US News

• Trump plans to nominate Mark Esper to be Defense Secretary. [Link]
• A woman was awarded over $500,000 because police officers looked up her information scores of times. [Link]
• New York lawmakers pass a law that decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana and expunges 900,000 marijuana convictions. [Link]
• The Navy awards Raytheon an over $200 million contract for systems to help F-35s land on aircraft carriers. [Link]

Immigration

• Migrant children held in the US are in disturbing conditions. [Link]
• Trump postpones planned nationwide immigration sweeps. [Link]
• Texas deploys 1,000 National Guard troops to the southern border. [Link]

NATO

• NATO plans to make ‘space’ a domain of war this year. [Link]

Iran

• The additional 1,000 troops that are being deployed to the Middle East includes a Patriot Missile system. [Link]
• Trump tweets he called off the attack against Iran. [Link]
• Reports surfaced suggesting the US alerted Iran to the coming attack before Trump called it off. The State Department denies alerting Iran. [Link]
• US Cyber Command targeted Iranian missiles with a cyber attack Thursday. [Link]
• Israeli officials demand a stronger US response to Iran. [Link]
• Trump says he will impose new sanctions against Iran on Monday. [Link]
• Poor decision making at the Pentagon made it possible for Iran to be able to shoot down a US drone. [Link]