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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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Migrants form lines in May outside the border fence waiting for transportation to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas. Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted demonstrably to the right. The debate is now focused on measures meant to keep migrants out as Republicans sense they have the political upper hand. A bipartisan group of senators tasked with finding a border deal this week is running out of time to reach an agreement.

Washington's center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right

It was a decade ago that Capitol Hill was consumed by an urgency to overhaul the nation's immigration system, fueled in no small part by Republicans who felt a political imperative to make inroads with minority voters by embracing more generous policies.
Rep. Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, speaks during a July 2023 news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Texts and emails sent by Perry have emerged publicly in a court filing that hints at how Perry worked to keep Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss.

A court filing gives a rare look inside the FBI seizure of a lawmaker's phone in 2020 election probe

Just how hard did some Republican members of Congress work to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss? A court case is providing a few tantalizing clues.
Hoboken Police officers stand watch in November 2022 outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken in Hoboken, New Jersey. A new guide from the Department of Homeland Security aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect themselves at a time of heightened tensions in faith-based communities across the country.

A new Homeland Security guide aims to help houses of worship protect themselves

A new guide from the Department of Homeland Security released Wednesday aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect themselves at a time of heightened tensions in faith-based communities across the country.
Nile Rodgers, musician and producer, participates Wednesday in a demonstration at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

After a fast start, COP28 climate talks now in murky middle of hope, roadblocks

After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine.
Demonstrators march and gather in Austin, Texas, following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday to let her terminate the pregnancy, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.
A pregnant Texas woman is asking a court to let her have an abortion under exceptions to state's ban
A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday to let her have an abortion, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival Wednesday at an international airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia and UAE as Ukraine war grinds on
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a trip Wednesday to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, hoping to shore up support in the Mideast from two major oil producers allied to the U.S. as his war on Ukraine grinds on.
Neighborhood residents speak to Austin Police officers in Austin, Texas late Tuesday. Texas authorities say a daylong series of attacks in Austin has left four people dead and at least three injured, and a man believed to be connected to them and the deaths of two people near San Antonio was taken into custody.
Suspect in custody after 6 dead and 3 injured in series of attacks in Texas, authorities say
A daylong series of attacks in Austin has left four people dead and at least three wounded, and a man believed to be connected to them and the deaths of two other people near San Antonio was taken into custody, Texas authorities said.
The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. Israeli officials say victim testimony and evidence gathered by rights groups indicate that Hamas militants carried out widespread sexual and gender-based crimes during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.
Netanyahu alleges global indifference to what rights group calls 'widespread' sexual crimes by Hamas
While investigators are still trying to determine the scope of the sexual assaults, Israel's government is accusing the international community, particularly the United Nations, of ignoring the pain of Israeli victims.
Palestinian Wisam Tamimi, 17, a released prisoner under the Israel Hamas cease-fire agreement last week, poses for a photo Thursday at the family house in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last week has touched nearly everyone in the occupied West Bank, where 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested since 1967. In negotiations with Israel to free hostages in Hamas captivity in Gaza, the militant group has pushed for the release of high-profile prisoners. But experts say most Palestinians passing through Israel’s ever-revolving prison door are young men arrested in the middle of the night for throwing stones and firebombs in villages near Israeli settlements.
Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys
The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last week has touched nearly everyone in the occupied West Bank, where 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested since 1967.
President Joe Biden speaks Thursday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington. Biden will sign an executive order during a 2023 tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds.
Biden will sign an executive order on federal funding for Native Americans
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds.
Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives Wednesday at the COVID-19 Inquiry in London.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits to making mistakes but defends COVID record at inquiry
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his handling of COVID-19 on Wednesday at a public inquiry into the pandemic, saying his government "got some things wrong" but did its best.
Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson talks Tuesday during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington.
NATO member-to-be Sweden and the U.S. sign defense deal, saying it strengthens regional security
On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden has signed a defense cooperation agreement with Washington that will allow the United States access to all of the military bases across the Scandinavian country, saying the deal would bolster regional security.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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