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(Background) House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tasked with the Trump Administration's effort to deport millions of undocumented migrants from the United States, Noem testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee about her department's FY 2026 budget request. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (R) US President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement of a $6.25 billion donation from Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies and his wife Susan to "Trump Accounts," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. The donation will be intended to fund investment accounts for at least 25 million American children. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pardons indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar, known for ‘bravely’ speaking out ‘against Open Borders’ despite Democrat Party affiliation

President Donald Trump announced a “full and unconditional pardon” for Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. The couple had been indicted on bribery charges last year.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on August 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is expected to issue a proclamation on the 90th anniversary of Social Security and highlight his administration's efforts on the program. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump admin. freezes immigration applications from 19 nations considered high risk to national security

The Trump administration froze immigration applications from 19 countries considered high risk to national security, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., accused of being carried out by an Afghan national.

(Background) Phil Phaneuf conducts a Sunday service on Nov. 23, 2025, in Rochester, New York. (Phil Phaneuf; Facebook) / (R) Phil Phaneuf wearing a blonde wig and makeup. (Phil Phaneuf; Facebook)

N.Y.: Methodist pastor announces gender transition — ‘I’m giving up pretending to be a man’

Reverend Phillip Phaneuf of the North Chili United Methodist Church (UMC) in Upstate New York announced to his congregation that he will be transitioning to become a woman.

(L) Aiden Antonio Torres De Paz (Department of Homeland Security) / (R) Hector Balderas-Aheelor (Department of Homeland Security)

Calif: Previously deported illegal immigrant accused of killing 11-year-old in hit-and-run

Hector Balderas-Aheelor, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is charged with felony hit-and-run causing death or injury.

House of Representative-elect Republican Matt Van Epps delivers his victory speech at Millennium Hotel Maxwell House Nashville on December 2, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Republican Matt Van Epps wins Tenn. special election, replacing Rep. Mark Green

GOP candidate Matt Van Epps has defeated Democrat Aftin Behn in Tennessee’s special election to replace former GOP Representative Mark Green.

(L) Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29 (FBI) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 27: US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks to the press as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (L), looks on during a conference regarding the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard soldiers on November 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot blocks from the White House in what authorities are calling a targeted shooting. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images) / (R-bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Attorney General Pam Bondi attends the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House on November 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. In addition to serving as Ambassador to India, President Donald Trump appointed Gor as Special Envoy to South and Central Asia. Gor previously served as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleads not guilty, appearing virtually from hospital bed

The 29-year-old Afghan man accused of fatally shooting one National Guardsman and severely injuring another in Washington, D.C., last week, appeared virtually from his hospital bed on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to all of his charges.