Tuesday, January 7

🚨NATION

📌 America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana (CNN)

📌 Kamala Harris certifies her election loss before Congress (NBC)

📌 Biden bans new offshore drilling in most federal waters in last-minute effort to block possible action by Trump administration (PBS)

📌 Major winter storm slams mid-Atlantic, closing schools and canceling flights (ABC)

📌 Trump says he's still open to two-bill track on GOP legislative priorities (POLITICO)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US to ease curbs on supplies to Syria but keep sanctions in place (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office (AP)

📌 Venezuela’s dissidents plot comeback after months in hiding, exile or jail ahead of Maduro’s inauguration (WSJ)

📌 Far-right leader gets his chance to form government in Austria (POLITICO)

📌 Indonesia launches free meals program to fight stunting (NPR)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel sue Biden administration for blocking their $15 billion deal (CBS)

📌 McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals (AP)

📌 Dana White, UFC CEO and Trump ally, to join Meta's board of directors (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes and heart disease cases (GUARDIAN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Nikki Glaser says she was paid less than a former male host for 2025 Golden Globes but vows, 'I'll get more next year' (PEOPLE)

📌 Former Fox Sports host Skip Bayless harassed hairstylist and offered her $1.5 million for sex, lawsuit alleges (CBS)

📌 Zendaya sparks engagement speculation at Golden Globes with a sparkling ring (AP)

📌 “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu set to direct the Britney Spears biopic, shares that “she’s going to be very involved” (DEADLINE)