Merry Grinchmas

It’s been two weeks since the outbreak of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that have burned more than 40,000 acres and killed at least 28 people. While significant progress has been made in containing the Palisades and Eaton fires, the two most destructive wildfires to ever hit LA—72 and 95 percent contained, respectively, compared to 17 and 35 percent a week ago, with far less damage since—there has been little time to celebrate the win.

A federal judge in Washington state dealt the first blow to President Donald Trump’s aspirations of rewriting the Constitution and throwing away a century-old legal precedent in his quest to eliminate birthright citizenship. On Thursday, Judge John C. Coughenour issued a four-page temporary restraining order blocking Trump’s day-one proclamation denying automatic citizenship to children born on US soil to immigrants without legal status or on temporary visas. “I’ve been on the bench for four decades,” the Ronald Reagan-appointed Seattle judge said in a hearing about the case brought by the state attorney generals of Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon, “I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is.

By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy theories for decades. The executive order Trump signed Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Sen.

Rev. Franklin Graham slammed Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde for a "sexual political agenda" after she pleaded with President Donald Trump to "have mercy" on "immigrants and LGBTQ Americans." During a Wednesday interview on Newsmax, Graham criticized the bishop's Tuesday homily at the National Prayer Service with Trump. "She was wrong to do that," the reverend insisted.

Student-athletes at Colorado colleges and universities could soon be paid directly by their schools under a bill in the state legislature that would build on their ability to profit from their name, image and likeness. The proposal, House Bill 1041, reflects the seismic shifts running through college athletics since the NCAA’s authorization of name, image and likeness, or NIL, payments in 2021.

Donald Trump, from his first day in office, has served notice he isn’t kidding.