Supreme Court reviews constitutionality of 1986 law criminalizing act of encouraging unauthorized immigrants to come or stay in US, raising First Amendment concerns as everyday statements could become felonies.
International operation led by UAE, in coordination with INTERPOL, arrests notorious human trafficker, Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, in Sudan, who exploited and smuggled thousands of migrants during European migrant crisis and extorted money from African migrants.
65% of Republicans believe it is important for the GOP to demonstrate loyalty to Trump, 80% prefer candidates with similar policies, and two-thirds want them to share Trump's views on the 2020 election, while a majority of Republicans also prioritize investigating President Biden.
Biden travels to US-Mexico border to discuss migration, opioid trafficking, and meet with officials, non-profits, and religious groups; later attends North American leaders summit with Mexico and Canada to address immigration.
Iran executes two individuals allegedly involved in the killing of a security forces member during a protest in Karaj, bringing the total number of executions related to the protests to at least four.
San Diego police are investigating a possible hate crime after far-left activists vandalized a church building that was scheduled to hold a New Year's Eve worship service led by Sean Feucht.
Upon hearing the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s death on Saturday morning, I immediately thought of a long road trip I took with my wife 10 years ago, from Alaska to Texas, and a lonely stretch of highway in central Wyoming where, trapped in a car with nothing else to do, I listened to hours and hours of interviews conducted in the ’90s with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the man destined to become Pope Benedict XVI.
