Thursday, December 11, 2025

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President Trump has been ordered to return control of the California National Guard to Gavin Newsom. (Hear Why)

Times New Roman or Calibri? Marco Rubio definitely has a preference, and he’s making it official. (Hear Episode)

Record rainfall has brought a prehistoric lake back to life in Death Valley. (Listen Now)

  

Politics

U.S. Customs officials have proposed that foreign visitors provide their social media history for the last five years in order to enter the U.S., including visitors from Australia, Germany, Japan, and the U.K., who currently can enter without a visa. (More)

House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that doesn’t include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies. (More)

➤ Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Wednesday, calling him “the biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.” (More)

Two Democratic senators introduced legislation that would block the Treasury Department from minting $1 coins with the president’s likeness on them. The bill would prohibit the federal government from minting currency that bears “the likeness of a living or sitting president.” (More)

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Sports

Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was fired with cause yesterday after the school found evidence he’d engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with a staff member. He finishes his Wolverines tenure with a 16-8 record. (More)

➤ The Chicago White Sox won the 2026 MLB Draft lottery and will select first in next summer’s draft. The Colorado Rockies—the worst team in baseball by 17 losses—will select 10th because they’ve held lottery picks in each of the last two seasons. (More)

➤ Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi won the MLS MVP award for 2025, becoming the first player to ever win in back-to-back seasons. (More)

➤ Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson was named AP Female Athlete of the Year for her dominant 2025 campaign, which included MVP honors and a WNBA championship. She’s just the fifth women’s basketball player to win the award from the AP. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NBA | NHL | NCAAM | NCAAW | Soccer

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Designers reveal kitchen hosting mistakes to avoid this Christmas, from isolating yourself behind counters to forgetting drink stations. Prep nibble trays beforehand and keep decor minimal so hosts can actually enjoy the party too. (See Details)

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s wife, Ann Michael, has gained 200,000 TikTok followers with her viral “Bakemas” series, baking a new holiday recipe each day leading up to Christmas. (See Videos)

Students nationwide designed unique Christmas ornaments representing all states, territories, and D.C. for the National Christmas Tree’s America Celebrates display. (See Ornaments)

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Finance

Trend Line Daily Market Report   12/10/2025

NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
23,654.16
0.33%
SPX
S&P 500
6,886.68
0.67%
DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average
48,057.75
1.05%
BTC
Bitcoin
$92,318.87
-0.40%
GOLD
Per Ounce
$4,258.30
1.23%
PLAB
Photronics Inc.
$37.35
+45.39%
Bitcoin and gold are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Photronics stock shot up more than 45% on Wednesday after the semiconductor manufacturer beat earnings expectations in its fourth-quarter financial report. (More)

Americans’ credit card balances are expected to increase in 2026 by the smallest annual amount since 2013, not counting the first year of the pandemic when relief programs helped out. (More)

Millions of people will be eligible for automatic payments from a sweeping $700 million settlement with Google. The settlement goes largely to consumers who made purchases through the Google Play Store. (More)

AutoZone, the auto parts retailer, said it added 53 new brick-and-mortar stores this quarter, 39 of them in the U.S., along with 12 in Mexico and two in Brazil. (See Details)

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Science & Technology

➤ A bright meteor lit up the sky across Texas and neighboring states Tuesday evening, ahead of the Geminids meteor shower peaking this weekend. (See Video)

The first GLP-1 weight loss implant for pets was successfully tested on a cat, delivering medication continuously for up to six months to help manage obesity in cats and dogs. (See Details)

➤ Nvidia-backed Starcloud trained one of the first large language AI models in space, running Google’s Gemma on a satellite and claiming up to 10x lower energy costs versus a ground-based data center. (See More)

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Throwback Thursday

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A thrifter bought a “hideous” vintage piggy bank at Goodwill for $10.99 and discovered $2,028 in cash stuffed inside eight tied plastic bags, making her thrifting hobby pay off big. (See Find)

Vintage photos show major global companies in their earliest days, from Amazon’s 1999 garage office to Nintendo’s 1889 playing card shop. (See Photos)

Here’s a showcase of the most iconic car from every year since 1918, letting readers discover which iconic vehicle defined the year they were born, from Model T to Model 3. (See Which Car)

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Long-term care isn’t always fully covered by Medicare. Nearly half of Americans over 65 will need long-term care, but Medicare usually doesn’t cover it. See how you can bridge the gap before Medicare enrollment ends on Dec. 7 with Money’s list of the best Long-Term Care Insurance providers.

Et Cetera

➤ Sophie Kinsella, author of the bestselling Shopaholic series that sold 45 million copies worldwide, died at 55 from glioblastoma brain cancer. The British writer published 10 Shopaholic novels starting in 2000. (See Legacy)

➤ A pregnant woman gave birth inside a self-driving Waymo car en route to a hospital in San Francisco, making her newborn likely the youngest-ever rider in an autonomous vehicle. Waymo’s remote team detected unusual activity and contacted 911. (See Story)

 A high-fiving gorilla captured by U.K. photographer Mark Meth-Cohn won the overall Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025, beating over 10,000 entries from 109 countries with the playful image from Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. (See Photos)

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Poll Position

Does ketchup belong on eggs?

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Meh, whatever
 

Yesterday’s Results:

What age do you think is appropriate for a first social media account?

  1. 18+: 45%
  2. 16: 30%
  3. 15: 14%
  4. 13: 11%

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“As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large. Largest one ever seized, actually.”

—  President Trump, announcing the capture of a Venezuelan oil ship

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