- A Medicare rule change will cut funding for long-term high dose opioid prescriptions. [Link]
- Cities are passing more laws that criminalize walking. [Link]
- A US judge rules Saudi Arabia will face trial for a lawsuit over the 9/11 terror attack. [LInk]
- As US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton gave the Israeli government information without permission. [Link]
- At NATO’s urging, the EU impose regulations on bridges and tunnels for its member states. The regulations will require EU countries to build bridges and tunnels to a military standard. [Link]
- Ecuador cuts Julians Assange’s connection to the internet. [Link]
- Elijah Magnier lays out the Syrian battlefield post-Ghouta liberation. [Link]
- Turkey’s President Erdogan threatens to attack Manbij if the Syrian Kurds do not immediately withdraw. [Link]
- The US admits to killing 14 more civilians in the War Against ISIS. [Link]
- Jason Ditz explains the US is now entering Iraq War 3 1/2. [Link]
- General Mattis admits the US is planning Saudi strikes in Yemen. [Link]
- The UN Security Council voted to condemn the Houthi for launching ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia. [Link]
- Reese Erlich explains the critical role of the US government in the Yemen Civil War and the failure of the Yemen War Powers Act. [Link]