US News
- California will spend $100 million to try to help the legal cannabis business compete with the illegal sellers. [Link]
- Biden backs a House bill that will repeal the 2002 AUMF. [Link]
- USAID is giving El Salvador $115 million. About half of the money will go to security assistance. [Link]
Great Power
- Biden says Ukraine can join NATO after it cleans up corruption. [Link]
- A joint statement from the NATO meeting says member states agree that an attack in space can invoke the mutual defense clause of the treaty. [Link]
- The joint statement from the G7 summit identified China as a target. [Link]
- The US deployed an aircraft carrier group to the South China Sea. [Link]
- The Philippines extended its Visiting Forces Agreement with the US. [Link]
Afghanistan
- CENTCOM head Gen. McKenzie says the US will not carry out airstrikes in support of the Afghan government after the withdrawal is complete. [Link]
- NATO says it is committed to training Afghan soldiers after the withdrawal is complete. [Link]
- Four polio workers were killed by militants. [Link]
- NATO plans to continue to fund and provide security for the Kabul Airport. [Link]
