Daily News
US avoids government shutdown after days of political turmoil - BBC.com
Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as residents pass 340 million - ABC News
Senior U.S. Diplomats Meet With Governing Militias in Syria - The New York Times
Trump appoints The Apprentice producer as US special envoy to UK - The Guardian US
Why China Isn’t Scared of Trump: U.S.-Chinese Tensions May Rise, but His Isolationism Will Help Beijing - Foreign Affairs Magazine
Trump threatens EU with tariffs over oil and gas imports - Reuters
US drops $10m reward for arrest of Syria’s new leader after Damascus talks - Al Jazeera English
December 21, 2024 - Presidential transition news - CNN
United States Politics
What Gladiator II Captures About This American Political Moment - TIME
Congress deadlocked over funding deal - The Economist
Biden signs funding measure to keep US government running - The Guardian US
Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone - The New York Times
Musk flexes influence over Congress in shutdown drama - BBC.com
Elon Musk Shook Up U.S. Politics. Will the U.K. Be Next? - The Wall Street Journal
Senate passes bill to avoid a shutdown, ending funding fight at the 11th hour - NBC News
A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics - The Conversation
Politics News
Elon Musk endorses far-right German political party, wading deeper into global politics - CNN
‘Source of political stalemates’: Smerconish on debt ceiling battle | CNN Politics - CNN
The Best Movies About Politics (According to You) - The New York Times
Elon Musk Shook Up U.S. Politics. Will the U.K. Be Next? - The Wall Street Journal
Holidays are hard for some LGBTQ people as politics stoke division - ABC News
How Trump and Musk caused a government shutdown nightmare before Christmas - NBC News
US House passes spending bill hours before deadline for government shutdown – as it happened - The Guardian US
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics - POLITICO
Fox News Politics: Biden's Early Christmas Gift to Public Workers - Fox News
Economy News
For Syria’s Economy, the Way Forward Starts With Sanctions Relief - The New York Times
Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty - The Associated Press
India’s luxury property market booming despite economic slowdown - South China Morning Post
Russia buys acceptance with cash, plunging economy into uncertainty - Kyiv Independent
Nantucket’s economy would be crushed under NOAA proposed restrictions, fast ferry would be gone: UMass report - Boston Herald
Europe’s economic apocalypse is now - POLITICO Europe
Argentina’s Economy Expanded Faster Than Expected in October - Bloomberg
Russia’s Economic Gamble: The Hidden Costs of War-Driven Growth - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Trump voters are confident he will turn the economy around, new poll says: ‘He is a good businessman’ - The Independent
Business News
Is Party City closing stores? Chain going out of business after previously exiting bankruptcy, CEO Barry Litwin says - ABC7 Los Angeles
Big Lots will soon start ‘going out of business’ sales at its remaining locations - CNN
What changes should small businesses be aware of for 2025? - ABC News
7 Under-The-Radar Business Books For Entrepreneurial Freedom In 2025 - Forbes
Watumull: The Indian family that built a business empire in Hawaii from scratch - BBC.com
Small business optimism soars in anticipation of Trump 2.0 - Fox Business
Opinion | Trump and Musk show how not to conduct the nation’s business - The Washington Post
The 5 biggest allegations from Blake Lively's complaint against Justin Baldoni - Business Insider
IRS mileage rate for business goes up to 70 cents a mile in 2025 - USA TODAY
Technology News
5 breakthroughs that improved our lives this year — and 1 that didn’t - Vox.com
Chinese GPU designers received key technologies from British company Imagination Technology: Report - Tom's Hardware
Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died - ABC News
Our Healthcare System Is Broken. Can Technology Help Heal It? - TIME
Here's how technology will change the future of religion - National Geographic
Parents raise concerns over ongoing school technology issues in Racine, Cybersecurity expert weighs in - TMJ4 News
India has skill, technology, manpower that 'New' Kuwait needs, says PM Modi; praises diaspora's role - The Times of India
At the border, both Canada and the U.S. are turning to technology to keep migrants out - CBC.ca
Top 10 Quantum Technology Business Stories of 2024 - The Quantum Insider