- Paul Manafort and his former deputy Rick Gates have surrendered to the FBI. The Muller investigation filed 12 changes against Manafort/Gates. [Link] Manafort/Gates were placed under house arrest. [Link]
- David Stockman on Trump’s last minute decision on the JFK files. [Link]
- Special forces captured a militant who was in part behind the 2012 Benghazi attack. He will be tried in federal court. [Link]
- Mattis and Tillerson testify before Congress that they do not need a new war authorization for the US expansive interventions in Africa. [Link] Mattis testified that the US troops killed in Niger were not in Niger under authority from the 2001 AUMF. [Link]
- The State Department issues a travel warning for Americans traveling to Niger. [Link]
- Catalonia’s President and cabinet members have fled to Belgium. [Link]
- Chris Murphy gives an interview to Vox on his new bill to prevent Trump from attacking North Korea. [Link]
- Kuwait’s Prime Minister announces his resignation. [Link]
- The Taliban kill 15 Afghan police in two attacks. [Link]
- The US coalition in Afghanistan killed two civilians at an engagement party. [Link]
- Peter Van Buren explains how Iraq will be impacted by Iran and Saudi Arabia as the war against ISIS comes to an end. [Link]
- Iraqi militia commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, says Iraqi militias will ignore the order from Rex Tillerson to disband. [Link]
- The Iraqi government will look to end Kurdish autonomy. [Link]
- The Syrian army continues to liberate areas around Deir Ezzor from the Islamic State. Around 1,500 civilians remain in IS-held areas of the city. The Syrian army and allied forces continue to kill civilians with bombs. [Link]
