On today's news brief: The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would give the Department of Homeland Security an additional $70 billion dollars for immigration enforcement, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to give aid to Ukraine and impose new sanctions on Russia, Iran-backed Hezbollah has rejected a ceasefire plan agreed upon by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in U.S.-mediated talks, and close to 3-in-4 K-12 educators are concerned that A-I is making it more challenging for students to think and learn on their own.