Laura Rozen
@lrozen
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Reporting on foreign policy. Current: Diplomatic Substack, Just Security ed bd. Al-Monitor Politico Foreign Policy alum. lkrozen threads, lkrozen.bsky, at gmail
Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2009
It seems like the Trump White House is working harder on constructing a new White House Ballroom than averting huge spikes in monthly premiums for 20 million Americans next year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House is expected to submit plans for a new ballroom to planning commission this month, Trump-appointed chair says.
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SACEUR Grynkewich says while #NATO's core business is defense, "we also do think about being proactive." "If Russia is attempting to provide dilemmas to us," he explained, "then maybe there are ways we could provide dilemmas to them."
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UK sanctions Russian intelligence agency GRU over Novichok poisoning
reuters.com
Britain on Thursday announced new sanctions against Russia, including the entire GRU military intelligence agency that was singled out in a UK public inquiry into the 2018 death of a woman poisoned...
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Four unidentified military-style drones flew along the flight path of President Zelensky’s aircraft on Monday evening, violating a no-fly order as he traveled to Ireland, The Journal reports.
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This is unambiguously dangerous: "The Secretary sent nonpublic DoD information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network approximately 2 to 4 hours before the execution of those strikes."
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DOD IG report on Signalgate, which notes that investigators had to rely in part on the transcript that we posted, because messages on Hegseth's cell phone had auto-deleted.
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“The hybrid attacks that we are now facing in all NATO countries” from Russia
Minister Wadephul briefs us on the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brussels ⬇️
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Minister Wadephul briefs us on the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brussels ⬇️
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NEWS: The arrested Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect is Brian Cole, 30, of northern Virginia, sources told @annaschecter and me. Previous scoop on FBI clearing an innocent woman whose name was falsely tied to the case by amateur sleuths: https://t.co/a8XkgtSyIC Today's breaking news
cbsnews.com
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
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This report is now public. Here's one passage: "The Secretary sent nonpublic DoD information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network approximately 2 to 4 hours before the execution of those
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WaPo: Republicans begin to tighten the screws on Hegseth’s Pentagon. GOP frustration with Trump’s defense secretary has intensified, with some lawmakers questioning their confidence in him as key committees pursue aggressive oversight campaign https://t.co/MmvVnzBAgr
washingtonpost.com
GOP frustration with Trump’s defense secretary has intensified, with some lawmakers questioning their confidence in him as key committees pursue an aggressive oversight campaign.
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What was Einstein's definition of insanity? Putin's vision of peace is different than the West: peace means no resistance. Until he is forced to stop attacking the killing continues. @MCTothSTL and I explain. Putin will never stop until he is forced to
thehill.com
Trump, admirably, has been trying to bring an end to the killing. But it won’t work, because Putin won’t work with him.
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“Unless DOJ disguised him, the hack of John Bolton described in his indictment didn’t show up in the Iranian hack-and-leak indictment. It should have,” by @emptywheel
https://t.co/vyiVCNuJx1
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NEW: Trump commuted the sentence of a billion dollar Ponzi schemer days into a seven-year sentence. But David Gentile is not just any financial fraudster, however: His business history is long intermingled with former Russian oligarch Michael Cherney, wanted by Interpol for
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A BIG DEAL -- FBI makes major breakthrough in pipe bomb investigation - and has arrested suspect this morning after five year probe, according to four sources who talked to me and @KDilanianMSNOW
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The @nytimes and @julianbarnes sue Hegseth's Pentagon over its new set of rules seeking to stifle independent reporting on the military, arguing that it "violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press." https://t.co/rqDw2Hsq10
nytimes.com
The lawsuit said the Defense Department’s new set of rules for journalists “violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.”
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While European envoys have written editorials in Indian media on the subject before, the officials said the piece just a few days before Mr. Putin’s State visit gave the appearance of criticising India for inviting him. However, with New Delhi expecting to host German Chancellor
Everything from the optics of the Putin visit, to agreements on oil, trade, defence, nuclear cooperation, and labour mobility have consequences for India’s ties with the U,S, and E.U. With German and EU leaders expected next month, Delhi's task is complicated.
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The key finding in this @nytimes story: Hegseth approved a plan for the US military to attack again if survivors of a boat strike took what the US deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members, American officials said.
New: Before the strike, Hegseth approved various JSOC plans and scenarios for the first Caribbean boat strike that were approved by Hegseth. @helenecooper @charlie_savage and co.
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You’re either on the team or you’re not,” Hegseth reportedly told Holsey. “When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.” Yeah, no
Fascinating read from .@WSJ Ousted SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey “had initial concerns about the legality of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, according to former officials aware of the discussions.” Shortly after taking over Southern Command, Hegseth
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