News Roundup 11/9/16

by | Nov 9, 2016

News Roundup 11/9/16

by | Nov 9, 2016

  • Election Results
    • Trump wins the presidency.
    • Republicans hold on the Senate and House majorities.
    • Florida, North Dakota, and Arkansas passes medical marijuana.
    • Recreational marijuana passes in Calfornia, Massachusetts, and Nevada.
  • The main weapons of the new Zumwalt class of destroyer will have to be replaced. The ammo for the guns cost $800,000 a round and the military has decided not to buy any more of the ammo. [Link]
  • Russia’s aircraft carrier arrives off the coast of Syria and will be able to assist the Syrian government in conducting airstrikes. [Link]
  • Airstrikes in Idlib, Syria kill seven children and two pregnant women. A report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that Russia conducted the strike. [Link]
  • Civilians are fleeing the towns outside of Raqqa as Kurdish forces advance. [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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