The Supreme Court allows federal officials to continue expelling migrants at US borders while legal challenges to Trump-era border restriction Title 42 proceed.
Startup Make Sunsets causes controversy by attempting to commercialize and sell geoengineering via weather balloons releasing particles into the stratosphere, but faces criticism.
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.