ABCNEWS - Higher gas prices fueling pain at the Pentagon
The Army has cut back on training because of a $4B-$6B shortfall.
ABCNEWS - Knicks take 1-0 lead into game 2 against the Spurs
The New York Knicks visit the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals with a 1-0 lead in the series
NPR (The Associated Press) - President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general
Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania
A coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania. The government says the project will transform the nation, but environmental campaigners and critics oppose it.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - American soldier dies during training-related incident in Iraq
The soldier was identified as Sgt. Devin A. Seibel.
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - From Acting to Permanent: Trump Picks His Next Attorney General
NYTIMES (Peter Baker and Jamie Kelter Davis) - With His New Museum, Obama Offers a Trip to a Parallel America
The presidential center that opens this month seems out of step with the zeitgeist of the moment and produces emotional reactions among the discontented of the Trump era.
NYTIMES (Christopher Smart) - The Strait of Hormuz Is Blocked. The World Is Adjusting.
The longer we go without oil from the Persian Gulf, the less we’ll need it.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Abdelhalim Abdelrahman) - Is the U.S. Involved in Israel’s War on Lebanon?
The public deserves clarity and accountability on the use of American assets. The post Is the U.S. Involved in Israel’s War on Lebanon? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Is the U.S. Involved in Israel’s War on Lebanon? The public deserves clarity and accountability on the use of American assets. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images) The Trump administration’s interventions in both Iran and Venezuela have centered war powers at the heart of congressional and public scrutiny. For Venezuela, war powers resolutions narrowly failed in both chambers. Repeated congressional efforts to rein in the war in Iran fell short until just last night, when the House narrowly passed a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military action without…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Doug Bandow) - Expanding the Abraham Accords Would Help Netanyahu, not America
The agreements were flawed from the start. The post Expanding the Abraham Accords Would Help Netanyahu, not America appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Expanding the Abraham Accords Would Help Netanyahu, not America The agreements were flawed from the start. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House, February 15, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Whether President Donald Trump believed his persistently fallacious claims about the Iran War, or simply expected his supporters to believe them, is unclear. In any case, most Americans recognize that his campaign—illegal aggression that misfired badly, failing to break the Tehran regime while disrupting…Open