AP Explains: What are India's options after Kashmir attack

Added 02-16-19 03:35:01am EST - “With India's national elections barely months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under heavy pressure from his supporters to punish nuclear-rival Pakistan for a suicide attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy that killed at least…” - Washingtontimes.com

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• U.S. adviser Bolton promises India support after Kashmir attack
• India Vows 'Befitting Reply' After Attack On Security Forces In Kashmir
• Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir after 5 rebels killed
• India's prime minister visits Kashmir amid protest strike

Pompeo meets with EU's top diplomat amid Pence attack

Added 02-15-19 03:35:02am EST - “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the European Union's top diplomat in Brussels Friday following a scathing attack from the Trump administration on the bloc and several of its main members over their approach to Iran.” - Washingtontimes.com

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• Pompeo meets EU's top diplomat after Pence's Iran accusations
• Pence meets with Netanyahu at Warsaw Holocaust Museum
• Donald Trump says Mike Pompeo, amid Senate talk, isn't going anywhere
• Virginia governor meets with cabinet amid outcry over racist photo

FP's Guide to Nigeria's Election

Added 02-15-19 08:34:02pm EST - “Articles to read ahead of a crucial vote.” - Foreignpolicy.com

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• Nigeria's Election Is Shattering Political Taboos
• Nigeria's Last-Minute Postponement Throws Election Into Disarray
• Slouching Toward Secession in Nigeria
• ‘Everybody suffers too much:' Nigeria to head to the polls

US seeks ways to recycle lithium batteries in cars, phones

Added 02-15-19 06:35:01pm EST - “The U.S. government will lead an ambitious effort to develop technologies to recycle lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles, cellphones and other sources to ensure a reliable and affordable supply of metals crucial to battery…” - Washingtontimes.com

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• Tesla's latest acquisition means better batteries for its future cars
• Electric car batteries might be worth recycling, but bus batteries aren't yet
• In the new lithium 'Great Game', Germany edges out China in Bolivia
• AT&T 5GE on iPhone and Android phones: What you need to know

Central NY-based Air National Guard unit gets new commander

Added 02-15-19 01:35:01am EST - “A New York Air National Guard unit that's part of the nation's air defense system now has a new commander.” - Washingtontimes.com

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• Illinois governor's pick to lead Air National Guard promoted
• Utah National Guard soldiers returning from Middle East
• California governor to reduce National Guard presence at border
• California pulls most National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border

Judge halts Air Force's efforts to discharge airmen with HIV

Added 02-15-19 04:35:01pm EST - “A federal judge in Virginia has ordered the U.S. Air Force to halt efforts to discharge service members who are HIV-positive.” - Washingtontimes.com

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• Federal judge halts Air Force from dismissing HIV-positive members
• Judge rules we can't know about US government trying to force Facebook to decrypt Messenger calls
• Gaze Upon the Black Magic of Electrical Discharge Machining
• Trump's Space Force to be piloted by US Air Force

California may sue Trump over emergency wall declaration

Added 02-15-19 03:35:02pm EST - “California is likely to sue President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the state attorney general said Friday.” - Washingtontimes.com

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• Scott: Emergency declaration not my 'first choice' for Trump to build wall
• Trump retreats on border bill but vows emergency declaration to get wall
• Napolitano predicts courts would reject Trump emergency declaration for wall
• McConnell reportedly warned Trump about emergency declaration to build border wall

NH congressional members against Trump's wall funding plan

Added 02-15-19 02:35:02pm EST - “Members of New Hampshire's Democratic congressional delegation are against President Donald Trump's decision to use billions of dollars from federal military construction and counterdrug efforts to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico…” - Washingtontimes.com

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• Trump Heads to El Paso amid Stalled Wall Negotiations, Texas Lawmakers Propose State Wall Funding
• Trump: Chances of getting border-wall funding "less than 50-50"
• Trump: Ryan assured me there would be funding for wall
• Trump: Lawmakers ‘wasting their time' unless they consider wall funding

The EU's Dirty Money Blacklist: North Korea, Syria, and… Puerto Rico?

Added 02-15-19 02:34:07pm EST - “In the latest showdown between Brussels and Washington, the U.S. Treasury Department instructed American banks to ignore new EU anti-money laundering directives.” - Foreignpolicy.com

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• Puerto Rico statehood supporters pin hopes on House action
• Trump fails to mention Puerto Rico during State of the Union address
• HUD acknowledges recent shutdown slowed pace of recovery aid to Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico wins court approval for sales tax-backed debt restructuring

How (and How Not) to Talk About the Israel Lobby

Added 02-15-19 12:34:02pm EST - “There's a difference between fair and unfair criticisms of AIPAC?"and it's time everyone, including AIPAC, acknowledges it.” - Foreignpolicy.com

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• Lieberman Hopes Former Colleagues Talk To New Members With Anti-Israel Views
• Icahn to lobby Caesars Entertainment management for sale: WSJ
• Man plummets to death from hotel atrium into lobby: cops
• Koch-funded group sending 'DREAMers' to lobby Congress