Christy Gnome is under pressure.

Professors have a new trick to combat cheating.

And a teeny tiny robot has enormous potential.

That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell.

It's Friday, December 12th. Let's get you caught up with

today's seven stories.

Number one. At a combative congressional hearing yesterday, Democrats demanded that Christy Noem

resign. They accused the Homeland Security Secretary of lying and violating the law as she helps

lead President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. Democrats pressed her to explain why scores of

U.S. citizens have been detained during immigration enforcement operations and highlighted cases of immigrants who have

lived in the U.S. for decades being deported, including some who have served in the U.S.

military. Here's Democratic Representative Seth Magizener.

And it's not just veterans and military families. You are locking up in deporting children

with cancer,

mothers, with babies in the NICU, United States citizens. You do, there are many problems

with your leadership, but the biggest problem is this. You don't seem to know how to tell the

difference between the good guys and the bad guys. Republicans, on the other hand, heaped praise onto Nome for, in their view, improving public safety.

Here's Republican Marjorie Taylor Green.

Thanks to Secretary Nome and the hard work of Tom Homan and all the brave men and women at DHS,

our new Republican-controlled admin has produced the safest and most secure

border our country has ever seen. Thank you very much for that. But Noam is still under pressure

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