Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHO BECOMES FIRST MAJOR CANDIDATE TO JUMP INTO 2016 RACE
“I am running for president,” says Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Twitter, just hours ahead of an event to formally launch his candidacy.
2. SYRIAN KURDS YET TO BE FULLY EMBRACED BY U.S. IN ANTI-IS FIGHT
Their fraught relations with Turkey and suspicions that they haven’t fully broken with President Bashar Assad explain their loose ties with the Pentagon.