DHS: twice-deported man accused of storming United cockpit on New Orleans-bound flight had been granted asylum after transgender persecution claim

The twice-deported Honduran man accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a United Airlines flight and claiming to have a bomb had been granted asylum by an immigration judge after saying he feared being killed back home because he is transgender,…

Our take: Asylum is supposed to protect the persecuted, not hand a third chance to someone deported twice.

Incoming House GOP leader Jim Jordan on Hannity: 'They're for higher taxes, we're for lower taxes and more freedom'

In one of his first prime-time interviews since House Republicans picked him as their leader for the next Congress, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Sean Hannity on Wednesday night that the party should stop looking for a middle ground with Democrats…

Our take: Republicans lost the House by blurring the lines. Jordan wants them back in bold.

Chicago Heights, Ill.: man in U.S. illegally arrested after dragging ICE officer with his car, DHS says

Immigration agents on Wednesday arrested a Mexican national who federal officials say dragged an ICE officer with his car while fleeing an arrest attempt in Chicago Heights, Illinois, south of Chicago, a day earlier, Fox News reports.

Saudi air defenses knock down two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward the Mecca region; debris falls on a village

Saudi Arabia says its air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis toward the Mecca region on Wednesday, with debris coming down in several places, including the village of Sabuhah, the Jerusalem Post reports,…

Our take: Tehran's militia, aiming at Mecca. Remember that the next time someone calls this war optional.

Sen. Dave McCormick after the midterms: 'I don't think there's any appetite' for amnesty

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), a swing-state Republican, said Wednesday night that he sees no appetite among Republican voters for any kind of immigration amnesty after last week's losses, in an interview on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle" that was…

Our take: Losing an election isn't a reason to give up the one issue you won.

Anti-Israel 'Day of Rage' marchers clash with police, then rally outside UJA-Federation of New York

A masked anti-Israel "Day of Rage" march wound through Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, clashing with police and ending up outside the headquarters of UJA-Federation of New York, the city's largest Jewish charity, according to video by…