Thursday, December 5

🚨NATION

📌 US Supreme Court leaning towards letting youth transgender care ban stand in Tennessee (NPR)

📌 Biden White House is discussing preemptive pardons for Fauci, Cheney and Schiff (POLITICO)

📌 California Democrat flips seat in the last House race to be called (NBC)

📌 Peter Navarro served prison time related to Jan. 6. Now Trump is bringing him back as an adviser (AP)

📌 Dangerous, blinding snow squalls from a potent, fast-moving winter storm threaten travel in the Northeast (CNN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 South Korea’s opposition parties move to impeach president over sudden declaration of martial law (AP)

📌 French government is toppled in no-confidence vote (NBC)

📌 Georgian opposition politician beaten unconscious by police, party says, as government crackdown intensifies (CNN)

📌 Global investigation exposes alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bitcoin hits $100,000 for first time (CNBC)

📌 Google's new AI weather model beats most accurate forecast system (AXIOS)

📌 Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair (AP)

📌 Voyager 1 is back online 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. But the end could be near (CNN)

📌 A new phone scanner that detects spyware has already found 7 Pegasus infections (WIRED)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Prince Harry addresses speculation about marriage with Meghan Markle: 'we've apparently divorced 10 times' (PEOPLE)

📌 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pete Davidson and more 'Saturday Night Live' stars reveal what they spent their first paychecks on (MSNBC)

📌 Japan's famous sake joins UNESCO's cultural heritage list, a boost to brewers and enthusiasts (ABC)

📌 College football signing day winners and losers include Texas, Florida and LSU (USA TODAY)