US News Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday acknowledged that US economic sanctions risk the hegemony of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency as they push targeted countries to seek alternatives. AWC Senator Lindsey Graham claims the recent Pentagon...
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News Roundup 4/16/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 16, 2023 | News Roundup
US News The Biden administration appears poised to increase internet surveillance in response to the leaked Pentagon documents that appear to have been posted on the messaging platform Discord. AWC The UN says more arms are getting trafficked from the US to Haiti. AP...
News Roundup 4/13/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 13, 2023 | News Roundup
US News A group of House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Biden administration to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing up to 175 years in prison for exposing US war crimes if extradited to the...
News Roundup 4/11/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 11, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Ukraine could run out of missiles for its Soviet-made air defense systems by early May, giving Russia the chance to achieve air superiority in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. AWC A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) document that has...
News Roundup 4/10/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 10, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Financial Times reported Thursday that the US is pushing back against an effort by some of its European allies to provide Ukraine with a “road map” toward NATO membership at an alliance summit this July that will be held in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius....
News Roundup 4/5/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 5, 2023 | News Roundup
Venezuela Fernando Blasi, the new envoy for Venezuela’s US-backed opposition, is calling on the Biden administration to ease crippling sanctions on Venezuela, saying not doing so could turn the country into another Cuba, which has been under a US trade embargo since...
News Roundup 4/3/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 3, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that Russia will continue notifying the US of its missile tests despite its suspension of New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty remaining between Washington and Moscow. AWC A prominent...
News Roundup 3/30/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 30, 2023 | News Roundup
US News The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was used for the invasion of Iraq and the 1991 AUMF that was passed for the Gulf War. AWC Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) plans to block a bill introduced by Sen....