Data show over 31,600 Russians have crossed southern border to seek political asylum since outbreak of war in Ukraine in February, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountering over 5,500 Russian migrants in November alone.
Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister of Israel's most right-wing and religiously conservative government, pledging settlement expansion, subsidies for ultra-Orthodox allies, and judicial reform.
U.S. Defense Department allows recruits with a previous ADHD diagnosis to join the military without a waiver under new rules allowing those diagnosed with 38 medical conditions to join if they have not demonstrated symptoms or required medication for treatment for a certain number of years.
Those hoping for a Christmastime government shutdown were once again disappointed when Congress passed a 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that few, if any, Representatives and Senators read before voting on.