Five in Ten 1/3/23: Thrown Under the Omnibus

The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill signed by President Biden prohibits using Border Patrol funding to improve border security, but gives $410 million to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman—for border security.

5) Wall Street Journal calls omnibus spending bill “worst in history”; 4) Biden pushes Saudis into arms of China; 3) Hamas threatens Israel if far-right minister visits Temple Mount; 2) Startup in Mexico sprays sulfur particles in stratosphere to fight global warming; 1) Firefighters and Michigan State Police save young dog overcome by smoke in house fire.