- Three Senators are calling on the release of information of CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel’s background. [Link]
- Congress introduces new AUMF. [Link]
- Seven inmates were killed in a riot at a South Carolina prison. [Link]
- The White House says Nikki Haley spoke out of line and there are no new sanctions against Russia. [Link]
- The UK is moving three warships to the Korean Penisula to enforce sanctions against North Korea. North Korea calls the move a blockade and an act of war. [Link]
- Russia will begin blocking access to Telegram. [Link]
- A US pastor will face terrorism and spying charges in a Turkish court. [Link] The US State Department says there is no evidence that the pastor is guilty of these crimes and trusts the Turkish judicial system will find that. [Link]
- Robert Fisk traveled to Douma, finding that residents and doctors did not seem to believe there was a chemical weapons attack. [Link]
- The OPCW still has not inspected Douma. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama explains how Assad may have able to intercept a large number of US missiles. [Link]
- Ron Paul explains why Trump’s choice to attack Assad was awful. [Link]
- US Marines in Afghanistan are now working to recapture areas from the Taliban that the US Marines liberated from the Taliban years ago. [Link]
- The UN says 8.4 million people in Yemen are a step away from famine. [Link]
- A UAE plane landed in Somalia and was boarded by the Somali military. The Somali government seized $10 million that was on the UAE plane. The UAE announced they will stop training the Somali military. [Link]
- Militant groups clash in Colombia. [Link]
