1. Exclusive / Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes  https-//www.semafor.com
2. Is The Washington Post’s new AI podcast a hallmark of the future?  NPR
3. The Post’s A.I. ‘Disaster’  status.news
4. The Washington Post debuts AI-personalized podcasts to hook younger listeners  Digiday
5. Washington Post Staffers Decry New AI Podcast Push  TheWrap

1. Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map  The New York Times
2. Indiana Senate rejects GOP-drawn congressional map in a major rebuke of Trump  NBC News
3. Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push  CNN
4. The State That Handed Trump His Biggest Defeat Yet  The Atlantic
5. Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push  Politico

1. Dow, S&P 500 mark record closes; Oracle drags on the Nasdaq  Reuters
2. Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave  CNBC
3. Heard on the Street Recap: Oracle's Outlook  The Wall Street Journal
4. Oracle Stock Is Plunging Despite New Commitments From Nvidia and Meta. Here's Why.  Investopedia
5. Wall Street sets more records even as Oracle stumbles  Yahoo

Finance expert Sofia Nadjibi offers insights to help agents successfully position their clients during the December and January market slowdown.

1. Gas explosion in San Francisco Bay Area injures at least six people  The Guardian
2. Hayward, California explosion: 6 people injured after dramatic video shows building explode, causing massive fire  ABC7 San Francisco
3. 6 Injured and 2 Missing in Bay Area Neighborhood Gas Explosion  The New York Times
4. Explosion, fire in Hayward area leaves at least 6 injured  NBC Bay Area
5. Explosion, fire near Hayward in community of Ashland leaves multiple people injured, buildings destroyed  CBS News

1. China ‘uses pornographic deepfakes to vilify female activists’  The Times
2. Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses  The Guardian
3. Exiled Hong Kong activist target of sexually explicit harassment campaign  BBC
4. Exiled Hong Kong Democracy Activists Say They're Targeted by Fake Sexualised Images  U.S. News & World Report
5. AI Deepfake Harassment Targets Hong Kong Activist In UK  Evrim Ağacı

1. Charlie Kirk murder suspect makes first in-person court appearance  BBC
2. Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing makes first in-court appearance  Yahoo
3. Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson makes first in-person court appearance  CNN
4. Accused Charlie Kirk killer makes first in-person court appearance  The Guardian
5. Charlie Kirk murder suspect appears in court as judge weighs degree of media access  CBS News

1. In a setback for Trump, Indiana lawmakers defeat redistricting plan  NPR
2. 24 hours that showed the limits of Trump’s power  CNN
3. 'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired  NBC News
4. Indiana’s rejection of new voting map shows Trump’s might is not unlimited  The Guardian
5. Trump’s redistricting effort fails in Indiana as GOP lawmakers deliver rare rebuke  The Washington Post

1. NASA Selects Two Heliophysics Missions for Continued Development  NASA (.gov)
2. NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather  Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
3. NASA advances heliophysics mission into next phase  SpaceNews
4. Dartmouth-Led NASA Mission Selected for Next Phase  Dartmouth
5. NASA Advances One Small Explorer Mission Concept, Extends Study for Another  space & defense

1. Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow Up, Gold Miners Jump; AI Stocks Brush Off Oracle Drop (Live Coverage)  Investor's Business Daily
2. Costco's quarterly beat isn't enough to knock out the bears — here's what could  cnbc.com
3. Stock market today: Dow jumps 650 points to post record, S&P 500 climbs above 6,900 for first time  Yahoo Finance
4. Dow, S&P 500 mark record closes; Oracle drags on the Nasdaq  Reuters
5. The US stock market hits record highs, even as worries about an AI bubble continue  AP News

Since the original charges against James were thrown out in November, the DoJ has reportedly tried and failed to obtain indictments from two different federal grand juries.

1. Cam Newton on Colts signing 44-year-old Philip Rivers: ‘It’s almost like a slap in my face’  Los Angeles Times
2. Philip Rivers could join exclusive list of athletes to suit up while being a grandparent  ESPN
3. Can Colts, Philip Rivers really make a playoff push? One AFC team and its off-the-couch QB recently showed it’s possible — though circumstances weren’t identical  Yahoo Sports
4. NFL execs on Colts, Philip Rivers reunion: ‘Fun story. But it’s going to be a disaster’ - The Athletic  The New York Times
5. Tom Brady says he 'certainly could' play quarterback at 48 amid a Philip Rivers comeback  Fox News

1. Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push  CNN
2. Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push  Politico
3. Live updates: Senate ACA bills fail; Trump administration shares details after Venezuelan oil tanker seized  NBC News
4. With Republicans Divided, Indiana Senate Set to Vote on Redistricting  The New York Times
5. Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort  Axios

1. Disney’s OpenAI Deal ‘Appears to Sanction’ AI Company’s ‘Theft of Our Work,’ WGA Says  Variety
2. The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora  OpenAI
3. Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos  The New York Times
4. OpenAI’s Mickey Mouse Deal  The Information
5. Disney Accuses Google of Using AI to Engage in Copyright Infringement on ‘Massive Scale’  Variety

1. Oracle Slides by Most Since January on Mounting AI Spending  Bloomberg.com
2. Tech stocks tumble amid renewed AI worries on Wall Street  NBC News
3. Oracle shares tank 11%, dragging down Nvidia, CoreWeave, Micron  cnbc.com
4. Biggest Stock Movers Today, Dec. 11: ORCL, PL, & More  Yahoo Finance
5. Oracle Earnings: More Focus on Capacity Delivery as Cloud Infrastructure Ramps at Scale  Morningstar

1. The biggest shift yet in U.S. vaccine policy  The Washington Post
2. Opinion | What RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers revealed about their views  The Washington Post
3. Arizona tells doctors to keep giving hepatitis B vaccine to newborns  Axios
4. Vaccine panel's hepatitis B vote signals further turbulence for immunization policy, public trust  CBS News
5. CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants  NPR

1. Rwanda-backed M23 offensive in Congo’s South Kivu kills over 400 civilians  AP News
2. M23 Rebels Seize Uvira in Eastern Congo  The New York Times
3. Over 400 civilians killed in fighting in eastern Congo, despite US-mediated peace deal  ABC News
4. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they have captured key city in eastern DRC  The Guardian
5. DRC fighting forces 200,000 people to flee as M23 advances, dozens killed  Al Jazeera

1. OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 after 'code red' push to counter Google's Gemini 3  Reuters
2. Introducing GPT-5.2  OpenAI
3. Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?  The New York Times
4. GPT-5.2 vs Gemini 3 — How the two heavyweight models compare on benchmarks, price, and feature set  Mashable
5. Available today: GPT-5.2 in Microsoft 365 Copilot  Microsoft

1. Man Accused in Charlie Kirk Killing Makes First Court Appearance in Person  The New York Times
2. Charlie Kirk murder accused makes first in-person court appearance  BBC
3. Accused Charlie Kirk killer makes first in-person court appearance  The Guardian
4. Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson makes first in-person court appearance  CNN
5. Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing makes first in-court appearance  Yahoo