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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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News Roundup 8/1/2023

US News Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced a bill to create a new federal government commission overseeing online communication. The legislation is presented as consumer protection but grants new government authorities to police...

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News Roundup 7/31/2023

US News The Senate on Thursday night passed its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of 86-11. The bill authorizes a record $886 billion in military spending. AWC Representative Jim Jordan published internal Facebook discussions exposing...

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News Roundup 7/27/2023

US News A recently released study exposes the “widespread dispersion” of radioactive fallout and devastation caused by the US government’s first detonation of a nuclear weapon. The Institute In a little-remarked move, the Biden administration announced Monday that...

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News Roundup 7/25/2023

Russia Ukrainian President Voldymr Zelensky said in an interview aired on Sunday that the Ukrainian counteroffensive started later than he wanted due to a lack of weapons and training. AWC After two drones targeted Moscow early Monday, a Ukrainian military...

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News Roundup 7/24/2023

Russia The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Western officials knew Ukrainian forces didn’t have enough training or equipment for their counteroffensive but hoped they would be able to break through anyway. AWC Ukraine is the most heavily mined country in the...

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News Roundup 7/20/2023

US News On Wednesday, the Czech parliament ratified a treaty that paves the way for a US troop presence on Czech soil as the US is looking to further beef up its military posture in Europe. AWC The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted down an amendment to the 2024...

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News Roundup 7/19/2023

Russia The Crimean Bridge that links Crimea to the Russian mainland was again targeted by Ukrainian forces in a bombing early Monday morning that killed two civilians and injured a child. AWC Russia announced Monday that it was suspending its participation in a deal...

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News Roundup 7/17/2023

US News The House on Friday passed its version 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of 219-210, which largely fell along partisan lines due to amendments added by Republicans relating to social policies in the military. AWC A group of Senators have...

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News Roundup 7/10/2023

Russia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has come out in favor of Ukraine joining the North Atlantic alliance but remains firmly opposed to Sweden joining the bloc. The policy puts Ankara at odds with Washington, who supports Stockholm joining the alliance but...

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News Roundup 7/7/2023

US News Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, particularly in the GOP, are pushing back against the renewal of a law authorizing a tool used by US spy agencies, in the post 9/11 era, to conduct warrantless surveillance on foreign targets and Americans with whom they...

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News Roundup 7/5/2023

US News President Biden announced Monday that he will nominate Elliott Abrams to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, CNN has reported. AWC Russia CIA Director William Burns said in a speech on Saturday that the war in Ukraine provides...

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News Roundup 7/3/2023

Russia Raytheon has called in retired engineers to help produce Stinger anti-aircraft missiles that the US has been providing Ukraine, Defense One reported on Thursday. AWC The US is close to approving the provision of longer-range missiles for Ukraine that the White...

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