Morning Edition Friday, the 5th of December

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At the top of the news, Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana.

Also in the digest... Brain, Julio Macat, and Elf.

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Lead Stories
Sport
World Cup 2026: a look at the United States’ group-stage opponents
National
Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump's ongoing command of California National Guard troops
Business
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi part ways amid scandal over RFK Jr relationship
World
A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boats
Mike Johnson
Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
World
US citizen chased by ICE in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’
Sport
World Cup 2026 draw: England face two 2018 reunions, Scotland land Brazil
Sport
USMNT’s First Opponent at 2026 World Cup Confirmed
Business
Her Husband Hid That He Quit His Job From Her Until They Were Facing Eviction. 'I Knew Something Was Off But I Never Suspected He Had Lost His Job'
National
Texas Officials Seize More Than Half a Million Worth Of Cocaine Hidden In a Tractor
World
Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Entertainment
Stephen Colbert on Pete Hegseth’s Venezuela scandal: ‘Frantically pointing the finger’
Politics
Venezuela's Second-in-Command Says U.S.-Backed Opposition Leader Machado Left Country on Diplomatic-Immunity Flight, Calls Nobel Prize a 'Show'
World
German MPs rubberstamp military service plan amid school pupil protests
World
Homeland security head reveals plans to widen US travel ban to more than 30 countries
World
‘No mistrust’ between Europe and US over Ukraine, Macron says
World
First Thing: US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps
World
Key US panel to vote on changing infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
World
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
Vaccine
Vaccine advisers hand-picked by RFK Jr seemed confused about what they were voting for ahead of potential changes to Hep B shot
Trending Stories
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Netflix Just Bought Warner Bros, Here’s What That Means For The Future Of Movies & TV
2
Norris’ date with F1 destiny arrives as he aims to keep Verstappen and Piastri at bay
3
What might change for streamers under the proposed $72B Netflix-Warner Brothers Discovery deal
4
Zak Brown denies McLaren F1 team orders are a U-turn on papaya rules
5
Republicans in Washington circle the wagons around an increasingly damaged Pete Hegseth
6
Hegseth put troops at risk by sharing sensitive plans on personal phone, Pentagon watchdog finds
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Lando Norris can play it down all he likes – an F1 world title would put him among the elite
8
Republican lawmakers scrutinize Trump administration over ‘drug boat’ strikes
9
Nato hits back at Putin’s threat of war in Europe as UK condemns ‘Kremlin claptrap’
10
Trump says ‘we’re going to start doing those strikes on land too’ as he talks about drug boat attacks
11
UK government plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog
12
OBR chairman resigns over Budget leak
13
McLaren's Qatar GP strategy call shocked rival F1 teams
14
Why winning 2025 F1 title “doesn’t really matter” to Max Verstappen
15
Antonelli explains Norris overtake in F1 Qatar GP
16
Max Verstappen wins Qatar Grand Prix as three-way F1 title fight goes down to final race
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Andrea Stella explains error that forced Lando Norris to abort decisive Qatar GP qualifying lap
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Norris accuses Verstappen of "talking nonsense" after F1 2025 title claim