News Roundup 2/5/2025

by | Feb 5, 2025

News Roundup 2/5/2025

by | Feb 5, 2025

US News

  • Virginia House Unanimously Passes Defend the Guard Act AWC
  • USAID To Merge With State Department and Face Cuts AWC
  • Sen. Murphy Says USAID Funds ‘Freedom Fighters’ and ‘Chases China’ AWC
  • Trump Sends First Migrants to Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay The Institute 
  • Trump Pauses Tariffs on Mexico and Canada After Speaking With Leaders AWC

Ukraine

  • Trump Says He Wants Ukraine To Guarantee Access To Rare Earth Minerals in Exchange for Military Aid AWC
  • Report: US Weapons Shipments To Ukraine Resume After Brief Pause AWC
  • Zelensky Demands ‘Give Us Back Nuclear Arms’ or NATO Membership The Institute 

China

  • US Bombers Join Philippine Jets in Flight Near Chinese-Controlled Shoal AWC

Israel

  • Trump Asks Congress To Approve $1 Billion Arms Transfer to Israel AWC
  • Trump Considering Sending 24,000 Rifles to Israel The Institute 
  • Trump Says the US Will ‘Take Over’ the Gaza Strip AWC
  • Trump’s Plan to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza Has Overwhelming Support With Israelis The Institute 
  • Gaza Media Office Says Israel Has Killed Nearly 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza AWC
  • Alongside Netanyahu, Trump Says Palestinians in Gaza Should Be Removed ‘Permanently’ AWC

Iran

  • US Hypes Iran Nuclear Ambitions Despite Recent CIA Conclusions They Haven’t Decided to Build a Bomb AWC

Lebanon

  • Lebanon Complains of Israeli Ceasefire Violations at UN Security Council AWC

Syria

  • At Least 20 Killed, Mostly Women, in Car Bombing in Syria’s Manbij AWC
  • 15 Killed as Gunmen Carry Out Sectarian Massacre in Another Syrian Alawite Village AWC

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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