News Roundup 4/21/17

by | Apr 21, 2017

News Roundup 4/21/17

by | Apr 21, 2017

  • ISIS has claimed responsibility for a terror attack in France that left a police officer dead. [Link]
  • A Harvard study shows that a higher minimum wage makes restaurants more likely to fail. [Link]
  • The Venezuelan government seized a GM manufacturing plant in Venezuela. [Link]
  • The head of US forces in Africa says the hunt for Joesph Kony is over. [Link]
  • Egypt’s military claims to have killed 19 ISIS fighters inside of Egypt. [Link]
  • The State Department has approved nearly $300 million in weapon sales to the Peshmerga. [Link]
  • The UN World Food Program now reports that some areas of Yemen are in famine-like condition. [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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