US News

• Trump nominates Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to take over the position permanently. [Link]
• Body cam footage shows an Oklahoma police officer shot a 14-year-old boy without giving him time to comply with orders. The boy possibly had a toy gun. [Link]
• Tech companies are deleting evidence of war crimes as they attempt to censor the content on their platforms. [Link]
• Chelsea Manning has been freed from jail. She spent over a month in prison for refusing to testify in a grand jury targeting Julian Assange. Manning was released when the grand jury’s term ended. She is being subpoenaed to testify again. [Link]
• The FBI has about 850 open domestic terrorism investigations. [Link]

Venezuela

• Juan Guaido orders his officials to meet with the Pentagon. [Link]
• The US threatens to sanction any company that does business with Venezuela’s defense industry. [Link]
• Spain arrests a former Venezuelan official on a US extradition warrant. [Link]

North Korea

• Trump says North Korea’s missile tests are not a breach of trust. [Link]
• The US seizes a cargo ship headed to North Korea. [Link]

Afghanistan

• A US soldier dies in Afghanistan. [Link]

Israel

• Moon of Alabama breaks down the rumors of a summer war with Hezbollah or Hamas. [Link]
• Israeli snipers kill a Palestinian protester and wounded 30 more. [Link]

Africa

• IS fighters kill 11 Nigerian soldiers. [Link]
• The African National Congress wins a majority of seats in South Africa’s parliamentary elections. The party’s head is South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa. [Link]