Headlines for December 19, 2024

Israeli’s Attacks Continue Across Gaza Despite Talks of Nearing Ceasefire, Twin Palestinian Sisters Killed by Israeli Attack as They Attempted to Leave Gaza, Haaretz: Israeli Soldiers Arbitrarily Kill Palestinians, Then Declare Them Terrorists, Israel Bombs Yemen, Killing at Least 9, Senate Passes $895B Pentagon Bill, Includes Ban on Healthcare for Military Trans Family Members, Government Shutdown Looms After House Republicans Reject Compromise Spending Deal, GOP Introduces DOGE Act to Slash Billions from Social Programs, House Ethics Committee to Release Report on Matt Gaetz’s Sex Trafficking and Drug Use, Trump Appoints Failed Senate Candidate and Ex-NFL Star Herschel Walker as U.S. Ambassador to Bahamas, Gisèle Pelicot’s Ex-Husband Is Found Guilty of Mass Rape, Sentenced to 20 Years, U.S. to Pay $116 Million to “Rape Club” Survivors at Federal Women’s Prison in California, Texas Father Fights to Reunite Family After ICE Deports Mother and Children to Mexico, “We Just Do What the Israelis Want Us to Do”: State Department Official Quits over U.S. Policy on Gaza, Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Potential Ban on Social Media App TikTok, Indiana Carries Out First Execution in 15 Years, Killing Joseph Corcoran, Thousands of Amazon Workers Begin Strike for Union Recognition