A report by British lawmakers details how Europe has “sleep-walked” into the current crisis with Russia and Vladimir Putin, reports NBC and the Independent. After a peace accord for Ukraine last week, France and Germany are struggling to keep the peace. WaPo: New Fed Nutrition Guidelines Tell Americans to Think of Earth, Not Just Stomach […]

ISIS is threatening to put 500,000 migrants out to sea in hundreds of boats set for Europe in a “psychological weapon” if there’s military action against it in Libya, reports the Daily Mail. Daily Beast: US Won’t Back Egypt’s Attacks on ISIS Reuters: Taliban Sources Say They’re About to Begin Peace Talks with US NJ: […]

After a federal judge in Texas struck down President Obama’s immigration initiative this week, the Washington Post reports the president’s legacy on health care, immigration, and the environment are now in the hands of the courts, not Congress. ABC: US Officials Admit Concern Over Syrian Refugee Effort CBS: ISIS Might Be Harvesting Organs AP: Biden Being Biden – Awkwardness at […]

In the Atlantic, Graeme Wood examines what ISIS really wants, what it means for its strategy, and for how to stop it. Independent: ISIS on Doorstep of Europe Daily Beast: ISIS Stalks Kirkuk Reuters: NSA Hides Spying Software in Computer Hardware Around the World AP: Iran’s Supreme Leader Criticizes “American Sniper” Newsmax: Federal Judge Stalls […]

The CIA bought and destroyed at least 400 Borak rockets in Iraq in 2005 and 2006, reports the New York Times. The rockets, considered chemical weapons of mass destruction, were manufactured in the 1980s, but hidden by Saddam Hussein from weapons inspectors in the decade before the second Iraq War. NYT: ISIS Sprouting Limbs Beyond […]