US News
- A Florida officer was found guilty of planting meth on three people. 120 of the officers’ victims had their convictions expunged. [Link]
- A new bill calls for the FDA to regulate CBD as a dietary supplement. [Link]
- Biden’s tax plan calls for 87,000 new IRS agents to monitor the activity of American bank accounts to check for unreported income. [Link]
- Biden will look to require that crypto transactions over $10,000 must be reported. [Link]
- An FBI agent is charged with bringing classified information to her home between 2004 and 2017. [Link]
Foreign Policy
- Republican Senators have introduced a bill to reimpose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that Biden waived. [Link]
- The US doesn’t have a grand bargain to offer North Korea. [Link]
- NATO forces will continue to train Afghan forces outside of Afghanistan. [Link]
Israel
- Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire that held over the weekend. [Link]
- An Israeli official threatened preemptive attacks on Gaza. [Link]
- Biden said the US would replenish Israel’s Iron Dome interceptors stockpile. Secretary of State Blinken said the US is committed to Israel’s defense. [Link]
- Senator Sanders introduces a bill that would block the $735 million weapons sale to Israel. [Link]
Iran
- An explosion at a plant in Iran that makes drones injured nine workers. [Link]
- Blinken says he sees no signs Iran is ready to agree with US demands for sanctions relief. [Link]
- Iran is now refusing to give the IAEA some data from nuclear sites. The IAEA collected the data under the JCPOA that the US withdrew from in 2018. [Link]
Yemen
- The US sanctioned two Houthi leaders. [Link]
