More than a million people were laid off from their jobs in 2025, according to new data — the highest number since the peak of the pandemic in 2020.
More than a million people were laid off from their jobs in 2025, according to new data — the highest number since the peak of the pandemic in 2020.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his entourage are reportedly livid over a new, critical Netflix docu-series about him, produced by long-time rival Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson
A panel of federal vaccine advisors, handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborn babies be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and television studio, along with HBO and the Max streaming service, in a deal valued at $82.7 billion. The takeover would be one of the largest entertainment mergers in history and could reshape the entire streaming landscape.
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Speed Read
Monday, December 08
🚨NATION
Farmers getting $12B bailout from Trump after trade war pain (AXIOS)
Trump says he’ll sign an executive order restricting states’ ability to regulate AI (BUSINESS INSIDER)
Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett running for Senate, report says (KOMO)
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey U.S. Attorney after appeals court defeat (ABC)
Former FBI agents fired for kneeling amid 2020 protests sue Patel, Bondi (POLITICO)
NYC mayor-elect tells residents how to resist ICE agents knocking at their door in new video (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
Evacuation orders issued in Japan after powerful earthquake triggers tsunami warning (CNN)
Syria marks one year since the fall of the Assad regime (NPR)
Saudi Arabia to open more alcohol stores as curbs ease, sources tell Reuters (NEW ARAB)
100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
Jared Kushner, Saudis, Qataris & Emiratis are backing Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. (MO NEWS)
Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition dea (CNBC)
China’s trade surplus tops record $1 trillion as exports rebound (NIKKEI ASIA)
Trump administration drops Biden-era $11M fine on Southwest Airlines (THE HILL)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says (GUARDIAN)
2026 World Cup ‘Pride Match’ to feature Egypt versus Iran — where homosexuality is illegal (BBC)
Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan for alleged ecstasy smuggling (AP)
Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry go Instagram official (CNN)
