Comment on Obama's aunt, fighting deportation, might or might not return to native Kenya ahead of hearing

I’ve got so much to be thankful for — especially for you choosing to spend part of your day here. I hope you have a wonderful holiday.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) “signed a bill to prohibit transgender Ohioans from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity,” the Columbus Dispatch reports. “The new law will require K-12 and college students at public and private schools to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth.

“Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, spoke to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon, and both later characterized their discussion as positive while providing different descriptions of what Mexico is doing to stave off a potential tariff war,” the New York Times reports. “While Mr. Trump posted on social media that Mexico had agreed to stop migration to the United States through Mexico, ‘effectively closing our Southern Border,”’ Ms.

“American oil executives and bond investors are urging President-elect Donald Trump to abandon his first-term policy of maximum pressure on Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and instead strike a deal: more oil for fewer migrants,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

New York Times: “Of all the Trump children, no one has stuck closer to their father’s side than Donald Jr., the president-elect’s eldest son.” “The 46-year-old Mr. Trump has found political power and personal fortune in stoking the flame of the Make America Great Again movement his father started. He has an array of conservative-focused businesses, from a publishing company to a seven-figure annual podcasting deal.

House Republican candidate and Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) said that progressive Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) should consider leaving Congress if he is elected, The Hill reports. Said Fine: “The Hebrew Hammer is coming.”