A Manhattan judge has denied Project Veritas' First Amendment claim, court filings show.
Why it matters: U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres' decision means that prosecutors might soon be able to look at nearly 1,000 documents relating to the alleged theft of Ashley Biden's diary, per AP.
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign confirmed Tuesday that it has ceased TV ad spending ahead of next month's Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.
Why it matters: Traditional broadcast TV ads make up a majority of political advertising spending in the U.S. and are an essential component of political campaigns.
President Biden ordered retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. service members were wounded, one critically, in a Christmas Day drone attack in northern Iraq, the White House said Monday.
Why it matters: The fighting illustrates the broader effects of the Israel-Hamas war across the Middle East — and how U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria have become targets, Reuters notes.
The FBI and Denver police are investigating threats to the Colorado Supreme Court justices who last week ruled that former President Trump cannot appear on the state's ballots in the 2024 presidential election.
The big picture: A Denver Police Department spokesperson told Axios on Monday evening that officers are "providing extra patrols around justice's residences" in the city following the threats against the justices who found the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause applied to Trump in relation to his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to continue waging war against Hamas in Gaza, despite a growing number of international calls for a ceasefire.
Driving the news: While visiting Israeli troops in northern Gaza, Netanyahu said: "Whoever talks about stopping, there is no such thing."
Pope Francis addressed the Israel-Hamas war and raised his concerns about Jesus' message of peace during Christmas Eve mass on Sunday evening.
What he's saying: "Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world," Francis said during his homily watched by some 6,500 people in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, and more viewing screens outside in the square.
