JERUSALEM — What was billed as a six-week campaign of peaceful protests in Gaza descended almost immediately into chaos and bloodshed on Friday, with health officials in the Palestinian territory saying Israeli soldiers killed 15 Palestinians in confrontations along the border fence.
Ethan Sonneborn is an eighth grader who loves basketball, fishing and writing. He also wants to be governor of Vermont. Not when he grows up, but now. And thanks to the fact that there are no state laws that require gubernatorial candidates to be a certain age, Ethan is officially the youngest candidate to run for that office in Vermont history.
Very interesting perspective on how the tiny, elite US force that has been fighting in Syria feels about Trump's comment that they will be leaving "very soon". By @DefenseBaronhttps://t.co/jXVgz0nwjD
Bout time! (Mho, they totally missed the boat with wealthy Arabs in the 70's and 80's,still time to do right on this one.) Which is it, Breixit London for the English or international wealth laundering town? Next up: given all the MAGA fervor, can some Americans start buying a little Manhattan real estate? And where they actually intend to live in it sometime?
Uncle Sam needs to borrow a ton of money this week — in the middle of a fight with its biggest creditor.
The United States plans to sell about $294 billion of debt, according to the Treasury Department. That's the highest for a week since the record set during the 2008 financial crisis.
It only took a week for Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello, a moderate Republican representing suburban Philadelphia, to recognize the headwinds that Donald Trump’s presidency would create for him and members in similar districts.
Expelling diplomats is fine, but “Putin and his guys aren’t going to care unless you fuck with their money in London, New York and Barcelona.” https://t.co/5v1PCF6QKj
[....] Mr. Broidy’s ability to leverage his political connections to boost his business illuminates how Mr. Trump’s unorthodox approach to governing has spawned a new breed of access peddling in the swamp he vowed to drain.
The bipartisan No Labels group is looking to expand its fight for political moderates to more than a dozen primaries this year after being emboldened by Rep. Dan Lipinski’s (D-Ill.) primary victory last week.
