U.S. pulls support for Syrian Kurds: What happens next?
The 360 shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories. What’s happening: On Wednesday, Turkey announced it had begun a military operation into parts of northeastern Syria currently held by the Kurds. The move came a few days after President Trump announced that American troops in the area would be withdrawn to allow the Turkish incursion to move…
Trump dismisses concerns about leaving Kurds at the mercy of Turkey
As Turkey began its assault against America’s Kurdish allies on Wednesday, sending troops and warplanes across the border with Syria, President Trump dismissed concerns about what is widely characterized as a betrayal of the fighters who bore the brunt of the battle against ISIS. “Alliances are very easy” to establish, Trump said in response to…
To impeach or not to impeach? How Democrats should weigh the question.
If Democrats were hoping for some shocking moment of revelation in Robert Mueller’s testimony yesterday — if they thought that maybe he’d plunk down a secret tape recording of President Trump and Vladimir Putin working out the Electoral College math for 2020, or that maybe Mueller would lift up his sleeves to display the tire…
Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call
The State Department waited until 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday to tell U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland not to show up for his scheduled deposition with three House committees later that morning, the ambassador’s lawyer told Yahoo News. Robert Luskin, Sondland’s attorney, said he got the extraordinary middle-of-the-night directive in a phone call from a State Department…
Supreme Court Keeps New York City Gun Case on Argument Calendar
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court said it will keep a Second Amendment showdown on its argument calendar, even after New York City loosened the gun-transportation restrictions at the center of the fight. The justices rejected the city’s request to dismiss a challenge to the rules as moot, though the court said in a two-sentence…
Pastor: I hope Supreme Court agrees LGBTQ people should be free from job discrimination
When we talk about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all, there should be no ambiguity in what the word “all” means. That word means that all people — people of all races, genders, religious backgrounds, sexual orientations — are entitled to lead lives in which they can take pride in their work, fall…
America’s Good Intentions in Syria Have Led to This Dismal Outcome
Recent U.S. policy in Syria, from the moment that former U.S. ambassador Robert Ford showed support for Syrian protesters in 2011, has been one of good intentions that were mismanaged through conflicting policies. This week it led to the decision to withdraw. A new crisis will unfold in eastern Syria, an area that, liberated from…
Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – The source of large blots of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil remained a mystery Tuesday despite President Jair Bolsonaro’s assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals. Tamar, a group dedicated to the protection of sea turtles, said the oil…
What next as UK and EU seek last-minute Brexit deal
Click:Circulight LONDON (AP) — Britain is due to leave the European Union in just over three weeks, but still no one knows the terms of the divorce — or even whether the country will really meet that Oct. 31 deadline. With both the U.K. and the EU saying this is a make-or-break week in the…
The EU's biggest Brexit decision will happen this week
The European Union will decide this week whether a Brexit deal is possible, which will fundamentally alter the decision course of parliament before the Brexit deadline on 31 October. French president Emmanuel Macron told UK prime minister Boris Johnson that all remaining 27 EU members will make their decision by the end of the week…