News Roundup 2/28/2025

by | Feb 28, 2025

News Roundup 2/28/2025

by | Feb 28, 2025

US News

  • House Passes Budget Resolution That Will Increase Military Spending by $100 Billion AWC
  • National Endowment for Democracy Confirms Its Funding Has Been Suspended, Forcing It To ‘Halt All Partner Support’ AWC
  • Trump to Cut 90% of USAID Contracts, Fire More Staffers The Institute 
  • Mike Pompeo Lands New Job at Columbia Teaching ‘Diplomacy’ The Institute 

Canada

  • Canadian Author Yves Engler Released After Five Days in Jail for Pro-Palestine Social Media Posts AWC

Venezuela

  • Trump Returns to Maximum Pressure Policy Against Venezuela The Institute 

Ukraine

  • Trump Says Ukraine Can ‘Forget’ About Joining NATO AWC
  • US and Russian Diplomats Hold Talks on Normalizing Relations in Istanbul AWC
  • Trump Confirms That Zelensky Will Be Visiting Washington on Friday To Sign Minerals Deal AWC

China

  • Trump Declines To Say Whether the US Would Defend Taiwan If China Attacked AWC

Israel

  • House Foreign Affairs Chair Tells Staff to Refer to Israeli-Occupied West Bank as ‘Judea and Samaria’ AWC
  • Trump Shares AI Video of ‘Trump Gaza,’ Drawing Backlash AWC
  • Trump Removes Biden-Era Order That Linked Arms Transfers to Humanitarian Aid The Institute 
  • Hamas Says Agreement Reached on Release of Palestinians That Israel Delayed AWC
  • Hamas Hands Over Four Bodies of Israeli Hostages, Israel Begins Freeing Hundreds of Palestinians AWC
  • IDF Report on October 7 Identifies Several Israeli Failures The Institute 
  • Israel To Remain in Philadelphi Corridor in Violation of Gaza Ceasefire Deal AWC
  • Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich To Visit Washington AWC

Lebanon

  • Three Killed in Eastern Lebanon in 24 Hours as Israel Steps Up Drone Strikes AWC
  • Israeli Drone Strike Against East Lebanon Village Kills Two AWC
  • Israeli DM: US Gave Israel Green Light to Stay in Lebanon ‘Indefinitely’ AWC

Syria

  • Turkey Kills 12 in Strikes on Kurds in Northeast Syria AWC
  • Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Across Southern Syria, Netanyahu Vows Troops Will Remain 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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