The path for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to return to the nation’s capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended early Saturday with a postmidnight reprieve.

Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, over 600 miles from the front line.

In a video addressed to the left-leaning group known as ALBA — which counts Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua as members — the head of Haiti’s U.S.-backed Transitional Presidential Council asked for “security and food” assistance on behalf of Haiti.

A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli military said Saturday, days after Israeli airstrikes hit Houthi rebels who have been launching missiles in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized modes of transportation to southeast Alaska, riding in a C17 military cargo plane and a camouflaged Humvee from the airport to Yakutat to deliver Christmas to children in the Tlingit village.

The death toll in the attack on a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to five, the state governor said Saturday.

The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people. The bill is a longtime priority for former public employees. The bipartisan bill next heads to President Joe Biden.

NORAD’s Santa tracker is a Christmas tradition that’s become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the earth, delivering presents and defying time. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to inquire about Santa’s location. Millions more follow online in nine languages, from English to Japanese.

A key former ally of Justin Trudeau’s said he would vote to topple the government, a move that would likely plunge the country into an election early next year unless the prime minister seeks a temporary suspension of parliament. 

The U.S. has won a trade dispute panel resolution on Mexico’s bid to ban genetically modified corn for human consumption. U.S. growers welcomed the decision announced on Friday, calling it “a major win.” 

Federal authorities say Mohammad Reza Nouri, an officer in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, is in custody in Iraq, where he has been convicted by an Iraqi court for his role in the killing of American Stephen Troell.

Retired Adm. Karl Schultz told CNN this week that he feared Congress would politicize the information and pointed to Congress’s ongoing investigations as proof that he was right.

Authorities in the eastern German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens more were injured after a man drove his car into a busy Christmas market in what officials called a deliberate attack.

Hundreds of steelworkers stand in the 26-degree chill outside the local U.S. Steel plant at a pep rally of sorts, broadcasting their defiance and their desperation to the leaders that they believe have abandoned them.

The Education Department on Friday withdrew President Joe Biden’s proposed student debt relief regulation that would have delivered forgiveness to more than 25 million Americans.

The Biden administration says it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the ouster of President Bashar Assad. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham remains designated a foreign terrorist organization.

The USO partnered with the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Christopher Grady and widely-known talents to bring its seven day holiday tour to U.S. military bases across Europe. They reminded those who serve, and their families that they are loved and appreciated even from a distance.

Venezuela’s attorney general says an opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, where he had sheltered for nine months to avoid arrest.

Officials acknowledged at the time that one line of inquiry would be whether Russia played a role given its suspected involvement in cases of sabotage, though they stressed there was no evidence pointing in that direction.