Biden Can't Have It Both Ways on Drone Strikes If the combat mission is over in the Middle East, Biden should follow—and make permanent—more cautious drone guidelines. Reason · Oct 11, 2022
U.S. working to expedite shipment of NASAMS air defenses to Ukraine -White House The United States will work to expedite the shipment of sophisticated NASAMS air defenses to Ukraine as soon as they can, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday. Reuters · Oct 11, 2022
Trump challenges feds: Indict me! In recent rallies, Trump admits to stealing documents, but insists it's not a crime. It's time to shut him up Salon · Oct 11, 2022
Lavrov Says Russia Open to Talks with West, Awaiting Serious Proposal Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was open to talks with the West on the Ukraine war but had yet to receive any serious proposal to negotiate. In an interview on state TV, Lavrov said officials including White House national security spokesman John Kirby had said… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022
Larry Summers wants to spend trillions on climate The former Treasury secretary is looking for the World Bank to increase its lending Axios · Oct 11, 2022
Editorial: Biden's misstep on 'strategic ambiguity' At first, it seemed that President Joe Biden had misstated policy when he said the United States would defend Taiwan from aggression by China. The White House promptly walked back his remarks, and the potentially explosive gaffe appeared to have been resolved. Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022
Iran’s Crackdown on Protests Intensifies in Kurdish Region Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west as protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police rage on, activists said. Riot police fired into at least one neighborhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, as Amnesty International… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022
Trump's Claims About Former Presidents Mishandling Official Records Debunked By Fact Checkers Former President Donald Trump’s comments on his predecessors storing records in unsecured locations have been dismissed by various reports, past and present. Benzinga · Oct 11, 2022
Biden promises air defence systems for Ukraine after attacks Ukraine set to ask G7 leaders for more support after devastating Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities. Al Jazeera · Oct 11, 2022
Donald Trump claims Bill Clinton ‘lost’ the nuclear codes in Truth Social post Nuclear document reportedly among haul investigators found at Mar-a-Lago The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Nevada secretary of state contender pledges to secure Trump victory in 2024 Republican Jim Marchant leads coalition of top state election-official candidates determined to return Trump to White House The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022
Democratic senator threatens to freeze weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over support of Russia Strong remarks by chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee indicate possible sea change in US policy The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2022
Rail union rejects Biden-brokered labor deal, raising prospect of a strike Seven more unions are set to vote in the coming weeks. Axios · Oct 10, 2022
FACT FOCUS: Sorting papers and facts in an ex-bowling alley At a rally for Nevada Republicans on Saturday, former President Donald Trump argued against the federal probe into the storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate by falsely suggesting that past presidents did the same thing The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022
Reuters · Oct 10, 2022 Biden, G7 to hold virtual meeting Tuesday on Ukraine support - White House U.S. President Joe Biden and Group of Seven (G7) leaders will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss their commitment to support Ukraine and hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for Russia's aggression, including its recent missile strikes across Ukraine, the White House said.
Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022 Trump lawyer Christina Bobb points finger at colleague for claim all documents at Mar-a-Lago had been returned Christina Bobb, a lawyer who signed the letter certifying that former President Donald Trump had returned all sensitive documents, is reportedly pointing the finger at a fellow lawyer for drafting the false claim.
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022 Ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson reportedly testifies in Georgia election probe Cassidy Hutchinson is reportedly cooperating with the Fulton County district attorney’s office in Georgia
Salon · Oct 10, 2022 The purgatory of the COVID dead Those who’ve died of COVID can be neither properly remembered nor fully forgotten
WEKU · Oct 10, 2022 Trump sees hate as a civic good, 'N.Y. Times' journalist Maggie Haberman says Haberman talks about Trump's tactics for dealing with the media and explains why he's more concerned about the Mar-a-Lago documents than the Jan. 6 hearings. Her new book is Confidence Man.
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022 ‘Were you putting profit before principle?’: Maggie Haberman accused of withholding information on Trump for her book ‘People are willing to say things for history in books that they sometimes are not and to reveal information that they are not for the daily report,’ journalist says
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022 'Bucket list': White House garden tours prune a US divide Thirty-thousand people are estimated to have poured through the gates of the White House for an annual weekend fall garden tour
Al Jazeera · Oct 10, 2022 What are the US midterm elections? Here’s all you need to know Critical November vote will decide who controls Congress and determine the future of President Joe Biden’s agenda.
The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2022 ‘Trump is the man’: trial paints a White House plagued by foreign influence The legal woes of investor Tom Barrack, accused of secretly lobbying for the Emirati regime, add to the image of a Trump circle beset by influence-peddling and corruption
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022 White House says nuclear attack not ‘imminent’ after Biden warns ‘armageddon’ more likely amid Putin threats Russia is rumoured to be considering a nuclear test near Ukraine