Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from CIA

CIA boss fears Putin could lash out at Ukraine with nuclear weapons as invasion stalls

CIA director William Burns said the Kremlin's military doctrine allows for the use of smaller battlefield nuclear weapons. Western officials believe Vladimir Putin could 'flatten Ukraine'

Daily Mirror

Russian nuclear weapon use is an increasingly likely scenario, warns CIA boss

it is feared the tyrant may opt to take the drastic step if Russian troops continue to meet fierce resistance from the defenders, according to reports.

Daily Record

After leaving CIA, Colorado woman pens books inspired by her lovable dog, Grace

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For years, a friend urged Katy McQuaid to write a book.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Russia's risk of using nuclear weapons is rising, CIA boss warns

It is feared the despot may decide to take the drastic step if Russian forces continue to meet fierce resistance from the defenders, reports say

Daily Mirror

Russia invasion ‘slows significantly’ as ‘demoralised’ troops attack civilians

Two weeks into the invasion, officials said that Russian troops are having ‘morale’ problems

The Independent UK

Attacks hits Ukraine children's hospital, officials say

A Russian attack has severely damaged a children’s hospital and maternity ward in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials say

The Independent UK

Putin unlikely to be deterred by setbacks, intelligence officials tell House committee

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not expect the level of Ukrainian resistance to his invasion, nor the level and speed of sanctions imposed by countries around the world.

Los Angeles Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Russia facing setbacks in Ukraine, US intelligence officials say

CIA director says Putin’s assumptions about Ukraine before the invasion turned out to be ‘profoundly flawed’.

Al Jazeera

China unsettled by Ukraine, but don't underestimate Xi's Taiwan resolve-CIA head

China appears to have been unsettled by the difficulties Russia has faced since its invasion of Ukraine, but Chinese leader Xi Jinping's determination with regard to Taiwan should not be underestimated, the CIA's director said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Putin may escalate in Ukraine, intelligence officials tell House committee

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers Tuesday morning that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not expect the level of Ukrainian resistance to his invasion, or the level and speed of sanctions imposed by countries around the world.

Los Angeles Times

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for March 1

Welcome to the March 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia

5 Highest Compensated Women CEOs: Mary Barra, Lisa Su And More

In 1963, Marion Sandler made history by becoming the first female CEO of a major U.S. company, Golden West Financial. She was named co-CEO with her husband Herbert and would hold that title for 43 years.

Benzinga

US official meets Afghans stranded in UAE, apologises for delays

The US is still struggling with handling the tens of thousands who were evacuated amid the fall of Kabul last year.

Al Jazeera

Supreme court blocks men behind CIA’s ‘enhanced interrogation’ from testifying

The case was filed by Abu Zubaydah, a Guantánamo prisoner arrested and held without charge since 2002, in Poland

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

Supreme Court Rules the CIA Can Keep Mouths Shut About Its Post-9/11 Torture Black Sites

All of this is a transparent effort to stop lawsuits from those who have been tortured.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court upholds government's claim of secrecy in case of prisoner tortured by CIA

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday the government may invoke the "state secrets" privilege to block former U.S. contractors from testifying about the now well-known waterboarding and torture of prisoners held at CIA sites in Poland.

The Independent UK

Former CIA chief says Russia’s economy could collapse and Moscow scared of even opening stock exchange

‘They are in the precipice of a very very dire situation’

Reason

Supreme Court Splinters Over State Secrets Privilege

Justice Breyer delivers the opinion for the Court in a heavily fractured opinion in U.S. v. Zubaydah.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

White House announces new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and Putin’s ‘cronies’ – as it happened

‘We want him to feel the squeeze,’ says press secretary Jen Psaki

Roll Call

Supreme Court blocks Gitmo detainee’s search for testimony about CIA torture - Roll Call

The Supreme Court has blocked testimony about CIA torture programs sought by Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah.

Evening Standard

China ‘asked Russia to delay Ukraine war until after Olympics, US officials say’

China has denied the claims saying they were “intended to blame-shift” onto them

Reuters

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics -NYT

Senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the New York Times reported, quoting Biden administration officials and a European official who cited a Western intelligence report.

Reason

Brickbats: March 2022

Norma Garcia-Lopez resigned as the co-chair of the Racial Equity Committee at Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas after media reported she doxxed several parents who challenged the school system's COVID-19 mask mandate and who spoke out against critical race theory. Garcia-Lopez posted the names, home addresses, phone numbers,…

The Guardian - US

Americans should not be concerned about potential nuclear war, Biden says – as it happened

Biden’s comments come one day after Vladimir Putin directed Russian military leaders to transfer the country’s nuclear weapons to a “special mode of combat duty”.

Reuters

Russian forces appear to shift to siege warfare in Ukraine - U.S. official

Russia, frustrated by early battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, could be shifting its strategy to siege warfare just as President Vladimir Putin raises the risk of a catastrophic miscalculation by putting nuclear forces on heightened alert, a senior U.S. defense official said on Sunday.

1 … 109 110 111 112

People

Ketanji Brown Jackson

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.