Morning Edition Friday, the 5th of December

Good morning,

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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- The inkl team

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Lead Stories
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
World
Macron denies warning Ukraine about potential US betrayal – as it happened
World
Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
National
US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers
World
Four countries boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
National
US submarines carrying nuclear weapons could dock in Australia despite ban, Senate told