Poland, ‘Brexit,’ O.J. Simpson: Your Friday Briefing
Before she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, The Times once asked her if female leaders would "acquire the negative traits
that power breeds." "It would take a very long term of women absolutely in power to get to the place where they became men," she said.
In Europe, Margaret Thatcher of Britain became the first elected female leader in 1979.
Here’s what you need to know: • In Poland, the government-controlled upper house of Parliament could vote as soon as today on a bill
that would give the populist government the power to replace Supreme Court judges.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa’s first elected female head of state after she won the Liberian presidency in 2005.
And a key U.S. diplomatic vacancy in Europe could soon be filled: Richard Grenell, Mr.
Trump’s pick for ambassador to Germany, would be his first openly gay appointee.
If passed, the bill would leave 15 million people without health insurance next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
