In the day's other headlines, the Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago for now, while a legal challenge moves forward.

It leaves in place a lower court ruling that barred the deployment and marks a rare setback for President Trump.

The court's conservative majority has frequently sided with the administration on previous

tests of presidential power.

Trump has utilized the guard in Chicago and in other Democrat-led cities to protect ICE agents

and federal buildings over the objections of state and local officials.

The U.S. military struck another boat that it said was smuggling drugs,

killing one person on board. The latest strike, which occurred yesterday in the eastern Pacific,

is now the 29th known boat strike carried out since the fall. At least 105 people have been killed.

As with previous strikes, the Pentagon provided no evidence that

the vessel was carrying drugs. The Trump administration has said these strikes are part of a push

to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. That pressure campaign has also included the seizure

by U.S. forces of several oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea.

Turning to Ukraine, officials there say more than 600 Russian drones and dozens of missiles

bombarded the country, killing at least three people, including a child.

The strikes also hit the power grids of more than a dozen regions, triggering widespread outages

amid freezing winter temperatures. Ukrainian president Volodemir Zelensky took to social media,

saying this barrage in the middle of peace negotiations was a, quote, clear signal of Russian priorities.

He added, Putin still cannot accept that he must stop killing, and that means the world is not

putting enough pressure on Russia.

Now is the time to respond.

The U.S. economy grew this summer at its fastest pace in two years.

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