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    Amazon wants to question Trump over loss of $10bn ‘war cloud’ contract

    Company claims president’s interference harmed its chances of receiving military contract that was eventually awarded to Microsoft Amazon wants Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10bn military contract. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump’s interference and […] More

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    Qassim al-Rimi: US forces killed al-Qaida leader in Yemen, Trump confirms

    Al-Rimi had claimed responsibility for a shooting at a Florida naval base, where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday that a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation […] More

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    Trump to reportedly allow use of landmines, reversing Obama-era policy

    Defence secretary Mark Esper confirmed the policy change that would, according to a Pentagon review, increase danger to US armed forces The US will end its moratorium on the production and deployment of landmines, it has been reported. Photograph: Konrad K/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock The US will end its moratorium on the production and deployment of landmines, in […] More

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    The Global War of Error

    Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White House. So, isn’t it time to take pride in the rare institutional victories America has had in this century? Arguably, none has been more striking than the triumphal success of the American war system. Oh, you’re going […] More