Weapons

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said "anonymous officials" from the Pentagon threatened to assassinate Putin.

Michigan man Adam Fox, leader of plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, receives 16-year prison sentence for conspiracy to kidnap and use weapons of mass destruction.

Congress has allocated $858 billion to defense spending as part of its annual funding bill.

Over a thousand faith leaders in the United States sign a petition urging a Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine and calling on the government to take a leadership role in ending the war.

Zelensky addresses Congress in Washington—only 86 out of 213 Republican members of the House of Representatives attend, following rejection of proposal for an audit of military and other aid to Ukraine.

Part of a $2 billion weapons package.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to speak to Congress regarding the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill, where he is thought to be claiming that $45 billion in Ukraine aid is not enough.

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California struck down a "fee-shifting" scheme mirroring a Texas heartbeat law.

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service has advised the public to report individuals who express dissent towards Covid-19 mandates, including mandatory vaccines, as potential "terrorists," citing "radicalized" political views potentially fueled by "conspiracy theories."

Urgently negotiating an end to hostilities in Ukraine would prevent another world war, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger argued in an essay published on Friday.