Wednesday, December 18

🚨NATION

📌 Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for ‘election interference’ after pre-election poll (AP)

📌 Madison police chief says alleged motive of Wisconsin Christian school shooting suspect seemed to be ‘combination of factors’ (THE HILL)

📌 Congress scrambles to finalize a short-term bill with shutdown deadline days away (NBC)

📌 Connolly wins vote to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, defeating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel plans an extended occupation of Syrian buffer zone (AP)

📌 Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in Syrian mass graves, advocacy group says (CNN)

📌 Magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu (ABC)

📌 Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad is returning home (AP)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant (AP)

📌 Japan's Honda and Nissan to reportedly begin merger talks (CNBC)

📌 FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices (CNN)

📌 Walmart employees testing body cameras at some stores for 'security measures' (USA TODAY)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Chance the Rapper's wife Kirsten Corley Bennett files for divorce 8 months after split (USA TODAY)

📌 Tom Cruise honored with US Navy's highest civilian award (BBC)

📌 ‘Bluey’ film in the works from Disney and BBC Studios, set to hit the big screen in 2027 (USA TODAY)

📌 With Sports gambling surging, federal regulation is discussed (NY TIMES)