CBS News delayed a planned and heavily promoted ‘60 Minutes’ segment at the last minute this weekend, triggering internal criticism and accusations over editorial independence at the network.
CBS News delayed a planned and heavily promoted ‘60 Minutes’ segment at the last minute this weekend, triggering internal criticism and accusations over editorial independence at the network.
The U.S. military seized a second oil tanker off Venezuela this weekend and is pursuing a third, escalating the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on the country’s oil-dependent economy.
The suspect in the killing of two Brown University students Saturday and an MIT professor two days later was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a New Hampshire storage unit Thursday evening. Now investigators say they’re searching for a motive.
The Justice Department will not release all the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News – despite a deadline signed into law by President Trump.
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Speed Read
Monday, December 22
🚨NATION
Epstein survivors criticize DOJ for failure to release all files (AXIOS)
Denmark ‘deeply upset’ by Trump’s appointment of Greenland envoy who wants island to be part of US (CNN)
Trump administration halts offshore wind projects from Virginia to New England, in major blow to clean power (POLITICO)
1 killed in California as heavy rain and flooding threaten parts of the state over the holidays (NBC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow (AP)
Bondi Beach attackers threw undetonated bombs and plotted for months, police say (TIME)
Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families (GUARDIAN)
Trump administration removes dozens of career diplomats from overseas posts (CNN)
‘Extremely cunning’ suspect in deadly Taiwan knife attack planned it for over a year (ABC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
Alphabet to acquire data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect (CNBC)
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion ahead of Monday night’s drawing (ABC)
Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty’ franchise, killed in car crash (NBC LA)
Activist group says it has scraped 86m music files from Spotify (GUARDIAN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Nicki Minaj praises JD Vance as assassin, realizes gaffe (MO NEWS)
First footage of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey released online (GUARDIAN)
Heated Rivalry’s fifth episode ties for best-rated TV episode of all time (PINKNEWS)
Barry Manilow reveals he has lung cancer and will reschedule shows to undergo surgery (NBC)
Fan denies using slur during incident with Steelers’ wide receiver DK Metcalf (ESPN)
