Olivier Knox
Senior National Correspondent at U.S. News and World Report
Senior national political correspondent, U.S. News & World Report. Something retweets something something. Views here are my own, not my employer's. Duh.
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2 days ago |
usnews.com | Olivier Knox
On a basic level, President Donald Trump’s bomb and missile strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure were a success. U.S. warplanes and Tomahawk missiles hit the targets they meant to hit. The stealth bombers then exited Iranian airspace with no losses. Day-after satellite imagery suggested significant damage – it’s not all obvious because one of the sites is burrowed into a mountain.
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3 days ago |
usnews.com | Olivier Knox
The Constitution reserves for Congress the power to declare war. And name post offices. But let’s focus on the first bit. It may startle you – after U.S. military action in Korea, Vietnam, Libya, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria – to learn the last time lawmakers did so was 1942 (against Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania). That’s over 100,000 deaths in war since World War II.
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4 days ago |
usnews.com | Olivier Knox
President Donald Trump went all in this weekend on the biggest gamble of his second term: A direct military strike on Iran, aimed at destroying – or at least setting back – that country’s nuclear program. Here are six questions the historic attack raises. 1. How Effective Was It? Trump says the American strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s main facilities for uranium enrichment – the process of making fuel potent enough for nuclear bombs.
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1 week ago |
usnews.com | Olivier Knox
I’ve discussed questions about war powers – who decides whether, when and how young Americans are hurled into conflict – with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia for a decade, whether a Democrat like him or a Republican has held the White House.
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1 week ago |
usnews.com | Olivier Knox
President Donald Trump is easing off enforcement of immigration law. President Donald Trump is sharply escalating enforcement of immigration law. Which version you experience will largely depend on whether you and the people around you support or oppose him.
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RT @ddayen: I've been in downtown LA at ICE protests all day. Story to come, but here's a taste: a full Tejano band (made up of day laborer…
"They expectorate, we protectorate"?
feels like they could have workshopped this one a bit more, right? "If they spit. We hit. And no jury will acquit" was right there "If they spit, we will issue a writ".... eh "We will not permit, their spit. And if they do, we will throw a fit with grit."
RT @HouseDailyPress: The House adopted H.Res. 137 by voice vote.
