Rafi Schwartz

Minneapolis

Staff Writer at Mic

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Articles

Trump says Putin vowed retaliation for Kyiv strike

2 days ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a "good" 75-minute phone conversation Wednesday, "but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace." Putin said, "very strongly, that he will have to respond" to Ukraine's weekend drone strikes on Moscow's most prized warplanes deep inside Russia, Trump recounted on social media.
Dutch government falls over immigration policy

3 days ago | msn.com | Rafi Schwartz

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Dutch government falls over immigration policy

3 days ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

The Dutch coalition government collapsed Tuesday after far-fight leader Geert Wilders withdrew his Party for Freedom's ministers from Prime Minister Dick Schoof's Cabinet. Wilders claimed that the coalition's other three parties were stymieing his hardline anti-immigration measures. Who said whatWilders' departure ended the "rocky 11-month rule by the country's first far-right government" and highlights how immigration "continues to roil European politics," said The New York Times.
Why are military experts so interested in Ukraine's drone attack?

4 days ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

It took 18 months of planning and more than 100 carefully hidden attack drones smuggled to various clandestine staging sites deep inside Russian territory, waiting to be activated. And when the dust settled on Sunday, Ukraine's audacious operation "Spider's Web" left dozens of Russian bombers smoldering on their airstrips in an unprecedented surprise attack.
The GOP Death Cult Finally Gets the Mascot It Deserves

4 days ago | discourseblog.com | Rafi Schwartz

Mortality is a weird thing. On the one hand, it can be a tremendous motivator, a ticking clock that pushes a person to make the most of their limited time. This is the “memento mori” reminder that ancient Romans would apocryphally whisper to their emperors and generals, humbling them while at the same time inspiring them to further greatness—before it’s too late.
DOJ, Boulder police outline attacker's confession

4 days ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

The Justice Department and police in Boulder, Colorado, said Monday that the man arrested for Sunday's attack on a local Jewish group had admitted to throwing Molotov cocktails at the "Zionists" in a plot to kill them. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, faces state attempted murder charges and a federal hate crime charge. Two of the 12 people burned by his incendiary devices are still hospitalized, police said.
A running list of all the celebrities Trump has pardoned

5 days ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

President Donald Trump has enthusiastically embraced his constitutional power to pardon those convicted of federal crimes across both his terms in office. His pardons have often reflected his personal interests and perceived opportunities of political expediency, rather than a cohesive philosophy of criminal justice reform.
Judge blocks push to bar Harvard foreign students

1 week ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs Thursday extended her temporary block of the Trump administration's efforts to bar foreign students from Harvard University and said she would soon issue a preliminary injunction, allowing America's oldest university to enroll foreign students as the litigation proceeds in court. Who said whatBurroughs said during Thursday's hearing she was concerned that the government was violating her previous order by trying to block students from enrolling.
Trump's super-charged pardon push raises eyebrows and concerns

1 week ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

During his first term, President Donald Trump peppered his tenure with controversial pardons to friends and notables whose freedom was as much a byproduct of their personal proximity to the Oval Office as anything else. Now, Trump's penchant for politically motivated pardons has pushed well beyond the expansive precedent he set for himself.
Trump taps ex-personal lawyer for appeals court

1 week ago | theweek.com | Rafi Schwartz

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will nominate his former criminal defense attorney Emil Bove for a vacant seat on the Philadelphia-based U.S. 3rd District Court of Appeals. Bove, now a senior Trump Justice Department official, represented the president in his New York hush-money case and the two federal cases charging Trump with mishandling classified documents and working to overturn the 2020 election.