News Roundup 7/17/18

by | Jul 17, 2018

News Roundup 7/17/18

by | Jul 17, 2018

  • The Supreme Court will hear a case on civil asset forfeiture. [Link]
  • A judge rules that immigrant families who were separated cannot be deported within seven days of being reunited. [Link]
  • Lockheed Martin wins a $451 million contract modification from the Defense Department. The contract includes weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. [Link]
  • Pro-Nicaraguan government forces carry out a raid killing ten, including two children. [Link]
  • Trump and Putin hold a press conference after a summit in Finland. [Link]
  • Putin says Russia is prepared to extend the START treaty with the US. [Link]
  • Justin Raimondo on the efforts to undermine Trump at his summit with Putin. [Link]
  • Eric Margolis on Trump’s performance at the NATO summit. [Link]
  • US police train and develop strategies with the IDF. [Link]
  • The Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan says the US is ready for talks with the Taliban. [Link]
  • The Afghan government will look to create another ceasefire with the Taliban in August. [Link]
  • A UAE prince flees to Qatar. In an interview with the NYT, the prince claims there is discord among the Emirates royal families regarding the involvement in Yemen’s civil war. [Link]
  • The ACLU is objecting to a US government plan to release a US citizen captured on the Syrian battlefield in Syria. The ACLU is asking the man be released into Iraq. [Link]
  • US airstrikes kill at least eight civilians in Syria. [Link]
  • Eritrea’s leader visits Ethiopia to reopen his country’s embassy. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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