
Ella Nilsen
Former White House Reporter
Latest articles by Ella Nilsen


American insurers are quick to cover opioids for pain. Japanese and European insurers are far more hesitant.


Unrest grows in Kenya ahead of national elections.


Sessions vows to crack down on leaks; Trump visits coal country; Brazil’s president narrowly avoids a corruption trial.


Mueller gets a grand jury; Trump’s phone calls with the Australian prime minister and the Mexican president leak out; tensions escalate between the US and Iran over a missile launch.


The Justice Department signals it’s about to go after affirmative action; scientists reveal a significant advancement in gene editing; Pakistan gets a new prime minister amid a massive corruption scandal.


The latest in Trump’s never-ending Boy Scout saga.


A new lawsuit alleges White House involvement in Fox News’s false Seth Rich story; the Venezuelan president gets unchecked powers after “sham election.”


Anthony Scaramucci is already out; Russia sends home US diplomats; the jury in Martin Shkreli’s trial starts deliberating.




A bleak picture of American immigration — and a suggestion that law enforcement should use whatever means necessary to get violence under control.