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Mar 14 2019
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Trump faces Senate revolt in vote on border emergency
President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency on the US-Mexico border looks likely to be dealt a blow by dissident Republican senators.
Several members of the president's own party are expected to rebel when the Senate votes on Thursday on a proposal to revoke his declaration.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives last month backed the measure.
Mr Trump
BBC NewsDec 09 2014
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Serge Lazarevic, French Hostage Held By Al Qaeda In Africa, Is Released
A Frenchman held for more than three years by al-Qaida's North African branch was freed Tuesday, days after two of the men implicated in his abduction were reportedly released from a prison in Mali.
Negotiations among the governments of Niger, Mali and France led to freedom for Serge Lazarevic, 51, who was described by the French president as in "relatively good health" despite his long
HuffPostApr 10 2024
Headline Roundup
US Delivers Seized Iranian Weapons to Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
The U.S. has delivered seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine to help defend against the Russian invasion, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
The Details: The April 4 shipment included over 5,000 firearms, sniper rifles, machine guns and RPG-7s, along with 500,000 rounds of ammunition. The weapons were originally intercepted between 2021 and 2023 en route to Houthi forces in Yemen from the
Al Jazeera Breitbart News NewsweekMay 29 2012
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Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will
This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and brief biographies resembled a high school yearbook layout. Several were Americans. Two were teenagers, including a girl who looked even younger than her 17 years.
President Obama, overseeing the regular Tuesday counterterrorism meeting of two
New York Times (News)Apr 03 2015
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Israel's Regev: Iran Nukes Threaten the World 'We Can't Allow it to Happen'
Iran's deal with the United States and other world powers is "a step in the wrong direction in a very dangerous situation," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief spokesman, Mark Regev, said Friday morning.
"The deal leaves Iran with an enormous and extensive nuclear infrastructure," Regev during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program. "It doesn't close down, not even
Newsmax (News)Feb 20 2024
Headline Roundup
US Conducts Strikes on Houthi Targets Amid Ongoing Red Sea Attacks
U.S. Central Command confirmed strikes on multiple Houthi targets on Sunday — including an underwater drone used in Red Sea attacks — as the Houthis continued their attacks on shipping vessels.
The Details: According to the Central Command, the targets were identified as imminent threats to surrounding military and merchant ships. The underwater vessel was the first used by the Houthis
Fox News (Online News) Axios ReutersMay 17 2019
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Tracking Trump On Immigration: Despite Focus, Many Ideas Are Stalled Or Blocked
President Trump is proposing a fundamental overhaul of the U.S. immigration system, including more border security and tougher standards for who could be admitted. It's the latest in a long line of White House efforts to reshape and restrict immigration.
But many of those efforts have been stymied by the courts, Congress, and the administration's critics at the state and local level.
NPR (Online News)Sep 19 2019
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The Trump Doctrine, Revealed
The president combines the rhetorical impulses of Bob Dornan with the strategic instincts of Dennis Kucinich.
Thomas Jefferson warned against entangling alliances. John F. Kennedy was ready to pay any price and bear any burden. Teddy Roosevelt advised us to speak softly and carry a big stick.
And then there’s Donald Trump. Locked, half-cocked, and probably bluffing.
That’s
Bret StephensJan 07 2020
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Iran General’s Wake Brings Deadly Stampede and Calls for Revenge
Iran said it is evaluating 13 possible ways to inflict a “historic nightmare” on the U.S. for killing a powerful Iranian general, whose burial was postponed after dozens of mourners died in a stampede.
General Qassem Soleimani’s exploits in conflicts from Syria to Yemen made him a national hero, and hundreds of thousands have turned out this week as his funeral procession stopped in
BloombergJan 03 2020
Analysis
Killing Iran’s Qassem Suleimani changes the game in the Middle East
On Thursday night, the Pentagon announced that the United States killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s paramilitary forces, in an airstrike in Iraq “at the direction of the President.”
The strike that took out Suleimani also reportedly killed the leader of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy militia in Iraq that has repeatedly attacked US and allied forces and recently
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