A major Ukrainian energy company with power plants near the front line sustained its ninth bombardment by Russia's forces “in the last two months,” according to a Dec. 20 announcement that points to the harshness of Ukraine’s second winter of full-scale war.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr warned that those seeking his former position in a second Trump administration would “have to be ready to oppose abuse of government power.”
Millions of Supplemental Security Income recipients will receive their second December payment, worth up to $914 for individual filers, in just under one week.
Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) has pardoned 40 convicted murderers as of December, as he attempts to bring down Louisiana's prison population before he heads out of office next month.