US News
- Trump’s 2021 budget includes money to prosecute medical marijuana users in states where it is legal. [Link]
- Intelligence officials are sowing discord in the 2020 election by claiming Russia is backing Trump and Bernie. [Link]
- Three senior Democrat Senators write a letter to the administration demanding it sanctions Russia for meddling in the 2020 election. [Link]
- Trump said India agreed to buy $2.6 billion in Lockheed-made helicopters and missiles. [Link]
Haiti
- Off-duty Haitian police officers clashed with the Haitian Army outside of the presidential palace. At least three police officers were wounded. [Link]
Afghanistan
- US officials say the US wants Afghanistan’s president to hold off on being ingratiated for his second term. [Link]
- Afghanistan has seen a reduction in violence since the US and Taliban pact has started. In a Taliban attack on an Afghan government checkpoint, at least six Afghan soldiers were killed. [Link]
- The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction says the Trump admin lacks a policy for dealing with Afghan opium. [Link]
Middle East
- Netanyahu says his government is pushing ahead with the E-1 settlement plan. The plan will build 3,500 settler homes in an area of the West Bank that will cause the Palestinian areas of the West Bank to be bisected. [Link]
- Saudi, Egypt, and Bahrain will resume postal service to Qatar. [Link]
Libya
- The Libyan National Army will not attend UN hosted ceasefire talks. [Link]
