- The Senate voted 84-14 to confirm Robert Lighthizer as US Trade Representative. [Link]
- Nuclear waste produced by US nuclear weapons is being stored in unsafe conditions. A storage site is leaking nuclear waste, and the project to stop the leak will cost a total of $100 billion. The US government already spend $6 billion every year on the disposal of nuclear waste. [Link]
- The State Department approves a $2 billion missile sale to the UAE. [Link]
- Congressman Warren Davidson calls for the US to pass a new AUMF to fight ISIS. [Link]
- The US will provide financial, intelligence, and logistical support to the five-country West Africa coalition. The coalition is also backed by the French government and is fighting the Islamist movement in the region. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia is looking in invest $40 billion in US infrastructure. [Link]
- The Afghani army recaptured key regions in the Badakhshan Province. The Badakhshan Province links Afghanistan and China. [Link]
- Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says the situation in Afghanistan is likely to deteriorate even with a modest increase in US military involvement. Coats says the Taliban are likely to continue to make progress in the rural regions of Afghanistan. [Link]
- During the war against ISIS, 17 Canadian bombs have missed their target. In at least two of these cases, civilians were killed. [Link] I
- SDF forces made a deal with ISIS fighters to allow ISIS fighters to leave the city of Tabqa. [Link]
- Leaders in South Yemen are pushing for the Yemen to redivided into North and South Yemen. [Link]
