Respect for Marriage Act:
The U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday in a bipartisan vote of 61 to 36, which will require the federal government to recognize all marriages, including same-sex marriages, that are legal in the state where they took place.
A handful GOP senators, Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, Joni Ernst, Cynthia Lummis, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Mitt Romney, Dan Sullivan, Thom Tillis and Todd Young, earlier this month helped the bill clear a first procedural hurdle.
California:
Analysis of a California database of sex offenders shows thousands of child molesters are being let out after just a few months, despite sentencing guidelines.
Tension:
South Korea’s military scrambled its jets after two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered its air defense identification zone (KADIZ) without warning early Wednesday morning.
China:
President Joe Biden’s fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan was a propaganda gift to China, his Defense Department found Tuesday.
- Biden’s fumbled Afghanistan withdrawal was a propaganda gift to China, Defense Department finds (Fox News)
Biden:
For the second straight year, the Biden White House’s holiday display did not include a stocking for first son Hunter Biden’s out-of-wedlock daughter.
