- The Senate passes the House version of a tax reform bill. The Senate made some changes to the bill, so the house must vote again before it goes to Trump. [Link]
- 15 federal government inspector general posts remain unfilled. [Link]
- Several top positions at the Pentagon are filled by former employees of weapons companies. Weapons sales are increasing under Trump. [Link]
- A police officer will be charged with second-degree murder for causing the ATV accident that killed a boy. [Link]
- A former police officer is claiming the FBI entrapped him into providing support for ISIS. [Link]
- 2016 Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein will hand over documents related to Russia to a Senate Investigation. [Link]
- California’s complex recreational marijuana laws create a situation for police to exploit the laws to extort people. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama responds to Trump’s NSS. [Link]
- Trump approves lethal arms sales to Ukraine. [Link]
- South Korea’s president suggests military drills can be stopped to reduce tensions with North Korea. [Link]
- The White House is stepping up plans for a “bloody nose” attack against North Korea. [Link]
- Trump threatens to cut aid to any country that votes against the US on a UN vote resolution about the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. [Link]
- Israel continues to detain a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who documented Israeli soldiers coming on to her families property and forcing them to leave. [Link]
- Palestinians continue to protest Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Israel military is starting to use more violence in suppressing the protesters. [Link]
- Assad calls the US-backed Kurdish forces traitors. [Link]
- An airstrike in Syria killed 17 civilians. The Syrian government likely carried out the airstrike. [Link]
- US forces have conducted multiple ground raids in Yemen in 2017. The US also says it carried out 120 strikes against terror groups. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia killed 11 civilians with airstrikes in Yemen. Saudi Arabia is targeting the first responders who are rushing in to try to save people. [Link]
