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Supreme Court Won’t Block Student Loan Class-Action Settlement

New York Times Three schools challenged the settlement, which would forgive $6 billion, saying the Biden administration had colluded with plaintiffs and exceeded its authority. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/us/supreme-court-student-loans.html

Humanitarian aid convoy to head to Donbass from France — SOS Donbass association

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Association prepares the documents necessary for the passage of goods through customs https://tass.com/world/1604061

After Shunning Assad for Years, the Arab World Is Returning Him to the Fold

New York Times President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was isolated for years after brutally crushing his country’s Arab Spring uprising. But in most Arab capitals today, the only question is how — not whether — they should deal with him again. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/world/middleeast/assad-syria-middle-east.html

GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to call for shut down of ATF, expanded 2A rights in NRA convention speech

Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Republican presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy will call for the shutdown of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), as well as expanded Second Amendment rights for Americans, in his speech to the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) convention in Indianapolis on Friday. “The ATF is an agency beyond repair.…

Armed Forces of Ukraine are considering several scenarios – Secretary of Ukraine’s Security and Defence Council

Pravda Ukraine The military command is working on various options for the development of events at the front, so the final plan for the counteroffensive is not known to anyone, Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, has stated. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/13/7397805/

Ex-Colombia rebel urges armed groups to support government

Washington Post A former Colombian rebel leader who now heads a political party has addressed the U.N. Security Council for the first time https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/13/colombia-rebel-peace-agreement-petro/791a3338-da37-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Kemp signs bills aiming to improve school safety, literacy

Fox News Gov. Brian Kemp signed new laws Thursday that will require Georgia schools to perform annual drills for responding to campus shooters early in the school year and to perform literacy assessments for younger students three times per year to see if they can read at grade level. Kemp signed the education measures, which…

California Capitol Shut Down Following Threat by Shooting Suspect

Wall Street Journal Man who shot at a nearby hospital threatened Sacramento’s Capitol building and is still at large, according to police https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-capitol-shut-down-following-threat-by-shooting-suspect-1579204a

Suspect Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

Wall Street Journal The suspect and the victim knew each other, police said. A motive wasn’t disclosed. https://www.wsj.com/articles/suspect-arrested-in-fatal-stabbing-of-cash-app-founder-bob-lee-cf3a640b

China faults ‘negative impact’ of US military drills for Korean Peninsula tensions

Fox News A Chinese government official blamed the “negative impact” of military drills for tensions with North Korea after the firing of a ballistic missile which forced Japan to issue a warning to residents warning them to seek shelter. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin said during a press conference on Thursday that…