And the Money Kept Rolling In

This week Erin, Loren, and Radha read the G20 tea leaves, opine on continued chaos in Afghanistan, and remind you about all the White House mayhem from Saudi politics to a Moscow Trump Tower. Radha gets way too excited about USMCA (pronounced U-Smack-Ah) and all things trade before the ladies round some pop culture.   Keeping Up Foreign Relations Afghanistan Rahim Faiez, "At Least 40 People Killed in Deadly 24 Hours Across Afghanistan," TIME John Bacon, "3 American service members killed in Afghanistan roadside bombing," USA Today Jessica Purkiss and Abigail Fielding-Smith, "Uptick in U.S. Air Strikes on Buildings in Afghanistan Raises Questions," Just Security  Ukraine Andrew Higgins, "Ukraine, on a War Footing, Looks Westward for Help," New York Times Andrew Osborn, "Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants," Reuters Alex Ward, "Russia just openly attacked Ukraine. That could mean their war will get worse." Vox It's Aghast G20 "US-China trade war: Deal agreed to suspend new trade tariffs," BBC Krishanadev Calamur, "The G20 Communique Bookends the George H.W. Bush Era," Atlantic "Perceptible improvement in India-China relations, say Modi and Xi on G20 sidelines," India Today USMCA Jen Kirby, "USMCA, the new trade deal between the US, Canada, and Mexico, explained," Vox White House Mayhem Yemen  Jordan Tama, "Why is the Senate challenging Trump on Yemen? Here's what you need to know." Washington Post Scott R. Anderson, "Taking Stock of the Yemen Resolution," Lawfare New START Joe Gould, "US lawmakers tangle over nuclear arsenal, Russia treaties," Defense News L'Affaire Russe John McLaughlin, Tweet Emma Loop, "The House Intelligence Committee Will Investigate Trump's Company's Plan To Give Putin A $50 Million Penthouse," BuzzFeed News Anthony Cormier and Jason Leopold, "The Definitive Story Of How Trump's Team Worked The Trump Moscow Deal During The Campaign," BuzzFeed News Border Emily Kopp, "Immigration Experts: Tear Gas Has Been Used at the Border for Years, But Never on Children," Roll Call Government Shutdown Niv Elis, "Border wall bickering raises odds of shutdown," Hill Michael Collins, "Another government shutdown? Congress has a week to pass a spending bill to keep the lights on," USA Today Pop Culture Orli Matlow, "Woman's fake viral pic with Michael B. Jordan turned into reality. Anything is possible!" Someecards Owen Gleiberman, "Film Review: 'The Favourite,'" Variety