US News
- Oregon votes to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs. [Link]
- Michigan voters approve a measure that requires the state to get a warrant before seizing data and electronic communications. [Link]
- The FED says it will not increase interest rates and it is ready to do more for the economy in the name of the Covid pandemic. [Link]
- Defense official says the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has prepared his resignation letter. [Link]
- The US formally exited the Paris Climate Agreement. [Link]
Israel
- Israel destroyed most of a Palestinian village. [Link]
- An Israeli official warns that if Biden returns to the Nuclear Deal with Iran then Israel could go to war with Iran. [Link]
Middle East
- The US sanctions the leader of a Christian Lebanese group with ties to Hezbollah. [Link]
- The US is planning to sell 18 armed drones to the UAE for $2.9 billion. [Link]
- The US seizes 27 domain names claiming they were used by the IRQC. The domains include American Herald Tribune. [Link]
- Over six years, the US dropped nearly 35,000 bombs on ISIS. [Link]
Ethiopia
- Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region escalates with reports of the government dropping bombs. [Link]
