News Roundup 6/17/21

by | Jun 17, 2021

News Roundup 6/17/21

by | Jun 17, 2021

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • Michigan police and SWAT carried out a no-knock raid on the wrong home because they failed to investigate a tip from an informant. [Link]
  • The DC Council voted to ban flavored tobacco and e-cigarettes. [Link]
  • Senator Chuck Schumer says he will allow a vote on repealing the 2002 AUMF. [Link]

Great Power

  • Biden and Putin both said the summit went well but tensions between the US and Russia remain high. [Link]
  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US needs to decouple from China in some areas for national security. [Link]
  • The US and EU announced it was forming a new trade council to counter China. [Link]

Middle East

  • The GCC is calling for a US-Iran agreement to include caps on Iran’s missiles. [Link]
  • The IAEA chief says the international community should wait until the new Iranian government is in place before agreeing to new terms to return to the JCPOA. [Link]
  • Congressman Thomas Massie calls on the US to sell off the embassy compound in Baghdad and leave Iraq. [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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