News Roundup 10/4/17

by | Oct 4, 2017

  • The Trump administration is finalizing a plan for a $29 billion disaster relief bill. [Link]
  • A Dallas police officer has been given nine months probation for shooting and killing a man. The shooting occurred after a high-speed chase. The man killed did not fire a weapon at, and the officer shot at him 41 times. [Link]
  • The US ordered 15 Cuban diplomats to leave the country. The US also withdrew 60% of US diplomats from Cuba. [Link]
  • The US voted against a ban on the death penalty being made illegal as a punishment for homosexuality. [Link]
  • General Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the US should stay in the Iran nuclear deal. [Link]
  • John McCain criticized the Trump administration for not being transparent enough about its Afghanistan policy. [Link]
  • Mattis said about 3,000 US troops in Afghanistan will be in combat roles. [Link]
  • Catalans protested and were on strike against police abuse for a second day. [Link]
  • Catalonia’s president said Catalonia would declare independence from Spain within a few days. [Link]
  • Iraqi Kurds will have parliamentary and presidential elections on November 1. [Link]
  • The UK refuses to back an investigation into war crimes in Yemen. [Link]
  • An early draft of the UN blacklist of countries that kill children includes Saudi Arabia for their crimes in Yemen. [Link]
  • Daniel Larison argues members of Congress should vote for the House resolution to end the US involvement in Saudi’s war against Yemen. [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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