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• Families Divided as Camp Mystic Plans Reopening After Deadly Floods
  
  Patrick Hotze's three daughters made it home safe from Camp Mystic after July's catastrophic floods that killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors. He attended some of the funerals and says he understands the outrage over the Texas camp's plan to partially reopen...
• New Law Aims to Curb $200M in Improper Medicaid Payments to Dead People
  
  Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to healthcare providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Toyota to Recall More Than 55,000 US Vehicles
  
  Toyota is recalling 55,405 vehicles in the U.S. as bolt inside ?the inverter might not have been ?tightened properly, causing incomplete contact at the inverter ?terminal, the U.S. National Highway ?Traffic ?Safety Administration ?said Tuesday.
• Economic Growth Likely Remained Strong at 3.3 Percent in Q3
  
  The U.S. economy likely grew at a brisk clip in the third ?quarter, driven by solid consumer spending and business investment, but momentum appears to have since faded amid the rising cost of living and recent government shutdown.
• Trump Escalates Feud With NY Times: 'Enemy of the People'
  
  President Donald Trump issued a new attack on The New York Times early Tuesday, accusing the news organization of lying, publishing "fake" stories, and posing "a serious threat" to U.S. national security.
• Russia Raises Concerns Over US Actions on Venezuela
  
  Russia is conveying its concerns to the United States regarding Washington's actions ?on Venezuela, Russian news agencies cited ?Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying.
• EPA Meets With Make America Healthy Again Leaders About Pesticides, Chemicals
  
  Top officials of the ?U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held at least six meetings this month with members of the Make America Healthy Again movement as agency head Lee Zeldin pledges to more closely align with the movement's agenda, according to four people who attended...
• Trump's Anti-DEI Campaign Faces High Legal Hurdles
  
  President ?Donald Trump's anti-discrimination enforcement agency has a high bar to clear to prove companies' diversity, equity, and inclusion policies run afoul of the law, according to interviews with more than a dozen corporate legal and compliance experts.
• Rare Hurricane-Free Season Roils US Political Debate
  
  The Atlantic hurricane season ended Nov. 30 with a rare result that has quickly been weaponized in Washington's climate debate.
• Kansas City Chiefs to Leave Arrowhead Stadium
  
  The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season.
• Harris Oakmark: Paramount's New Offer for Warner Bros Not Sufficient
  
  Paramount Skydance's latest offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery still is not good enough for prominent shareholder Harris Oakmark, the investor told Reuters.
• Trump: US Needs Greenland 'for National Security'
  
  President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated the United States needed Greenland for "national security" after his appointment of a special envoy to the Danish Arctic island triggered a new spat with Copenhagen.
• Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $1.7B for Christmas Eve
  
  The Powerball jackpot jumps to $1.7 billion after another drawing with no big winner. Powerball drew the winning lottery numbers Monday night for a record 46th time since its last jackpot was claimed...
• DOJ Releases Thousands of New Epstein Docs
  
  Thousands of new documents linked to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made available Tuesday by the Department of Justice, amid mounting criticism over the pace of the publication and heavy redactions.
• Report: US Seeks to Cancel Thousands of Asylum Cases
  
  ?The Trump administration launched a nationwide campaign to void asylum claims of thousands of people with active cases in immigration courts by arguing that they can be deported to countries that are not their own, CBS News reported on Tuesday.
• Brown Puts Public Safety Chief on Leave After Mass Shooting
  
  Brown University on Monday placed its head of public safety and emergency management on administrative leave following a mass shooting Dec. 13 that left two people dead and nine others injured.
• FDA Clears First Weight-Loss Pill as Obesity Treatment
  
  The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first oral medication to treat obesity, clearing a once-daily pill after clinical trials showed significant weight loss and cardiovascular benefit, drugmaker Novo Nordisk said.
• Trump WH Reviews Brown Campus Security After Killings
  
  The Department of Education has announced it will conduct a federal program review of Brown University in the wake of the Dec. 13 attack on campus that left two students dead.
• DEA: Fentanyl WMD Label Expands Authority
  
  President Donald Trump's designation last week of fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction" gives the Drug Enforcement Administration more tools to combat the drug, agency Administrator Terry Cole said.
• Abrego Garcia Appears in Court After Release From ICE Custody
  
  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran illegal alien whose deportation became ?a flash point, appeared in court Monday as a federal judge extended an order temporarily barring the Trump administration from taking him back into immigration custody.
• Alito: High Court Still Weighing Guard Deployment to Illinois
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on whether President Donald Trump acted lawfully in seeking to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois, according to conservative Justice Samuel Alito.
• Colo. Governor: Trump Playing Politics With Disaster Aid
  
  Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Monday accused President Donald Trump's administration of withholding disaster relief funding to help his state with recovery from severe flooding and wildfires.
• ADL: 20% of Mamdani Transition Picks Tied to Anti-Israel Rhetoric
  
  At least 20% of the 400 people appointed to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team have a history of "making or sharing anti-Zionist or anti-Israel statements," according to a Monday report by the Anti-Defamation League.
• Jim Beam Closes Kentucky Distillery Amid Tariffs, Economic Uncertainty
  
  The bourbon maker Jim Beam has announced it is halting production at one of its Kentucky distilleries for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration and reduced demand for its product.
• DOJ Sues D.C. Over Firearm Registration Rules
  
  The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department, alleging that the city's firearm registration practices block lawful registration and ownership of firearms.

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