News Roundup 5/31/18

by | May 31, 2018

News Roundup 5/31/18

by | May 31, 2018

  • Trump signs a ‘Right to Try’ bill. [Link]
  • Missouri Governor Eric Geritens resigns. [Link]
  • A new Supreme Court ruling strengthens the Fourth Amendment. [Link]
  • A Pennsylvania prosecutor pleas guilty of trading sex for lenient sentences. He will not face any jail time. [Link]
  • A Nashville man has been sent back to jail without committing a crime. Matthew Charles served 21 of his 35 year sentence for selling crack and was released early. Two years after he was released from jail, a federal prosecutor argued he should have never been released. An appeals court ordered him back to jail to finish his sentence. [Link]
  • India will not comply with US sanctions on Iran. [Link]
  • The UAE imprisons a human rights activist for 10 years. [Link]
  • The US claims to have killed 50 Taliban leaders in a rocket strike. [Link]
  • At least one Afghan soldier has been killed by militants attacking the Interior Ministry in Kabul. [Link] The militants used US Army uniforms. [Link]
  • US sanctions on Iran will hurt the Afghan economy. [Link]
  • Israel is building an underwater sea wall on the border with Gaza. [Link]
  • The US and Turkey are in ongoing talks over the YPG control of Manbij, Syria. The US says no deal has been reached. [Link]
  • Russia, Jordan, and the US discuss de-escalation zones in Syria. [Link]
  • Saudi backed forces are now 20 km from the Port of Hodeida. [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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