- Congress passes, and Trump signs a $1.3 trillion spending plan. [Link]
- Government regulations are slowing the growth of the food truck industry. [Link]
- People arrested on immigration charges are alleging serious abuses at detention facilities. [Link]
- Trump Tweets, “Obama Administration legalized bump stocks. BAD IDEA. As I promised, today the Department of Justice will issue the rule banning BUMP STOCKS with a mandated comment period. We will BAN all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.” [Link] The Justice Department proposes changes to regulations to outlaw bump stocks effectively. [Link]
- Germany arrested the leader of Catalonia after the EU issued a warrant for his arrest. [Link]
- Trump announces tariffs on some Chinese technology imports. The tariffs will impact about $50 billion in Chinese imports. [Link] China announces tariffs on $3 billion in US imports. [Link]
- A US Navy Destroyer sails near Chinese claimed islands in the South China Sea. [Link] China calls the move a severe provocation. [Link]
- Russia announces plans to cut its military budget to under 3% of GDP. [Link]
- North and South Korea will meet March 29th to discuss preparations for the Trump and Kim Summit. South Korea will also send some musicians to perform in North Korea. [Link]
- John Bolton says Trump should push North Korea to denuclearize as quickly as possible. Bolton also advocated for “Libyan” style denuclearization. [Link]
- Eli Lake lays out John Bolton’s plan for exiting the Iran Nuclear Agreement. [Link]
- Three people have been killed in a terror attack in France. The attacker, who was also killed, said he was supporting IS. [Link]
- 13 people were killed by the drug war in the Philippines on Wednesday night. [Link]
- Turkish forces have killed two Americans fighting for the Syrian Kurds in Afrin. [Link]
- Turkey has taken full control of Syria’s Afrin district. [Link] Turkish President Erdogan says that Turkey will target Syrian Kurds in the Aleppo Province. [Link]
- Turkey beings military operations in Sinjar, Iraq. The operations are targeting the PKK. [Link]
- 14 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. [Link]
- In 2016, the US killed the Taliban leader who approved of peace talks with the US. [Link]
- The Port of Hodeida remains under a ‘de facto’ blockade by Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- The US claims that a US airstrike killed two terrorists in Libya. [Link]
