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Ex-national security adviser warns nuclear war with Russia is ‘a lot closer’ than it was

‘The potential risk of the use of a nuclear weapon is not so much to change the battlefield but to strengthen Putin’s position at home,’ Bolton says

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022

Editorial: Excuses abound, but Trump and his backers can't seem to acknowledge the truth

The list of flimsy excuses and desperate explanations keeps growing for Donald Trump’s unlawful possession of highly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago compound. Members of Congress and other Republican influentials keep falling all over themselves either to minimize the importance of the documents, blame the FBI for a witch hunt…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 13, 2022

Trump legal team opposes limiting special master review, suggests materials might not be classified

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team said in a court filing Monday that classified materials should not be excluded from the special master’s review of documents found during an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, suggesting that some of the documents may not be classified and that Trump…

Los Angeles Times · Sep 13, 2022

EXPLAINER: The intel review of documents at Trump's estate

The discovery of hundreds of classified records at Donald Trump’s Florida home has thrust U.S. intelligence agencies into a familiar and uncomfortable role

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2022

RSS prepares for Chhattisgarh meet

BJP president J.P. Nadda and the party’s national general secretary B.L. Santosh will participate

The Hindu · Sep 9, 2022

Rubio emerges as key Trump defender on FBI search

Republicans have largely rallied to former President Donald Trump’s defense after last month’s search-and-seizure operation by the FBI at the former president’s Palm Beach estate.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 9, 2022

More classified documents may be missing in Trump probe, US prosecutors say

Justice Department calls for investigation into potential national security risk

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

Commentary: China’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs must not go ignored

The international community should make China a pariah for its crimes against the Uyghur population. Last month’s report from the U.N. Human Rights Office says China’s actions could constitute crimes against humanity. The United States and others have called it genocide.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 9, 2022

Biden Wants Other 'Options' to Block Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability if Deal Fails

US President Joe Biden wants to ensure that the United States has "other available options" to ensure that Iran does not achieve nuclear weapons capability, if efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal fail, a White House spokesperson said. National security spokesman John Kirby said Washington would remain active…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 9, 2022

Labor concerned about apparent national security committee ‘leak’ in book on Morrison government

Plagued, which revealed Scott Morrison’s multiple ministries, also details secret discussions on China, defence and border closures

The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2022