Wednesday, March 20

🚨NATION

📌 Trump sues ABC News, George Stephanopoulos for defamation (FOX NEWS)

📌 Senate begins to consider TikTok bill with major national security briefing today (REUTERS)

📌 Florida congressman is trying to save Americans in Haiti on his own (FOX NEWS)

📌 Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro begins serving prison sentence after historic contempt prosecution (CNN)

📌 US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China (CNN)

📌 Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying Covid vaccination records (BBC)

📌 Netanyahu tells Biden Rafah ground operation is crucial to destroying Hamas and will happen (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Saudi Arabia plans $40 billion push into artificial intelligence (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos ex-wife, donates $640 million after open call for nonprofits (CNN)

📌 Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs and spin off Ben & Jerry’s ice cream unit (USA TODAY)

📌 Gas prices rise for the first time since late 2023, here’s why (MO NEWS)

📌 Even among the insured, weight loss drugs are rarely prescribed, study suggests (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ariana Grande to pay ex-husband $1.25M in spousal support as she reportedly moves on with new boyfriend (FOX NEWS)

📌 Travis Kelce in talks to host ‘Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?’ reboot for Amazon (DEADLINE)

📌 Beyoncé says new 'Cowboy Carter' album inspired by backlash to her entering country genre (NBC NEWS)

📌 Oprah Winfrey says she “starved” herself for “five months” while discussing weight-loss struggles in new special (SALON)