Mortgage fraud allegations, like those President Trump has leveled against Lisa Cook, are hard to prove. A New York Times review of the holdings of other Washington officials shows how multiple mortgages can invite questions even when people act properly.

The case of a young Greenlandic woman who was ruled incapable of keeping her baby has become the latest flashpoint with Denmark.

Her casting in the forthcoming “Kiss of the Spider Woman” underscores how her best onscreen work has always been informed by what’s happening offscreen.