Monday, January 6

🚨NATION

📌 President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 people, including Bono, Hillary Clinton, Magic Johnson, Michael J. Fox and Anna Wintour, among others (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump invites House Republicans to Mar-a-Lago ahead of inauguration (NBC)

📌 Senate panel quietly seeking more info on Pete Hegseth ahead of Defense Secretary confirmation hearings (ABC)

📌 $9 to enter Manhattan: Congestion pricing begins in NYC in a high stakes test for the model's U.S. viability (NPR)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas releases proof-of-life video of Israeli hostage Liri Albag (i24) Hamas approves Israeli list of hostages for potential exchange (CNN)

📌 Greenland’s leader wants independence from Denmark as Trump expresses interest in buying island (POLITICO)

📌 Half a million suspected Nazi collaborators are named as the Netherlands reckons with WWII past (NBC)

📌 Ukraine doubles down on Kursk with new offensive into Russia (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Elon Musk’s Starlink to launch on United Airlines flights by spring (CNN)

📌 One year after Boeing's door plug crisis, a 'fundamental cultural shift at Boeing' is needed, FAA Administrator says (FOX)

📌 Flu emergency room visits now "very high" nationwide, CDC says (CBS)

📌 HMPV virus is on the rise among kids in China — what is it? (LIVE SCIENCE)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Filmmaker and husband to Aubrey Plaza, Jeff Baena, dies by suicide (KTLA)

📌 A Melania Trump documentary from director Brett Ratner will be released by Amazon (AP)

📌 Golden Globes 2025 winners and losers (NBC)

📌 ‘Mufasa’ nears $500M global as ‘Moana 2’ sets course for $1B (DEADLINE)