Editors' Picks: Congress wants the State Department to reckon with its McCarthy-era crackdown on LGBT diplomats

If you have problems viewing this email, [view it in a browser.]( [Foreign Policy]( EDITORS' PICKS Sponsored by [ Spring 2019 FP Guide]( 05/02/2019 Welcome to Editors’ Picks, FP’s daily round-up. Today we look at why the Islamic State’s new target is South Asia, how Venezuela assembled one of the largest stockpiles of weapons in the Western Hemisphere, and how Spain’s center-right lost ground to the far-right in last weekend’s elections. 1 [LONG GAME:]( The former head of U.S. Southern Command spoke about Juan Guaidó’s attempted uprising in Venezuela in an interview with FP’s Lara Seligman. [Read more]( 2 ['A MEASURE OF JUSTICE':]( In the 1950s and ’60s, a group of U.S. senators and top State Department officials sought to force out State employees on the basis of perceived sexual orientation. Now, a group of senators have introduced a bill prompting the department to address past and future discrimination, FP’s Robbie Gramer reports. [Read more]( 3 [BACKFIRE:]( In a campaign that lost the party seats in Spain’s Congress of Deputies, People’s Party leader Pablo Casado tried to take his party further to the right to outdo ultranationalist Vox, Raphael Minder writes. [Read more]( 4 [WEAPONS BONANZA:]( As the security situation in Venezuela continues to deteriorate, the vast arsenal could end up in the wrong hands, Ryan C. Berg and Andrés Martínez-Fernández write. [Read more]( 5 [HIGH ALERT:]( After the territorial destruction of the so-called Islamic State, the group is now seeking to use local attackers, Harsh V. Pant and Kabir Taneja write. [Read more]( Sponsored Content [FP Guide to Launching a Career in International Affairs:]( Where are the next career opportunities in international affairs? In the Spring 2019 FP Guide to Launching a Career in International Affairs, leading graduate schools point the way to opportunities in a fast-changing job market.[Learn more.]( This email was sent to [{EMAIL}]( by fp@foreignpolicy.com. [UPDATE PROFILE]( [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [ADVERTISE](mailto:advertise@foreignpolicy.com) [GROUP SALES AND LICENSING](mailto:licensing@foreignpolicy.com) Foreign Policy Magazine is published by the FP Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents ©2019 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006