Andy Borowitz | McCain Urges Military Strikes Against FIFA
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Calling the Obama Administration's actions against the soccer organization 'weak and ineffective,' Senator John McCain on Thursday proposed military action to 'dismantle and destroy FIFA once and for all.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Calling the Obama Administration's actions against the soccer organization 'weak and ineffective,' Senator John McCain on Thursday proposed military action to 'dismantle and destroy FIFA once and for all.'"
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The Patriot Act May Be Dead Forever
Shane Harris, The Daily Beast
Harris writes: "The most controversial elements of the spying bill may never be coming back, lawmakers from both parties tell The Daily Beast. Here's why."
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Shane Harris, The Daily Beast
Harris writes: "The most controversial elements of the spying bill may never be coming back, lawmakers from both parties tell The Daily Beast. Here's why."
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Paul R. Pillar | Is War on ISIS America's Fight?
Paul R. Pillar, Consortium News
Pillar writes: "Eric Schmitt reports in the New York Times that the U.S. military is refraining from attacking some sites it knows are ISIS facilities, including at the group's principal headquarters in Raqqa, Syria, to avoid the significant civilian casualties that such attacks would certainly entail."
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Paul R. Pillar, Consortium News
Pillar writes: "Eric Schmitt reports in the New York Times that the U.S. military is refraining from attacking some sites it knows are ISIS facilities, including at the group's principal headquarters in Raqqa, Syria, to avoid the significant civilian casualties that such attacks would certainly entail."
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Second SC Police Officer Indicted for Murder
Rebecca McCray, TakePart
McCray writes: "A South Carolina grand jury on Wednesday indicted a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black man, Ernest Satterwhite Sr., in 2014."
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Rebecca McCray, TakePart
McCray writes: "A South Carolina grand jury on Wednesday indicted a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black man, Ernest Satterwhite Sr., in 2014."
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US Likely to Increase Military Aid to Israel - to $3.7 Billion
Reuters
Excerpt: "Existing $3bn package may rise to $3.7bn after the existing deal expires in 2017, says unnamed US official."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "Existing $3bn package may rise to $3.7bn after the existing deal expires in 2017, says unnamed US official."
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US Drops Cuba From Terrorism List
Jesse Byrnes, The Hill
Byrnes writes: "The State Department formally dropped Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Friday after more than three decades."
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Jesse Byrnes, The Hill
Byrnes writes: "The State Department formally dropped Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Friday after more than three decades."
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Biotech Giant DuPont Found Guilty of Pesticide Contamination
Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network
Towers writes: "Chalk up another win for the little guy. A handful of residents of Kauai's Waimea community prevailed in court over biotech giant DuPont-Pioneer earlier this month. Citing extensive, harmful dust generated by DuPont's seed operations, a jury awarded 15 residents $500,000 in damages."
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Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network
Towers writes: "Chalk up another win for the little guy. A handful of residents of Kauai's Waimea community prevailed in court over biotech giant DuPont-Pioneer earlier this month. Citing extensive, harmful dust generated by DuPont's seed operations, a jury awarded 15 residents $500,000 in damages."
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