☕️ Today we’re covering:

• 🏛 State of Texas takes charge of Joe Biden’s border

• 🚔 The notable rise in crime in Washington, D.C

• 📓 Teacher fired over pronouns wins in court

• And everything else you need to know.

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🇺🇲 TODAY’S HEADLINES

Everything you need to know

🏛 Washington, DC is experiencing one of the biggest increases in crime in the country. According to records, since December 2022, there has been a 30% increase in homicides, a 68% increase in robberies, an 88% increase in carjackings, and a 150% increase in arson in Washington, D.C. This is the fourth-largest homicide surge in the nation. In addition, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the capital city is shedding citizens more quickly than most other large cities.

📓 The teacher dismissed for using pronouns wins legal battle. The Supreme Court of Virginia decided that a teacher's refusal to address transgender students by their preferred pronouns constituted an exercise of her right to free speech and religion. According to the court, West Point High School lacked a "compelling reason" to restrict the rights of its teachers. The Biden administration's argument that preferred pronoun rejection qualifies as "sexual harassment" under federal law was cited by the school.

🤫 The EU is looking into Musk's X over speech regulations. To implement its recently passed legislation on online "hate speech" and "disinformation," the European Commission initiated infringement procedures against Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter. X states that it is "cooperating with the regulatory process" and "committed to complying with" the law. Americans' use of social media may be impacted by the continued pressure from countries that support censorship, as Upward News has reported.

🪖 Defense contractors anticipate big financial gains in 2024. American defense contractors predict increased Pentagon demand in the upcoming year due to increased hostility from China and Russia. Sales of missile defense systems alone might rise by up to $400 million, according to Reuters. The biggest manufacturers' stock prices are expected to continue growing, according to Wall Street data.

🇺🇲 Fetterman objects to Japan acquiring a US steel company. On the $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel Corp. by a Japanese corporation, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) adopted a national position. Regarding U.S. Steel Corp., Fetterman declared, "It's outrageous that they have sold themselves to a foreign nation." He pledged to attempt to "block" the agreement, claiming steel is essential to "security" and that American workers will be "screwed over."

What has the media been talking about recently

Because "too many civilians have been killed," authorities from Germany and the United Kingdom want a "sustainable cease-fire" in Gaza.

It is "absolutely" Rep. Mark Green's (R-TN) intention to bring articles of impeachment against Biden's Homeland Security.

Yesterday in Poland, CIA Director Bill Burns held meetings with Israeli and Qatari officials to examine the possibility of releasing all of the remaining Hamas hostages.

An A.I. tool that Humana is allegedly employing to deny elderly patients care is defective, according to a lawsuit filed in Kentucky.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has suggested withholding money from colleges that demand that students submit "diversity statements."

Priests can now bless same-sex couples in the Roman Catholic Church, however, they maintain that this does not alter the "traditional doctrine of the church about marriage."

In reaction to individuals utilizing trains to enter the country illegally, two railroad bridges connecting Texas and Mexico have been temporarily shuttered.

🏛 WASHINGTON D.C

Texas takes charge of Joe Biden’s border

Here is what's going on: Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that makes it illegal to enter Texas from abroad. Now, illegal immigrants can be detained and ordered to leave the nation by state and local law enforcement. The maximum sentence for the offense is 180 days in prison; repeat offenders and those convicted of other crimes face harsher penalties.

The opposition: Claiming that the new law usurps federal jurisdiction over border security, activists have threatened to sue Texas. The administration of President Joe Biden has been asked by others to step in. In response to a question on its next steps from Upward News, the Justice Department remained silent.

Why it’s important: Regardless of the legal ramifications, Texas seeks to lower the historically high numbers of unauthorized border crossings. It's unclear, meanwhile, exactly what the new law will do to address the border crisis because of its technical problems.

The main issue: Abbott's bill forbids admission into Texas without passing via a "lawful port of entry." All ports of entry are under the supervision of the federal government, which processes and releases millions of migrants into the United States.

• What that means is that individuals who avoid border agents—known as "getaways"—are the only ones breaking Texas law. These makeup less than half of the approximately 4 million individuals who have entered the country illegally since Biden took office.

• Even then, after being transported to a port of entry, migrants deported by Texas can beg the Biden administration to allow them to return.

Mexico's position: Furthermore, an immigration attorney informed the Texas House that, based on her conversations with border officials, Mexico will not return non-Mexican immigrants absent "federal agreements." The Texas law has been denounced by the Mexican government for infringing upon the rights of migrants.