Erin Cunningham

Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet estimates more than 64,000 deaths in Gaza due to traumatic injury between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 — a figure 41% higher than the Gaza Health Ministry’s official count. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination, two senior army officers told Reuters www.reuters.com/world/middle...

A classified report by a U.S. gov’t watchdog found that Israeli military units committed “many hundreds” of potential violations of U.S. human rights law in the Gaza Strip that would take the State Department “multiple years” to review. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... @johnphudson.bsky.social

where they were operating* <sigh>

Just weeks before a ceasefire, Israel killed 5 Palestinian journalists at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, twice firing high-explosive tank rounds at the stairwell where they were operated. Experts said the strike fit a "pattern of recklessness" on the part of the IDF. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

“CBS News declined to comment on whether Ms. Weiss’s expression of strong opinions on major news events ran afoul of its ethics rules, or belied CBS News’s efforts to appear nonpartisan.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Thank god for @abuaardvark.bsky.social — this is the most clarifying read so far on the Gaza ceasefire agreement, a sobering antidote to the declarations of a “new dawn,” even amid widespread relief that, at least for now, the mass killing has stopped foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/a...

On Orwell, the unbelievable stupidities of our era, and how the press can rise to the moment. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Trump’s proposal for Gaza provides “little or no detail” as to how its 21 points would be addressed. Oh, and no one has given a copy to Hamas. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

For the third year in a row, the number of people living in the Washington region facing the most severe form of hunger has increased, with more than 820,000 adults regularly skipping meals and struggling to find food in the last year. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Once again, as Israeli forces pummel Gaza City, the area's already threadbare health-care system is unraveling at a rapid pace, with patients and doctors forced to flee the bombardment and residents burying their loved ones in hospital courtyards. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...