| No Images? Click here  Thursday, December 20BACKLASH OVER TRUMP TROOP WITHDRAWAL The White House unexpectedly announced President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. forces to leave Syria, ending the campaign to retake territory once held by the Islamic State. The pullout raised significant doubts in Washington, with lawmakers concerned it could lead to a resurgence of the militant group, undercut U.S. leverage in the region and undermine diplomatic efforts to end the Syrian civil war. Even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump staunchest backers, called the move “a huge Obama-like mistake.” [Reuters] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S ASYLUM RULES A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s policies that prevented immigrants victimized by gang violence or domestic abuse in their home countries from seeking asylum. [AP]TRUMP AG PICK SLAMMED MUELLER PROBE William Barr, Trump’s pick to be the next attorney general, sent an “unsolicited memo” to the Justice Department this year in which he lambasted part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing Russia investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal. [HuffPost]THE MYTH OF PAUL RYAN Paul Ryan’s House speakership was a complete sham. From tax reform to the debt, he undercut everything he supposedly stood for. We break it down. [HuffPost]BORDER BABY HOSPITALIZED A 5-month-old girl who traveled with the migrant caravan has been hospitalized with pneumonia after spending five days inside freezing cells operated by border authorities in California. [BuzzFeed]PROGRESSIVES PUSH AOC FOR COMMITTEE SEAT Representatives of 13 progressive organizations will deliver a 150,000-signature petition to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), demanding she appoint Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to the influential House Ways and Means Committee. [HuffPost] BUZZFEED WINS DOSSIER DEFAMATION SUIT A federal judge ruled in favor of BuzzFeed in a defamation lawsuit over the infamous Trump dossier the outlet published last year. U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro cited the “fair report privilege” in siding with the outlet against the plaintiff, Cyprus-based CEO Aleksej Gubarev, who was named in the dossier. [HuffPost]LYNCHING TO BE OUTLAWED The U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation that would make the act of lynching a federal hate crime. [HuffPost]TUCKER’S FALL Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show is hemorrhaging advertisers after the host said that immigrants make America “poorer and dirtier.” Even guests on the show are pushing back against Carlson’s racist narrative. [HuffPost]NORTH KOREA: NO DISARMAMENT North Korea said it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States first removes its nuclear umbrella defending South Korea and Japan. [AP]KANSAS REPUBLICANS DUMP GOP Two Kansas Republican lawmakers said they would leave their party and join the Democratic minority because the GOP is no longer serving in the best interests of their state. [HuffPost]THE OPPONENTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM The criminal justice reform bill passed the Senate with support from a bipartisan coalition. Perhaps equally noteworthy are the names of some of the Republicans who didn’t vote for it. Here they are. [HuffPost]
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