Wednesday, December 11
π¨NATION
π Dangerous situation as fire explodes in Malibu (USA TODAY)
π Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and 2 members of Congress (NBC)
π McConnell "fine" after falling outside Senate GOP meeting (ABC)
π Trump promises quick environmental permit approval for any company making $1B investment in US (AXIOS)
π Task force probing attempts to kill Trump urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders during election season (AP)
π AROUND THE WORLD
π Israel says Syrian navy wiped out in barrage of strikes (WASHINGTON POST)
π From Syrian jihadist al Qaeda leader to rebel politician: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani reinvented himself (BBC)
π South Koreaβs ex-defense minister is formally arrested over martial law imposition (AP)
π Taiwan's Defense Ministry says a large Chinese military force has been detected nearby (NPR)
π±BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
π A federal judge temporarily halts the proposed supermarket merger of Kroger and Albertsons (AP)
π Boeing restarts 737 Max production a month after strike ended, sources say (CNBC)
π Google says it has cracked a quantum computing challenge with new chip (CNN)
π The next Apple Watch Ultra could have satellite texting (VERGE)
π¬ SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
π Jamie Foxx reveals he suffered a brain bleed and a stroke, says βI donβt remember 20 daysβ (CNN)
π Time names Caitlin Clark as βAthlete of the Yearβ (TIME)
π Blue Ivy attends 'Mufasa' premiere with parents Beyonce and Jay-Z (ABC)
π Bill Belichick has offer to coach UNC (NBC)