👀 Heritage Action, the political arm of the conservative think tank, is notifying Hill offices of their opposition to the rule governing the foreign aid bills, warning of a 'Key Vote 'No' ' to lawmakers.

Auch er hat #Putin noch empfangen, als der Kremlchef schon die Krim annektiert hatte: Ein Fehler, räumt Österreichs Bundespräsident Van der Bellen ein. Wie er Europas Krise begegnen will – und warum ihm der #Wirecard -Spionageskandal vor allem peinlich ist: spiegel.de/ausland/oester…

This is mainly just another chart showing the strength of the dollar.

Here’s how it changes once you adjust for purchasing power.

Left is why now is a great time for Americans to go on foreign holidays, and right compares what someone in each country can buy with their wages.

Deutschlands Botschafter in der Ukraine appelliert an andere Partner, das angegriffene Land mehr zu unterstützen.

Knorrig und klar.

The key problem I have with this piece is the assumption that Putin agreed to, or even cared much for, the Istanbul Communique at the time. The authors seem to have their own doubts (Putin agreed to debate the status of Crimea with Ukraine?).
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foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talks-…

Israeli official when asked about the timing of the retaliation against Iran: “don’t forget next week is Pessach”
(Which could of course mean that they want to get it over and done with before Seder Night or that they’re going to wait until after Mimouna)

Zelenskyy asking why the West protects Israel against Iranian drones and missiles but not Ukraine

Update from the first day of Trump’s criminal trial.

BREAKING: President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in their phone call on Saturday that he needs to think carefully and strategically about the danger of regional escalation as a result of Israeli retaliation to the Iranian attack, a senior U.S. official said in a…

The Israeli assessment was that Khamenei was too risk-averse to change Iran’s policy launch a direct attack from Iranian territory and that it was in Israel’s interest “that Iran won’t be allowed to hide behind its proxies.”

The fact that Iran launched the drones from its territory is a significant signal but launching drones from Iran instead of Syria gives Israel considerably more time to intercept the drones

At first glance reported Iranian attacks on Israel violate Napoleon's dictum 'Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.' This will change the narrative and create new support for Israel. All of which raises the question: Why did Iran widen the war at this moment?

Impossible to ignore that the Israeli strike in Damascus has completely distracted from Israel’s failing war in Gaza, recruited the West in an escalation with Iran, and all while the man in the driver seat in Israel is not trusted by anyone and fighting for his political survival

This is an amazing story by Tal Shalev: Ahead of a possible attack from Iran Netanyahu moved over the weekend to the house of Simon Falic in Jerusalem which according to previous reports has a fortified bunker. Falic is a U.S. billionaire, a GOP donor and the owner of Duty Free…

As always on a night like tonight:

Scrutinize who is posting.

Be careful when sharing.

Question if visuals are what they appear to be, and if they were captured when people suggest.

Watch out for bad actors in the information space.

BREAKING: A senior US official told ABC News they now think there will be anywhere from 400 to 500 drones and missiles launched at Israel from Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon and the Houthis but that the bulk will be launched from Iran.

abcnews.go.com/International/…