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1. How Nobel laureate María Corina Machado escaped from Venezuela  The Washington Post
2. Special forces veteran who rescued Machado begs her not to return to Venezuela  CNN
3. Behind the Venezuelan Opposition Leader’s Daring Escape to Oslo  The New York Times
4. 'She's awesome': How U.S. veterans helped Venezuela's Machado escape  NPR
5. How María Corina Machado got to Norway to get her Nobel Peace Prize  NBC News

1. Trump administration sues Georgia county for 2020 ballot records  BBC
2. DOJ files suit to obtain 2020 election records in Fulton County, Georgia  NBC News
3. The Justice Department has now sued 18 states in an effort to access voter data  NPR
4. Trump Officials Sue to Seize 2020 Ballots in a Georgia County  The New York Times
5. DOJ sues Massachusetts, three other states after they refused to hand over voters’ personal data  The Boston Globe

1. How Skagit Valley endured a record flood but escaped dire predictions  The Seattle Times
2. More atmospheric rivers coming for flooded Washington and the West Coast  CNN
3. Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state  AP News
4. Northwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll  KUOW
5. Scenes From Washington After a Week of Torrential Rain and Flooding  The New York Times

1. Amy Schumer Announces Divorce From Husband Chris Fischer  The Hollywood Reporter
2. Amy Schumer and Husband Chris Fischer Divorcing After Over 7 Years of Marriage  People.com
3. Amy Schumer and Husband Chris Fischer Break Up After 7 Years of Marriage  E! News
4. Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer are divorcing after seven years  USA Today
5. Amy Schumer announces 'amicable' divorce from husband Chris Fischer after 7 years  10tv.com

1. New York tourist stabbed while changing baby’s diaper in Macy’s restroom, suspect charged: Police  ABC News
2. Tourist changing baby stabbed multiple times in the back at iconic NYC Macy's during holiday shopping rush  Fox News
3. Macy's Herald Square NYC stabbing: Tourist from California stabbed while changing baby's diaper at store bathroom  ABC7 New York
4. Woman charged in unprovoked attack on tourist at Macy's Herald Square  Spectrum News NY1
5. Tourist changing baby's diaper is attacked in Macy's Herald Square, police say  NBC New York

1. Could Kenny Dillingham take the Michigan head coaching job?  Arizona Sports
2. Michigan coaching candidates: Five names to watch, from Kalen DeBoer to Jedd Fisch - The Athletic  The New York Times
3. Kenny Dillingham comments resurface amid Michigan football speculation  azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic
4. Alabama’s Ryan Williams: Kalen DeBoer ‘hasn’t really said much’ about Michigan rumors  AL.com
5. With Sherrone Moore Out at Michigan, What is the Dream CFB Coaching Carousel Outcome?  Bleacher Report

1. At meeting on Florida's plan to end school vaccine mandates, skeptics and doctors stand off  NBC News
2. In Florida’s Panhandle, a Hearing on School Vaccine Mandates Gets Heated  The New York Times
3. Doctors: Florida plan to repeal vaccine rules a 'direct threat' to health  Tallahassee Democrat
4. Critics clash over proposed end to vaccine requirements for PreK-12 students in Florida  WEAR-tv
5. Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates for schoolchildren  AP News

1. SpaceX Sets Insider Share Deal at About $800 Billion Valuation  Bloomberg.com
2. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public  The New York Times
3. Musk Confirms SpaceX IPO Is Coming, Says He Won’t Do DOGE Again  Yahoo Finance
4. Rocket Report: Neutron’s Hungry Hippo is deemed ready, whither Orbex?  Ars Technica
5. SpaceX Tells Staff It Is Preparing for a Potential IPO Next Year  The Wall Street Journal

1. Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter  Variety
2. 'We're not just going to want to be fed AI slop for 16 hours a day': Analyst sees Disney/OpenAI deal as a dividing line in entertainment history  Fortune
3. Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator  CNBC
4. The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora  OpenAI
5. The dos and don'ts of Disney's Sora agreement  Axios

1. District of Columbia | U.S. Unseals Warrant for Tanker Seized by Coast Guard Off the Coast of Venezuela  Department of Justice (.gov)
2. Satellite images suggest seized tanker 'deliberately' manipulated location data  ABC News
3. Venezuela oil exports reportedly fall sharply after US seizure of tanker  The Guardian
4. US slaps sanctions on Maduro's 'narco-nephews'  DW
5. An American oil blockade would devastate the Venezuelan regime  The Economist

1. National Guardsman Who Was Shot Is Making ‘Extraordinary Progress,’ Doctor Says  The New York Times
2. Guardsman wounded in shooting can now breathe on his own as doctors hail ‘miraculous’ recovery  CNN
3. Staff Sgt. Wolfe moved to in-patient rehabilitation Friday  WV MetroNews
4. National Guard member Andrew Wolfe now breathing on his own, can stand with assistance after D.C. shooting  CBS News
5. National Guard Sgt. Andrew Wolfe shows 'extraordinary progress' after DC shooting  WJLA

1. Jim Harbaugh “still processing” Sherrone Moore’s firing at Michigan  NBC Sports
2. Moore facing charges of stalking, home invasion  ESPN
3. Legal experts question University of Michigan’s role after charges against former HC Sherrone Moore  ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4
4. Ex-Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore charged with home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering  CNN
5. Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore charged with felony home invasion, released on bond  Yahoo Sports

1. New Photos From Epstein Estate Show Ties to Trump, Clinton and More Powerful Men  The New York Times
2. New photos released from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people  CNN
3. New Epstein photos turn heads, but file dumps just getting started  USA Today
4. Trump says 'no big deal' after Jeffrey Epstein photos showing him released  CNBC
5. 19 photos were released from the Epstein files. We unpack their significance  NPR

1. Trump's White House ballroom construction draws lawsuit from preservationists  Axios
2. Trump sued over East Wing demolition  CNN
3. Trump Live Updates: White House Ballroom Lawsuit, New Epstein Photos and More  The New York Times
4. Architects call on Shalom Baranes Associates to decline Trump’s commission  The Architect’s Newspaper
5. New White House construction site photos show rubble where East Wing once stood  Axios

1. Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers  The New York Times
2. A New Study Challenges the Way We Screen for Breast Cancer  Time Magazine
3. New study questions what we know about who should get mammograms and when  The Washington Post
4. American College of Radiology Statement on WISDOM Breast Cancer Screening Trial Results | Newswise  Newswise
5. ‘Give this a try’: Digital toolkit aims to improve risk-informed breast cancer screening  Healio

1. Myles Garrett reaches out to Steelers rival T.J. Watt in the wake of his collapsed lung  Cleveland.com
2. Steelers' Watt has surgery for collapsed lung  ESPN
3. What is dry needling and what are its risks? What to know after Steeler T.J. Watt's lung partially collapsed  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
4. Steelers star TJ Watt undergoes surgery for partially collapsed lung after procedure goes wrong, brother says  Fox News
5. Watt ruled out for Monday Night Football  Steelers.com

1. Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth, new images reveal  Live Science
2. XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light  European Space Agency
3. New images show an interstellar comet that will soon make its closest approach to Earth  CNN
4. Q&A Before Closest Approach of 3I/ATLAS to Earth  Avi Loeb – Medium
5. Gemini North Color Images Reveal Greenish Glow of Comet 3I/ATLAS  NOIRLab

1. Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Lags As Broadcom Slumps; Tesla Rival Soars (Live Coverage)  Investor's Business Daily
2. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink to cap brutal week for tech stocks  Yahoo Finance
3. AI-led tech slide extends into third day as Oracle, Broadcom fall  CNBC
4. Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to its worst day in 3 weeks  AP News
5. Wall Street Whiplash Hits Trend Chasers in Year of Endless Noise  Bloomberg.com

1. Amazon Pulls AI Recap Video After ‘Fallout’ Mess  Gizmodo
2. Amazon Prime Video pulls AI-powered recaps after Fallout flub  The Verge
3. Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes  BBC
4. Amazon Prime Video scraps AI-powered TV show recap after 'Fallout' fallout  Business Insider
5. The official Fallout season 1 recap is filled with AI and thinks the show is set in the 1950s  GamesRadar+

1. Do Kwon Gets 15 Years for $40 Billion Crypto Collapse as Victims Testify to Destruction He Caused  Gizmodo
2. Do Kwon, Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Crash, Sentenced to 15 Years  The New York Times
3. Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud  CNN
4. Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud  The Guardian
5. Luna, Luna Classic prices jump after prosecutors seek 12-year jail term for Terra’s Do Kwon  dlnews.com

1. Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina Due to Measles Exposure  Bloomberg.com
2. Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing  The New York Times
3. Measles Outbreaks Accelerate as U.S. Inches Closer to a Disease Tipping Point  Scientific American
4. South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates as cases rise to 126  Reuters
5. At least 254 quarantined in SC over 'accelerating' measles outbreak  USA Today

1. ‘Heated Rivalry’ Renewed for Season 2 at HBO Max and Crave  Variety
2. ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2 Is Game On At Crave With HBO Max On Board; More New Deals Struck  Deadline
3. For 'Heated Rivalry' Stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, the Sex Is the Easy Part  Vanity Fair
4. HBO’s “Heated Rivalry” is the Sexiest and Most Significant Queer Show of the Year | TV/Streaming  Roger Ebert
5. ‘Heated Rivalry’: How a Hockey Romance Novel Became a Smutty HBO Hit  Rolling Stone

1. Amazon Offering Free Outfit For Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis When Linking Xbox Account  Pure Xbox
2. Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis Is A Remake Of The First Game In The Series  Game Informer
3. Amazon Game Studios announces two new ‘Tomb Raider’ games coming in 2026 and 2027  About Amazon
4. Tomb Raider: Catalyst and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis coming to PS5  PlayStation.Blog
5. Wait, fans actually love the new Tomb Raider character design?  creativebloq.com

1. Taylor Swift Opens Up About Vienna Terror Plot: ‘We Dodged a Massacre’  Rolling Stone
2. Taylor Swift reveals moment she broke down over Southport attack in new documentary  BBC
3. Taylor Swift Cries Over Stabbing That Left 3 Fans Dead, Vienna Massacre Plot  People.com
4. Taylor Swift's Eras Tour docuseries is here. See episode schedule.  USA Today
5. Taylor Swift’s ‘The End of an Era’: 5 Takeaways  The New York Times

1. How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking  Ars Technica
2. Here's How Your TV's HDMI Port Is Monitoring What You Watch  bgr.com
3. Rise of Dumb TVs: Privacy Concerns Drive Demand for Basic Displays  WebProNews
4. How Smart TVs Invade Your Privacy: Expert Tips to Stop Data Collection and Master Privacy Settings  Tech Times

1. Justice Department sues Fulton County for 2020 election records  ABC News
2. The Justice Department has now sued 18 states in an effort to access voter data  NPR
3. DOJ files lawsuit against Fulton County over 2020 election documents  Yahoo
4. Trump Officials Sue to Seize 2020 Ballots in a Georgia County  The New York Times
5. DOJ sues Massachusetts, three other states after they refused to hand over voters’ personal data  The Boston Globe

1. Trump says he’s sealed Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but fighting continues  AP News
2. Thailand-Cambodia fighting continues after Trump says countries agree to ceasefire  BBC
3. Thailand vows to keep fighting Cambodia, hours after Trump’s ceasefire call  CNN
4. Fighting Persists on Thai-Cambodian Border After Trump’s Cease-Fire Claim  The Wall Street Journal
5. Politics | Dec 13th 2025 Edition  The Economist

1. Stock Market News From Dec. 12, 2025: S&P 500 Sheds Weekly Gains  Barron's
2. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink to cap brutal week for tech stocks  Yahoo Finance
3. Broadcom tumbles 11% despite blockbuster earnings as 'AI angst' weighs on Oracle, Nvidia  CNBC
4. U.S. stocks end lower as S&P 500’s tech sector slides  MarketWatch
5. Wall Street Whiplash Hits Trend Chasers in Year of Endless Noise  Bloomberg.com

1. Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham steps down after 21 seasons in charge of the Utes  The Salt Lake Tribune
2. Utes' Whittingham stepping down after 21 years  ESPN
3. Utah's winningest coach ever to step down after 21 seasons: 'Honor and a privilege'  Fox News
4. Will Kyle Whittingham coach somewhere else after leaving Utah? This might not be a retirement after all.  The Salt Lake Tribune
5. Kyle Whittingham steps down as Utah coach: Morgan Scalley set to take over Utes  CBS Sports

1. 'She's awesome': How U.S. veterans helped Venezuela's Machado escape  NPR
2. Inside the very tense, very wet secret mission to get María Corina Machado out of Venezuela  CBS News
3. Exclusive | Disguised and in Danger: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Escaped Venezuela  The Wall Street Journal
4. Venezuelan opposition leader says she aims for a peaceful transition after Maduro  CNN
5. How Nobel laureate María Corina Machado escaped from Venezuela  The Washington Post

In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela's María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

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1. Indiana GOP’s Trump rebuke could lead to temporary redistricting detente  Politico
2. 24 hours that showed the limits of Trump’s power  CNN
3. Indiana Senate Republicans Reject Trump’s Redistricting Effort  The New York Times
4. Indiana Republican explains why he defied Trump and rejected congressional redistricting  PBS
5. The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point  The Atlantic

1. Fired UM coach Sherrone Moore arraigned, told victim 'my blood is on your hands'  The Detroit News
2. Moore facing charges of stalking, home invasion  ESPN
3. Warde Manuel still athletic director after U of M Regents meet, per reports  ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4
4. 'Doesn't look good': Sherrone Moore sits in jail as Michigan tackles another scandal  The Detroit News
5. Jim Harbaugh reacts to Sherrone Moore firing and arrest: 'Still processing'  FOX 2 Detroit

1. ‘Zootopia 2’ Still Making Noise In Third Weekend With $25M No. 1 Haul – Box Office Update  Deadline
2. Disney's 'Zootopia 2' to hit $1 billion box office, only the second Hollywood film to do so this year  CNBC
3. ‘Zootopia 2’ is surprisingly cogent for a cartoon about animal racism  JoySauce
4. Weekend Preview: ZOOTOPIA 2 Poised to Ascend Once More  Boxoffice Pro
5. ‘Zootopia 2’ Crosses $1 Billion Globally, Fastest PG Film to Ever Reach Box Office Milestone  Variety

1. Guardsman wounded in shooting can now breathe on his own as doctors hail ‘miraculous’ recovery  CNN
2. National Guardsman Who Was Shot Is Making ‘Extraordinary Progress,’ Doctor Says  The New York Times
3. National Guard member Andrew Wolfe now breathing on his own, can stand with assistance after D.C. shooting  CBS News
4. West Virginia governor: Hospitalized National Guard member’s parents ‘optimistic’ about recovery  thehill.com
5. Staff Sgt. Wolfe moved to in-patient rehabilitation Friday  WV MetroNews

1. Growing number of House Republicans sign on to effort to force vote on ACA subsidies -- defying Speaker Johnson  ABC News
2. House Republicans propose healthcare plan with no extension of tax credits  The Guardian
3. Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans  AP News
4. House G.O.P. Releases Health Plan That Would Allow Subsidies to End  The New York Times
5. The year-end Obamacare crunch is yet another failure of America’s political system  CNN

1. TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT  CNBC
2. T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort  The New York Times
3. Federal transportation officials reportedly sharing names of all US airport travelers with ICE - live  The Guardian
4. Trump administration shares names of all US air travelers with ICE authorities  KATU
5. Under the previously undisclosed program, TSA provides a list to ICE of travelers who will be coming through airports. ICE can then match the list against its own database of people subject to deportation and send agents to the airport to detain those people. ht  facebook.com

1. Exclusive | Trump Says He Is Leaning Toward Warsh or Hassett to Lead the Fed  The Wall Street Journal
2. Trump’s pick for Fed chair is already on track to disappoint him  CNN
3. The Fed’s Succession Drama  The Atlantic
4. Trump says Kevin Warsh is at top of Fed chair candidate list, president should be consulted on rates  CNBC
5. Kevin Hassett Says He Would Be Independent at the Fed. Some Who Know Him Are Worried.  Barron's

1. Reddit Sues Australian Government for Under-16 Social Media Ban  The Wall Street Journal
2. Australia social media ban: Why isn't gaming included?  BBC
3. Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban  The New York Times
4. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Issue 'Bold' Statement: 'It Shouldn't Have Come to This'  Yahoo
5. Australian teens were kicked off social media this week. Some are back already  CNN