US News
- NASA certified Space X to carry astronauts. The US has been relying on Russia to taxi our astronauts back and forth. [Link]
- Republicans are attempting to prevent Trump from firing CIA Director Gina Haspel. [Link]
- The Acting Pentagon Policy Chief James Anderson resigns. [Link]
- Secretary of State Pompeo says Trump is not finished with China. [Link]
Middle East
- The US announced it plans to sell $23 billion in weapons to the UAE. The sale includes F-35s, armed drones, and bombs. [Link]
- Turkey withdrew from two of its outposts in northern Syria. [Link]
Ethiopia
- 6,000 Ethiopians have fled the fighting in the Tigray region and are now refugees in Sudan. Sudan expects up to 200,000 refugees. [Link]