Biden calls Houthis terrorists, then declines to give them ‘irrelevant’ official designation
President Biden labeled the Houthi movement as “terrorists” on Friday but refused to give the Iranian-allied militants an official terror group designation — calling the difference “irrelevant.” Biden was asked about the “terrorist” label just hours after he ordered airstrikes on Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. “Are...