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font-weight: normal; text-align: start; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><font class=""><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="text-align: start;"><font class="" size="3">17 December 2023</font></span></div><span class="" style="text-align: start;"><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><font class="" 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bold;">Previous edition 8 Dec.:</span></font></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"> </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class="">UK special forces secretly operated in Ukraine; Hunter Biden indicted</span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/capitol-hill-rocked-sex-tape-scandal-featuring-famous-senate-hearing-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Capitol Hill rocked by sex tape scandal featuring famous Senate hearing room</a> --Hours after the graphic video was published, Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin's office announced a legislative aide was no longer employed by the Senate but did not address reports linking the aide to the video</strong> | 16 Dec 2023 | The United States Senate was rocked by a gay s-x tape scandal after a video of two men engaged in an explicit s-x act in a Senate hearing room appeared online. U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News they were aware of [such a] video published by the Daily Caller late Friday. The extremely graphic footage shows someone identified as a congressional staffer having s-x with another man on the dais in hearing room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building... The Daily Caller reported that the video was leaked in a chat and was "shared in a private group for gay men in politics.”</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/589205-putin-improve-ties-nato/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Russia wants to improve ties with NATO, not fight – Putin</a> --Moscow has no fundamental disputes with Western countries, but they insist on confrontation, the president has said</strong> | 17 Dec 2023 | Russia does not have the slightest reason to attack NATO, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that the US-led military bloc is well aware that Moscow has no plans to do so. In an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin aired on Sunday, Putin was asked to comment on remarks by Joe Biden, who said earlier this month that Moscow might attack the alliance if it prevails in the Ukraine conflict. The Russian leader dismissed his American counterpart's speculation as "nonsense." "I think that President [sic] Biden understands that this is just a figure of speech to justify his misguided Russian policy,” he said, explaining that he does not believe Moscow's "strategic defeat" would be in the interests of the U.S.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class="">Insane in the membrane: </strong><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/588962-biden-zelensky-white-house-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class=""><strong class="">Biden pledges $200 million for Ukraine after Zelensky meeting</strong></a> | 12 Dec 2023 | Joe Biden has promised another 200 million in emergency military aid for Ukraine. He made the pledge during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday. The meeting comes after a bill intended to provide 60 billion in aid for Kiev was blocked in the U.S. Senate last week, as Republicans demanded tougher immigration control on the southern U.S. border in exchange for approving Ukraine assistance. Speaking to reporters after the Tuesday meeting, Biden insisted that Congress "pass the supplemental funding for Ukraine" before breaking for recess, adding that failure to do so would be "the greatest Christmas gift" to Russian President Vladimir Putin [and every U.S. citizen].</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/588864-uk-to-give-ukraine-two-navy-ships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">UK to provide Ukraine with navy ships</a> --Britain's Ministry of Defense plans to hand over two mine countermeasure vessels as part of a new maritime coalition</strong> | 11 Dec 2023 | Britain will provide Ukraine with two mine-clearing ships as part of a new maritime coalition, the country's Ministry of Defense has announced. The new initiative, which also includes Norway, is said to be long-term, aiming to make Kiev's navy "more interoperable with NATO." The UK has been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies since the escalation of its conflict with Russia in February 2022, providing its military with extensive supplies of weapons and training. According to the ministry, London has already allocated some 4.6 billion pounds (5.7 billion) to this end. London will initially transfer two Sandown Class mine countermeasure vessels (MCMVs) from the country’s Royal Navy fleet.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/588887-lavrov-west-multipolar-doha/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">West's '500-year dominance' ending - Lavrov</a> --The formation of a multipolar world is the objective course of history, the Russian foreign minister said</strong> | 11 Dec 2023 | The 500-year-long dominance of the West is coming to an end, being replaced by "a new polycentric world," Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said Sunday in a video address to the Doha Forum. The minister expressed regret that certain "circumstances" prevented him from coming to the Qatari capital in person and hearing the discussions at the annual high-profile event."But I assume that you were discussing the multipolar world, which is emerging after 500 years of domination of what we call the 'collective West,'" Lavrov said.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/588733-putin-announces-reelection-bid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Putin announces 2024 presidential bid</a> --About 70% of Russian citizens believe their current leader should seek another term in office, according to a recent poll</strong> | 8 Dec 2023 | Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will seek reelection. Should he win, it will be his fifth term as head of state. The presidential election will be held between March 15 and March 17, 2024. The winner will be inaugurated in early May. Putin made his remarks at a ceremony where he awarded Hero of Russia medals to servicemen who had taken part in the military operation against Ukraine. Hero of the Donetsk People's Republic Artyom Zhoga, who was recently named speaker of the Russian federal subject's parliament, asked if he would run in 2024 and he replied in the affirmative. The footage from the ceremony shows Zhoga shaking hands with Putin and telling him that the entire Donbass would like him to participate in the election. <strong class="">"Thanks to your actions...we became free, we got the opportunity to choose...You are our president...We are your team, we need you, Russia needs you,"</strong> he said. </font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/588855-south-korea-warplane-crash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">U.S. fighter jet crashes off Korean coast - media</a></strong> | 11 Dec 2023 | An F-16 fighter jet operated by the US Forces Korea (USFK) crashed during a training exercise over the Yellow Sea on Monday morning, the news agency Yonhap reported, citing military sources. The incident happened at around 9am local time off the country's western coast near the city of Gunsan in North Jeolla Province, the report said. The pilot of the warplane ejected and was rescued at sea. No official confirmation of the news was immediately available. The F-16 is one of about 30 which are part of the US 8th Fighter Wing, which shares Kunsan Air Base with South Korean military assets.</font></div></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-uncovers-largest-ever-hamas-attack-tunnel-near-northern-gaza-border-crossing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">IDF uncovers largest-ever Hamas attack tunnel, near northern Gaza border crossing</a></strong> | 17 Dec 2023 | The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday revealed the largest-ever Hamas attack tunnel discovered by the military, in the northern Gaza Strip, close to the Erez border crossing with Israel. The tunnel, of which around four kilometers (2.5 miles) were uncovered by the IDF, goes down some 50 meters (165 feet) underground in some areas and appears to be wide enough for vehicles to pass through. It did not enter Israeli territory. One of the shafts was found just 400 meters (a quarter mile) from the Erez Crossing, which until Hamas’s October 7 onslaught facilitated the movement of Palestinian civilians into Israel for work and medical care.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-staff-sgt-boris-dunavetski-killed-in-gaza-bringing-ground-op-toll-to-122/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">IDF says Staff Sgt. Boris Dunavetski killed in Gaza, bringing ground op toll to 122</a></strong> | 17 Dec 2023 | The IDF announces the death of a soldier killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 122. He is named as Staff Sgt. Boris Dunavetski, 21, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 46th Battalion, from Kiryat Bialik. Another soldier of the 46th Battalion was seriously wounded in the same incident, the IDF says.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/french-foreign-ministry-says-worker-killed-by-an-israeli-attack-rafah-2023-12-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">French foreign ministry says worker killed by Israeli attack in Rafah</a></strong> | 17 Dec 2023 | The French foreign ministry said one of its workers had died as a result of wounds sustained during an Israeli attack in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The man was seeking refuge in the house of a colleague from the French consulate alongside two other co-workers and a number of their family members, the ministry statement issued late on Saturday said. "The house was hit by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday evening, which seriously hurt our agent and killed about 10 others," it said, adding he had later died of his wounds.</font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256301/two-women-reportedly-killed-amid-israeli-attack-at-holy-family-parish-in-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Two women killed amid Israeli attack at Holy Family Parish in Gaza, Latin Patriarchate says</a></strong> | 16 Dec 2023 | Two Christian women were killed on Saturday by an Israeli sniper at the Catholic Holy Family Parish in Gaza, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Saturday morning. The patriarchate said in a statement that "around noon" on Dec. 16, a sniper of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “murdered two Christian women inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, where the majority of Christian families has taken refuge since the start of the war." "Nahida and her daughter Samar were shot and killed as they walked to the sisters' convent," the statement said. "One was killed as she tried to carry the other to safety." The post said another seven people were "shot and wounded" while trying to "protect others inside the church compound."</font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/589160-idf-kills-israeli-hostages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">IDF said it accidentally killed Israeli hostages in Gaza</a> --The army has said it bears 'full responsibility' for the deaths</strong> | 16 Dec 2023 | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it accidentally killed three Israeli nationals taken hostage by Hamas, explaining that the "tragic" error occurred in a Gaza neighborhood where troops had come under heavy fire. IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari described the incident during a press briefing on Friday, noting that the three Israeli captives were mistaken for hostile fighters in the Shejaiya region of northern Gaza. "As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed," Hagari said, adding that "Their bodies were transferred to Israeli territory for examination, after which it was confirmed that they were three Israeli hostages."</font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/589000-israel-flood-hamas-tunnels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Israel flooding Hamas tunnels - WSJ</a></strong> |13 Dec 2023 | The Israeli military has begun pumping seawater into Hamas' underground tunnel network beneath Gaza, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Israeli officials have refused to comment on the alleged operation, which could endanger the lives of more than 100 hostages and contaminate the strip's water supply. Israeli forces began experimenting with flooding the tunnels after transporting powerful pumps into Gaza last month, the newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing U.S. officials. Fully flooding the hundreds of miles of tunnels and bunkers beneath Gaza is expected to take several weeks, the report claimed.</font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/december-9-israel-hamas-war" class=""><strong class="">Biden circumvents Congress, approves $106M 'emergency' arms sale to Israel</strong></a></strong> | 9 Dec 2023 | The State Department announced on Saturday [a slower news day, of course] that the U.S. government has approved a military sale to Israel worth around 106.5 million, as the Israeli military continues fighting Hamas militants. In a press release, the State Department said that on Friday, officials "determined and provided detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists," <strong class="">thereby bypassing a Congressional vote on the matter</strong>. "The Secretary of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose with Tracer (MPAT) tank cartridges and related equipment for an estimated cost of 106.5 million," the press release read. "The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on December 8, 2023." The State Department explained that the Israeli government requested to buy exactly 13,981 tank cartridges. [<strong class="">How on Earth is this the United States' emergency? --Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.</strong>]</font></div><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);"><font class="" size="3"><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/588774-gaza-un-usa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">U.S. blocks UN Gaza ceasefire appeal</a></strong> | 8 Dec 2023 | The U.S. has cast the lone dissenting vote against a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would have demanded a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war amid rising civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Thirteen member states voted in favor of the resolution, which was put forward by the United Arab Emirates, on Friday in New York. The UK abstained, leaving Washington diplomatically isolated in blocking the measure. "What is the message we are sending Palestinians if we cannot unite behind a call to halt the relentless bombardment of Gaza?" Deputy UAE UN Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab asked members of the council... Friday's vote came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99, a rarely used provision in the UN charter, to warn the Security Council of an impending "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-hear-case-could-undo-hundreds-jan-6-charges-including-trumps" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Supreme Court to hear case that could undo hundreds of Jan. 6 charges, including Trump's</a></strong> | 13 Dec 2023 | The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will hear a case that could potentially undo Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot charges against hundreds of people, including former President Donald Trump. The justices said they will review the cases of three Jan. 6 defendants - Joseph Fischer, Edward Jacob Lang and Garrett Miller - who were all charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, referring to how the riot disrupted the congressional certification of the 2020 election. Trump was also charged with obstruction, among other things, in special counsel Jack Smith's federal 2020 election case against him, which is set to go to trial March 4. Smith separately asked the Supreme Court on Monday whether Trump is immune from prosecution on those charges. The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments on the obstruction charge in March or April and issue a decision by early summer, The Associated Press reported.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/judge-pauses-trump-jan-6-case-amid-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Judge pauses Trump Jan. 6 case as he appeals immunity claims</a></strong> | 13 Dec 2023 | The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case on Wednesday paused proceedings in the prosecution amid his appeal claiming presidential immunity. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan issued the order, which "automatically stays any further proceedings that would move this case towards trial or impose additional burdens of litigation on Defendant," The Hill reported. Special counsel Jack Smith charged Trump in August with conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and asserted that the case is part of a broader political witch hunt seeking to derail his candidacy.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/comer-describes-president-joe-bidens-house-crime-scene" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Comer describes Joe Biden's Delaware home as a 'crime scene'</a></strong> | 14 Dec 2023 | House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. described the home of President [sic] Joe Biden as a crime scene as son Hunter Biden allegedly used his house to commit crimes. "It is a crime scene," Comer said on the Thursday edition of the <em class="">Just the News, No Noise</em> TV show. "I've said that Joe Biden's house is a crime scene. I mean, the evidence points to that." According to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., banks filed at least six reports concerning Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings that flagged Joe Biden's home address in Delaware and raised concerns about possible criminal activity involving m-ney laundering or human trafficking. Johnson said Joe Biden would have almost certainly known his son was using his home as a business and banking address, if nothing else from postal mail arriving at the location.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/comer-says-special-counsel-indicted-222846637.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Comer says special counsel indicted Hunter Biden to 'protect him' from House GOP investigation</a></strong> | 8 Dec 2023 | House Oversight Chair James Comer told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday he believes special counsel David Weiss indicted Hunter Biden to shield him from his scheduled deposition next week in front of Comer’s committee. "My concern is that Weiss may have indicted Biden to protect him from him having to be deposed in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday," Comer said on CNN's <em class="">The Lead with Jake Tapper</em>. Comer then went further, arguing that Weiss's entire criminal investigation - which has now indicted Biden in two states and could send him to prison for more than 40 years - "has been about a cover up." The Kentucky Republican framed the dozen federal charges brought against Biden so far, relating to a 2018 gun purchase and an alleged tax evasion scheme, as "the least little thing." "Look what he's done," Comer said. "Anybody else in America would already be in prison.”</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/legislators-seek-utilize-non-citizens-military-and-police-despite" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Illinois legislators seek to utilize non-citizens for military, police despite pushback</a></strong> | 11 Dec 2023 | Gov. J.B. Pritzker has already signed a law to allow certain non-citizens to become police officers in Illinois. Now, the state's two U.S. senators want the same for the U.S. military. Many Republicans oppose the idea. House Bill 3751, allowing certain non-citizens with work permits or who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients to be police officers, passed the Illinois General Assembly with bipartisan support during the spring session. Now, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, wants the same for the U.S. military through a measure brought forward by Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Schaumburg. Some in Illinois are against Illinois police measure that was passed in August and any new legislation that seeks to do anything similar. "I am a firm believer that we should be protected by the citizens of this country and not by folks that are non-citizens," state Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, told The Center Square. "If you look at the bill that the governor signed, that was one of my few no votes."</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/biden-admin-drive-green-energy-leads-accusations-forced-child-labor-mining-ev-battery-metals" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Biden admin's drive for green energy leads to accusations of forced child labor mining for EV battery metals</a></strong> | 17 Dec 2023 | Children forced to work in appalling conditions, allegedly from as young as 4 years old, are putting the Biden regime’s green energy plans at controversial risk, particularly when it comes to metals needed for batteries in electric vehicles (EVs). The metal cobalt is the "blood diamond" of battery materials. Many EV manufacturers crave it, as it makes electric vehicles go faster and further. But U.S. carmakers are stepping through a human rights minefield to get it and other battery ingredients.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><a href="https://slaynews.com/news/blue-state-democrats-demand-jail-time-for-people-caught-using-gas-powered-gardening-lawn-tools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class=""><b class="">Blue State Democrats Demand Jail Time for People Caught Using Gas-Powered Gardening Tools</b></a> | 14 Dec 2023 | Democrats in the state of Washington are pushing for members of the public to be jailed for up to one year if they are caught using gas-powered gardening tools. According to State Reps. Amy Walen and Liz Berry, jailing law-abiding citizens over their lawn mower's power source will help to fight "climate change." Last week, the Democrat lawmakers introduced House Bill 1868. The legislation seeks to "reduc[e] emissions from outdoor power equipment." According to the bill, gas- and diesel-powered landscaping tools "emit a host of air pollutants."</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><a href="https://legitgov.org/index.php/2023/12/11/illegal-alien-arrested-for-murder-of-16-year-old-texas-high-school-cheerleader/" class=""><b class="">Illegal Alien Arrested For Murder of 16-Year-Old Texas High School Cheerleader</b></a><font size="3" class=""> | 10 Dec 2023 | An illegal alien was arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old Texas high school cheerleader. According to media reports, Medina's murdered body was discovered in a bathtub by her mother on Tuesday. Medina's mother Jacqueline told KTRK that she got worried after her daughter never showed up to the Lighted Christmas Parade with her cheerleading squad. Edna Police on Sunday announced they arrested Rafael Govea Romero, an illegal alien, for the murder of 16-year-old Lizabeth Medina.</font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/supreme-court-declines-block-illinois-ban-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="">Supreme Court declines to block Illinois ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines</a></strong> | 14 Dec 2023 | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block Illinois's assault weapons ban and high-capacity magazine restrictions while a challenge to the law proceeds through the lower courts. The decision saw no justices dissent and marks the second rejection of such a request in the case, The Hill reported. The National Association for Gun Rights has challenged the bill, along with gun store owner Robert Bevis and the group previously asked the court to block the law, which the court in May refused to do. A panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in November upheld the ban, which bars the sale of certain semi-automatic weapons, prompting the renewed request for a stay. Plaintiffs deemed the decision "manifestly erroneous" and said it would result in state citizens suffering "irreparably injury." 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