The 9/11 Wars
White House Shifts Blame to Courts as Afghans Endure Winter Famine, Says It’s Being “Proactive”
The administration blamed ongoing 9/11 litigation for delays in sending desperately needed assets back to starving Afghans.
World
Neo-Nazis Not Top of Mind for Senate Democrats Pushing Weapons for Ukraine
Top foreign policymaker Sen. Bob Menendez couldn’t say whether his bill would monitor where U.S.-funded arms end up.
Canadian Conservative Denied Giving to “Freedom Convoy,” but His Name Was on Donor List
An analysis of hacked data shows that someone using the name Richard Ciano did, in fact, donate to the “Freedom Convoy.”
A Secretive Belgian Tycoon Is a Key Investor in a Major New Gold Refinery in Brazil’s Amazon
Tesla, Amazon, Dell, and Starbucks have likely purchased gold from the scandal-ridden family business of Sylvain Goetz, who's been convicted of fraud.
The 9/11 Wars
Lawyers and Lobbyists Fight for Their Slice of $3.5 Billion in Afghan Money Seized by the Biden Administration
Biden's decision to allocate $3.5 billion for compensating 9/11 victims' families has sent teams of lawyers scrambling.
Voices
Can the Left Learn From Canada’s “Freedom Convoy”?
The left should seek to employ the disruptive power on display in Canadian protests — but only on its own anti-racist, antifascist terms.
The 9/11 Wars
Biden’s Afghanistan Counsel Left the White House in January. Now He’s Poised to Reap Financial Windfall From Billions in Seized Afghan Assets.
The U.S. seizure of Afghan government funds after the Taliban took power has put millions at risk of starvation.
Saudi Arabia Rejects Biden Plea to Increase Oil Production as Midterms Loom
“High gas prices will almost certainly be blamed on the party in power, so it really seems like the Saudis are using the oil weapon against Democrats here.”
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israel Revives Assassination Tactics Not Seen for 15 Years in the West Bank
The triple assassination recalled the darkest days of the Second Intifada — and Israel's impunity to commit violence.
"It's Not Sustainable": ISIS Prison Battle Shows Dangers of Indefinite Detention
Tens of thousands of people from dozens of countries have been detained in northeast Syria since the fall of the Islamic State three years ago.