s president survives yet another vote of no confidence.


Trump vows “fire and fury” on North Korea; Google deals with fallout from internal memo disparaging female employees; the US may get involved against ISIS in the Philippines.