Party of Fools

“A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.”  - Arab proverb

ISIS

US announces death of ISIS media leader in Afghanistan

Has Russia Killed ISIS Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? 4 Reasons to Be Skeptical

 THE BATTLE FOR MARAWI CITY  

Hamas, ISIS Fight Over Credit For Jerusalem Terror Attack

Is ISIS Leader Baghdadi Dead? It May Not Matter

Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria, targets ISIS

Iran's Revolutionary Guards blame Saudis for Tehran attacks

SYRIA

Tensions rise in Syria as Russia, Iran send US warnings 

The United States and Russia Are Increasingly at Odds in Syria

Flexing Muscle in Syria Tests the U.S.

US signals involvement in Syria could escalate

A Don’t-Blame-Us Congress Ducks on Syria OPINION

Syria conflict: Australia suspends anti-IS raids

NORTH KOREA

Ex-UN ambassador: 'North Korea has a lot of explaining to do' 

How China Could Truly Rein in North Korea

The inconvenient truth about North Korea and China OPINION 

US sends supersonic bombers in show of force against N.Korea

How to Deal With North Korea

"The two things that we’ve seen over the years that drive the North Koreans crazy are money and potential human rights prosecutions. … So that’s a card we need to keep in play.”  -- May 3, 2017 | Evans J.R. Revere, The Washington Post

FOREIGN POLICY

United States, China to meet on North Korea on Wednesday 

Can China Actually Restrain Kim Jong-Un?

RUSSIA

Navalny's campaign manager in Khabarovsk is fined 150,000 rubles for promoting a legal public protest 

Russia protests: Kremlin critic Navalny jailed, hundreds arrested

Mass protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Photos of the police crackdown

Thousands of Russians prove they’re fed up with Putin’s authoritarianism OPINION

National Guard chief says Russia's recent anti-corruption protests are the stuff of ‘color revolutions’

Russian high school history teacher is fired after attending June 12 anti-corruption protest

BOOKS

This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle To Save America's Middle Class NONFICTION

The Selling of the Babe: The Deal That Changed Baseball and Created a Legend NONFICTION

The Soul of an Octopus NONFICTION

The Damascus Threat: An ICE Thriller FICTION

The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea FICTION

HEALTHCARE

American Health Care Tragedies Are Taking Over Crowdfunding

GOP considers keeping ObamaCare taxes

Dems request review of whether Health Department tweets broke law

The Senate’s secret health care talks are the latest slide away from transparency. I’m a witness

GOP Health Care Law Could Cost Nearly 1 Million Jobs, Report Finds

Lawsuit Filed Over Iowa's Switch to Privately Run Medicaid

Medicaid Cuts In Wisconsin Would Undermine Training For Adults With Disabilities

Republicans brush off Trump calling health bill 'mean'

Rand Paul denounces 'new entitlements' in emerging health bill

JARED KUSHNER

Family First: The Trials of Jared Kushner

On Jared Kushner’s new White House role PODCAST

Jared Kushner target of online anti-Semitic attacks

4 ways Jared Kushner can modernize the US government OPINION

Special counsel is investigating Jared Kushner’s business dealings

Jared Kushner to Travel to Middle East in Effort to Advance U.S. Peace Efforts

Apple, Amazon CEOs to White House as Kushner initiative gets underway

Kushner Is Said to Be Reconsidering His Legal Team

Chinese government invites Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to visit Beijing

BANKING

Trump Team Proposes Broad Rethink of Financial Rulebook 

The nation’s biggest banks have a common gripe: They have too much money.

Treasury releases first proposal to roll back Dodd-Frank

Sanders and Mnuchin clash over Glass-Steagall

Federal Reserve Expected to Deliver Rate Increase

Wall Street Veteran Leads Search for Next Fed Chief

Fed raises rates for second time in 2017

Warren demands removal of Wells Fargo board members

Less Stressful Tests Seen Boosting U.S. Bank Payouts $30 Billion

CYBERSECURITY

British hacker admits stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense 

North Korea blamed for global ransomware attack: report

GOP Rep: Let's call controversial antivirus expert Kaspersky to testify

How a Single Email Stole $1.9 Million from Southern Oregon University

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.