Today's Headlines and Commentary

Lev Sugarman
Thursday, March 21, 2019, 4:21 PM

President Donald Trump said the U.S. should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights territory, upending decades of U.S. policy, the New York Times reports.

In the wake of a terrorist attack that killed 50 people, New Zealand banned military-style semi automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used in the attack, the Times details.

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights territory, upending decades of U.S. policy, the New York Times reports.

In the wake of a terrorist attack that killed 50 people, New Zealand banned military-style semi automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used in the attack, the Times details.

Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller said in internal memos that President Trump’s troop deployment on the U.S.-Mexico border posed “unacceptable risk” to Marine Corps solvency and readiness, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The chief of staff to Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-declared interim president, was detained by a Venezuelan government intelligence unit, the Washington Post reports.

Former President of Brazil Michel Temer was arrested in connection to a corruption probe investigating the construction of a nuclear power plant complex, according to Reuters.

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Lev Sugarman is an intern at Lawfare and a research intern at the Brookings Institution focusing on national security law. He is a senior in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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