5 takeaways from NPR's reporting on the purported Matamoros flyer
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Biden will keep Trump's China tariffs, and add new ones on electric vehicles
The Biden administration is getting ready to announce new tariffs on imports of goods from China — products like electric vehicles deemed to be policy priorities.
U.S. report says 'reasonable to assess' that Israel has violated humanitarian law
A U.S. State Department report said Friday it was "reasonable to assess" that Israel has violated international humanitarian law while carrying out military operations in Gaza. But the report stopped short of drawing any final or sweeping conclusions about Israeli conduct in the war against Hamas.
State Department criticizes Israel’s attempts at ‘mitigating civilian harm’ in Gaza war: report
The U.S. State Department on Friday criticized Israel’s use of U.S-supplied arms in a way that may be "inconsistent" in "mitigating civilian harm" in the war in Gaza.
Biden administration says Israel is not violating U.S. weapons terms
The Biden administration said Friday that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel has violated international law in Gaza, but that it hasn't violated terms of U.S. weapons agreements.
Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's conviction for contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld Steve Bannon’s conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress.
U.S. Criticizes Israel for Failure to Protect Civilians in the Gaza Conflict
The Biden administration believes that Israel has most likely violated international standards in failing to protect civilians in Gaza but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday.
Canada presses Germany to boost parts production as Ukraine struggles to field its Leopard tanks
Germany's defence minister acknowledged Friday that countries like Canada — and to a lesser extent Ukraine — are in a tough spot when it comes to maintaining older variants of the Leopard 2 main battle tank and keeping them in the field.