US News

• The federal government has agreed to restore $1 billion to the state of California to build a bullet train. [Link]
• Senator Ron Johnson was suspended by YouTube for seven days for discussing possible treatments for Covid-19. [Link]
• The Biden administration is taking $2 billion Trump took from the Pentagon budget and repurposed for the southern border wall and giving it back to the Pentagon. [Link]

Great Power

• During Biden’s visit to NATO, he affirmed the US “sacred obligation” to defending Europe, Canada, and Turkey. [Link]
• The G7 expressed support for Taiwan [Link] and Ukraine. [Link]

Afghanistan

• The Taliban reject a NATO plan to deploy troops to the Kabul Airport. [Link]
• The  Afghan government is arresting tribal elders who have mediated talks with the Taliban. [Link]

Middle East

• After 12 years, Netanyahu has been voted out as Israel’s Prime Minister. Naftali Bennet is the new head of state. [Link]
• Israel informed several Palestinian families that they would be displaced and their homes destroyed. Israel plans to build a theme park where the houses stand. [Link]
• Artillery fire hit a Syrian hospital in the Turkish-occupied Afrin region. Turkey has blamed the attack on Kurdish forces. [Link]
• The Yemeni government and the Houthi express support for talks led by Oman. [Link]