Valerie Kamble

Valerie Kamble, a former CIA officer who is now a political consultant, said she was unaware of any effort by the CIA to influence the outcome of her 2010 Senate campaign. “Nothing was sent,” Kamble said in an interview. “I have no idea what’s going on in any case.” In Continue Reading

Philip Öztürk

Philip Öztürk, the Turkish prime minister and leader of the country’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). He is also a member of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), an AKP group that will soon hold its annual conference in Ankara. Öztürk was critical of the Continue Reading

Leonard Barry

Leonard Barry, the president of the National Association of County and City Commissioners, was one of the leading voices against the plan. “The mayor can’t get out ahead of the commission,” he said. “He’s going to get it done the hardest way he can. … This is going to be Continue Reading