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After an election cycle dominated by negativity towards Muslims and immigrants, Ilhan Omar is a bright spot. The 34 year old came to the United States at the age of 12, and this week, was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives. Omar, who wears a headscarf, is the first Somali-American Muslim woman in the nation to hold political office at that level.

Right place, right time. Thanks to a chance meeting, Kenyan teacher James Mwangi finds himself teaching his native Swahili to American college students. He’s part of a program that brings foreign instructors to the United States to teach at U.S. universities. But it wasn’t an easy process. Mwangi shares his journey from Nairobi to North Carolina.

While President-elect Donald Trump expresses doubts about whether Moscow hacked into Democratic party emails, leading Republicans promise new sanctions against Russia in response to the computer break-ins. Given the seemingly contradictory views of the incoming American president and senior members of his own party, we checked in with Russian foreign policy experts for their take on what to expect when it comes to future U.S.-Russia relations.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: President of the United States can be a dangerous job. Four U.S. leaders have been murdered in office, and many more have been the target of plots or attacks. Today, the highly specialized U.S. Secret Service is what stands between U.S. presidents and would-be assassins.

Turkey has made a habit of messing with internet access, but the blocks don’t usually last long. However, given recent events like the bombing of an Istanbul nightclub, assassination of Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov, and July’s attempted coup — there are fears the government’s latest internet crackdown could be permanent.