- US politicians have a history of using the military for propaganda. [Link]
- The FDA makes Kratom illegal. [Link]
- Senate leadership announce a bi-partisan budget agreement. [Link]
- Ray McGovern and Tom Woods breakdown the importance of the Nunes Memo. [Link] Dan McAdams and James Bovard on the Nunes Memo. [Link]
- SEAL Team 6 is under broad investigation after Green Beret was killed in Mali. [Link]
- US Abrams tanks that were given to the Iraqi government, and worth $80 million, now belong to Iranian backed militias. [Link]
- Syria accuses Israel of carrying out airstrikes outside of Damascus. The Syrians say the Israelis used Lebanese airspace. Syria claims to have intercepted the missiles. [Link]
- US Army Lt Gen. Paul E. Funk tells reports in Manbij that US troops will remain in the city. [Link]
- Patrick Cockburn explains how Turkey using former ISIS fighters in an anti-Kurdish militia. [Link]
- CENTCOM says pro-Assad forces attacked the US-backed SDF. [Link]
- 47,000 Yemeni have become displaced from the war in Yemen since December. [Link]