News Roundup 1/8/17

by | Jan 8, 2017

News Roundup 1/8/17

by | Jan 8, 2017

  • Trump selects Dan Coats to be Director of National Intelligence, Katie Walsh to be Deputy Chief of Staff, and Jay Clayton to be SEC Chairman. [Link]
  • This article details how the cell phone black market works in prisons. [Link]
  • Amtrak heavily redacts documents about snack car complaints. [Link]
  • The man suspected of being the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter is a vet from the Iraq War and was seeking mental health treatment. [Link]
  • The alleged target of a drone strike that killed a 16-year-old American in 2011 is still alive. The US State Department is offering a $5 million reward for his killing or capture. [Link]
  • Germany’s Vice Chancellor accuses Saudi Arabia of financing terrorism in the West. [Link]
  • Iraqi forces are now within a few hundred yards of the Tigris River in Mosul. The river divides East and West Mosul. [Link]
  • The Saudi coalition fighting a war in Yemen continues to violate human rights and starve children to death. The US and UK continue to support the Saudi coalition. [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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