Category: USA
Twenty Years After the War, Iraq Needs U.S. Support
Wall Street Journal As a partner to Baghdad, Washington can establish a bulwark against malign influence in the Mideast. https://www.wsj.com/articles/twenty-years-after-the-war-iraq-needs-u-s-support-militias-sulaimani-forum-baghdad-economy-climate-change-iran-corruption-f39550aa
Read MoreUS charges diamond, art dealer allegedly tied to Hezbollah with evading sanctions
Fox News U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday announced charges against a diamond and art dealer who had allegedly funded Lebanon’s terrorist wing Hezbollah. It also sanctioned what it believes is a vast money laundering network connected to him. Nazem Ahmad, who had already been sanctioned in 2019 by the U.S. under global terrorism sanctions regulations for…
Read MoreDeSantis mingles with congressional Republicans as Trump expands his endorsement lead in 2024 race
Fox News A source in Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ political orbit tells Fox News he wouldn’t be surprised if up to 30-40 Republican members of Congress stop by a reception being headlined by the conservative two-term Florida governor late Tuesday afternoon and evening in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington D.C. The “meet-and-greet policy discussion” gathering…
Read MoreMichigan Supreme Court justice to miss case for mental health treatment
Fox News A Michigan Supreme Court justice announced Tuesday that he is getting mental-health treatment outside the state and will not hear a case next week. “I encourage everyone who struggles to seek the help they need,” Richard Bernstein said in a statement released by the court. Bernstein, who is blind, has been a justice…
Read MorePentagon Details Review of Policies for Handling Classified Information
New York Times The Air Force also announced actions focused on security protocols following the arrest of an Air National Guardsman accused of posting classified documents online. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/us/pentagon-leak-classified-documents.html
Read MorePentagon Details Review of Policies for Handling Classified Information
New York Times The Air Force also announced actions focused on security protocols following the arrest of an Air National Guardsman accused of posting classified documents online. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/us/politics/pentagon-leak-classified-documents.html
Read MoreJustice Department charges 4 Americans and 3 Russians for attempting to influence elections
Fox News The Justice Department has charged seven individuals who allegedly worked with the Russian government and authorities in an effort to recruit groups to act as unregistered Russian agents and sow “discord” and spread propaganda. “Efforts by the Russian government to secretly influence U.S. elections will not be tolerated,” said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth…
Read MoreChip Roy pushes to ‘unwind’ Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act as part of debt ceiling deal
Fox News Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, says he’ll be pushing House Republicans to “unwind” parts of the Inflation Reduction Act as part of a deal that would raise the debt ceiling and cut federal spending. Roy, a House Freedom Caucus member who’s been a central figure in the negotiations, told Fox News Digital he wants…
Read More‘Lady M’ and ‘Tosca’ Review: Verdi and Puccini Imagined Anew
Wall Street Journal Heartbeat Opera gives ‘Macbeth’ a spare, putatively feminist reinterpretation and stages ‘Tosca’ as a production put on in a fundamentalist theocracy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/lady-m-and-tosca-review-verdi-and-puccini-imagined-anew-d12bb21d
Read MoreGovernment-Funded Media Still Upset Twitter Calls Them Government-Funded Media
Wall Street Journal NPR isn’t the only taxpayer-supported broadcaster getting prickly. https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-funded-media-still-upset-twitter-calls-them-government-funded-media-223df4ed
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