Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.

Surprise!

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This is easily a new litmus test for candidates

Rewatched "The Big Short" this weekend and it still makes me furious.

Always good, particularly excellent today 👇

Universal jurisdiction. A grave breach of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (or, for relevant parties, Additional Protocol I) triggers an obligation on all states to hold accountable or extradite alleged perpetrators within their territory.

We're coming up the 25th anniversary of Somaliland declaring independence and seen 25 years of actual self-government divorced from whatever "governance" obtained in rump Somalia at any given moment in that period. It's time for the world to catch up.

My own view is that recognition of Somaliland is long overdue and could serve as a bulwark of regional stability. I think the United States ought to follow suit and leverage the benefits of a lily pad of hopeful governance that straddles the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Somaliland: l'Union africaine condamne la nomination d'un diplomate israélien « Israël risque de fragiliser l’équilibre dans la Corne de l’Afrique » : C'est l’avertissement lancé par l’Union africaine. Dans un communiqué publié dimanche 19 avril, l’organisation panafricaine con...

Israel appoints an ambassador to Somalialand--an area that ONLY Israel recognized as independent late last year. its independence is not recognized by Somalia or the African Union (or other international entities). Trouble is brewing in the Gulf of Aden.

END OF AN ERA: Dos Gringos Closing at the end of the month in Mount Pleasant. La Lucha, “sandwiches & more” coming soon. - PoPville 3116 Mount Pleasant Street, NW And now for the bad news... Thanks to Terry and Naomi for sending this incredibly sad news from Mount Pleasant: "Dos Gringos in Mt Pleasant is closing at the end of the ...

END OF AN ERA: Dos Gringos Closing at the end of the month in Mount Pleasant. La Lucha, “sandwiches & more” coming soon. www.popville.com/2026/04/dos-...

Kica Matos: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 Find out why Kica Matos is on this year’s list

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🇦🇪🇺🇸 The UAE to the Trump administration: "You started this war; if it results in a shortage of US dollars, either you provide us with dollar-denominated credit swap lines, or we will be forced to start trading oil and gas in yuan and other currencies." - WSJ

A Clearing of the Ground | Christopher Benfey Small liberal arts colleges face so many challenges today that their precarious survival may be more surprising than their escalating demise. The

"SLACs face so many challenges today that their precarious survival may be more surprising than their escalating demise.... And yet the shuttering of Hampshire... feels different, not so much another liberal arts domino falling as the symbolic end of a whole tradition of progressive education"

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Are we going to get prize courts out of this war?

Welp indeed. To reiterate what I wrote in @foreignpolicy.com this week, the categorical destruction of all bridges and power plants in Iran would likely constitute several war crimes and even a grave breach, exposing US servicemembers involved to universal jx.

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A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Great flick.

Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats Destroying bridges and power plants would violate international law and expose service members to prosecution.

Trump’s threat to destroy all Iranian bridges or all Iranian power plants would—if carried out—would likely amount to war crimes and grave breaches of international law, writes Benjamin Farley.

My thoughts on Trump’s threatened war crimes and grave breaches in Iran, the applicable legal framework, and consequences for US servicemembers 👇

Isn’t one aspect of the Catholic catechism the proposition that the Pope is the sole authoritative interpreter of Christian theology?

My thoughts on Trump’s threatened war crimes and grave breaches in Iran, the applicable legal framework, and consequences for US servicemembers 👇

Whoa. RIP Scooby and Little Pete’s alma mater

Without saying your age, post your favorite film that released the year you turned 18

Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats

Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats

Thanks! But I think you may be the only one.

This is the correct take. My recent book has footnotes.

(If you're wondering why there's no bibliography, it's because I ran out of contracted word count. 😬)

"Although the legal consequences of Trump’s threatened campaign of war crimes may not worry him or Defense Secretary Hegseth, they should worry the service members throughout the chain of command."

Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats Destroying bridges and power plants would violate international law and expose service members to prosecution.

On President Trump's threatened war crimes and grave breaches in Iran, from me in @foreignpolicy.com today: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/t...

His memory is indeed a blessing.

President Zelenskyy:

❗️For the first time in the history of this war an enemy position was taken using only unmanned platforms - ground robotic complexes and drones.

Russian soldiers in the position surrendered into captivity.