US News

• Child visits to the ER for mental health reasons is up 31% during the pandemic. [Link]
• Joe Biden has a plan to appoint a ‘Supply Commander’ that will manage essential supply chains in the US. [Link]
• San Francisco considers $1,000 fines for people smoking tobacco or pot in their apartment. [Link]
• Trump’s new Secretary of Defense Chris Miller signals America could be withdrawing troops from Afghanistan or Iraq. [Link]

Venezuela

• The American Conservative filed a lawsuit to find more information on the Trump administration’s connection to the Venezuelan ‘Bay of Pigs.’ [Link]

Israel

• Israel is moving ahead with a plan to build 1,200 settler homes in East Jerusalem. [Link]

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia’s Prime Minister says his army seized another city in Tigray. The fighting in Tigray is reported to have spread to another area of Ethiopia and Eritrea. [Link]
• Gunmen killed 34 people on a bus in Ethiopia. [Link]