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Speed Read

Wednesday, December 10

🚨NATION

  • Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela (AP)

  • Eileen Higgins will win Miami mayor’s race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold (CNN)

  • Trump administration serves a final blow to end Biden’s SAVE student loan program (FOX)

  • Kentucky State University student killed in shooting is identified (NBC)

  • Judge rules Epstein grand jury records from 2019 case can be released (BBC)

  • Tony Dokoupil named anchor of the “CBS Evening News” (CBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Venezuela’s opposition leader’s daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize as mom leaves hiding for Oslo (MO NEWS)

  • Mexico will send more water to US but not immediately, President Sheinbaum says (AP)

  • Lithuania declares emergency situation over Belarus balloons (BBC)

  • 22 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city of Fez (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Federal Reserve cuts interest rate to lowest level in three years (MO NEWS)

  • Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a major increase (CNN)

  • YouTube TV is planning to launch a cheaper ‘skinny’ sports bundle following its battle with Disney (BUSINESS INSIDER)

  • Neanderthals harnessed fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought (POPULAR SCIENCE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the ‘Shopaholic’ books, has died at 55 (NPR)

  • Iceland joins a growing list of countries boycotting Eurovision over Israel’s participation (AP)

  • Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie lead 2026 Sundance lineup (GUARDIAN)

  • Influencer who rushed Ariana Grande is kicked out of Lady Gaga concert (NBC)


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