Wednesday, December 4

🚨NATION

📌 Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary nomination on the rocks; Trump team considering Ron DeSantis, others as possible replacements (ABC NEWS) Trump DEA nominee withdraws after being nominee for three days (AP)

📌 Trump team signs agreement to allow Justice to conduct background checks on nominees (AP)

📌 NYC Mayor Adams looking to cooperate with Trump administration on deporting criminal illegal migrants (NY POST)

📌 Incoming Senate Majority Leader plans sweeping bill on the border, defense and energy in Trump’s first 30 days (POLITICO)

📌 Missing Hawaiian woman crossed freely into Mexico, Los Angeles police say (ABC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Chinese hack of global telecom providers is ‘ongoing,’ U.S. officials warn and recommend using encrypted apps (NBC)

📌 The Princess of Wales returns to official duties in first state visit after cancer treatment (YAHOO)

📌 Why protests in the country of Georgia matter (VOX)

📌 US jets attack Iranian militias in Syria (TELEGRAPH)

📌 Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Frontier Airlines introducing ‘first class-style’ seats (CNBC)

📌 Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs (AP)

📌 Cucumber recall: Two more brands included as feds investigate salmonella outbreak (USA TODAY)

📌 Cyber Monday was the biggest US online shopping day ever (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Last 2 defendants in Atlanta’s Young Thug trial are acquitted of murder and gang charges (AP)

📌 Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson, dies at 69 (NBC)

📌 Kendrick Lamar and SZA taking 'GNX' collaborations on the road for Grand National Tour (USA TODAY)

📌 Mattel sued over ‘Wicked’ dolls that included link to porn website on packaging (VARIETY)