News Roundup 3/26/17

by | Mar 26, 2017

News Roundup 3/26/17

by | Mar 26, 2017

  • Trump issues the permit to build the Keystone XL Pipeline. [Link]
  • FBI agents posed as documentary filmmakers during the Bundy Ranch Standoff to talk with protesters supporting the Bundy family. The FBI is now using those interviews in court to prove the guilt of protesters. [Link]
  • Parents lose one of their children to Child Protective Services after the parents disagreed with the school mental health assessment of the child. The parents have completed and passed all court ordered evaluations. The parents still do not have their child back at home. [Link]
  • The US will keep ground troops in Libya for the foreseeable future to combat ISIS and support US-backed forces. [Link]
  • The US admits it carried out an airstrike on March 17th that killed up to 240 civilians in Mosul. The first estimates for the number killed in this strike were 130 dead. [Link]
  • The US is launching an investigation into the airstrike that killed up to 240 Iraqi civilians. [Link]
  • The Iraqi army is pausing its invasion of West Mosul because of the high number of civilian casualties. [Link]
  • Moon of Alabama updates the situation in Syria. [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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