JUST IN - U.S. House passes sweeping $900 billion military spending bill — AP

NOW - Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries participate in the U.S. Capitol menorah lighting wearing kippahs. The menorah is made from the steel of missiles shot down by Israel's Iron Dome.

NOW - When asked about what happens to the oil on the captured tanker near Venezuela, Trump says, "Well we keep it I guess, I don't know." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4f281a02d83c4f37c67d2373f33165ec6359a95c0db99d60be99ba82f61798c2.file

NOW - Trump says his new "Gold Card" will allow companies to keep people from India, China and France in the U.S.: "They have to go back to wherever they came from. Very hard to stay. It's a shame... We're taking care of that. The companies are going to be very happy." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/934456bd72e61743b245304d90d10946a2fd547aef322ff35ecf7c34594b33b5.file

NOW - Trump: "We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large— largest over ever seized actually." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2c309b85e2f1d6f971bc963d4bee0b1dbd5f1e291c87fd7cde847db9d3247777.file

JUST IN - Trump's $1,000,000 Gold Card goes live, an applicant receives lawful permanent resident status as an EB-1 or EB-2 visa holder: "A direct path to citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING!" https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f81d7d406dfd01b6ae51e8ef754e240894fb0c927235b6f9df1398255eae03cf.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ffc247d9bd7bc43b3945aa746a7fd5f7aebefde8d7421e3a51abebfcac07d6dd.file

JUST IN - US forces have intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela — CNBC

JUST IN - Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 0.25% — CBS

NOW - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Greets Israel’s FM Gideon Sa’ar at the State Department. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9551e45243d71b60a1b41b1fc47f075f9d03b9c022c6d1ecd36d69478971ec38.file

NEW - Ursula von der Leyen says that to prevent illegal border crossings, "we must open more safe and legal pathways to Europe," and announces, as part of the new "talent partnerships," an office opening in India to connect European employers with non-European jobseekers. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5ea0c6784e9a78e9a73999b455b5362288af7321d3787414d4e5deb709487b50.file