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The article discusses Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn's effort to get re-elected in 2018 to represent the state of Tennessee in America's Senate, and it mentions Blackburn's opposition to abortion rights and organizations such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. According to the article, Blackburn has shifted her campaign rhetoric to topics such as border security, lowering taxes, and combating the MS-13 gang.

An editorial is presented which examines the possibility that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might not win re-election in 2018, and it mentions Erdogan's authoritarian government, presidential power in Turkey, and the status of the country's democracy.

The article discusses Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party (A.K.P.) Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policy towards Kurds in Turkey, in northern Iraq and in the Syrian Civil War, and how his policies affect Turkish elections, Topics discussed include the Turkish military's attacks on the separatist militant group the Kurdistan Workers' Party (P.K.K.) and its policy towards Kurdish political activity in Turkey. The relationship between the Turkish government's Kurdish policy and its attacks against the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS, or ISIL) is discussed.