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

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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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