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Report calls incident a terrorist attack, without providing details; area where it occurred may have active Islamic State presence

Military releases year-end statistics, including 50 targets hit in Syria, a million doctor’s visits by troops, and over 1.4 million coronavirus-related phone calls answered

Officers to deploy drones and helicopters to locate parties that are barred under virus lockdown rules; Health Ministry frets about restrictions’ efficacy amid high infection rate

Biden national security adviser criticizes Obama’s foreign policy for not focusing on middle-class Americans  Fox News Biden White House to issue memo to halt or delay midnight regulations on January 20  CNN Trump administration speeds up ‘midnight rule-making,’ creating hurdles for Biden  NBC

State’s 1st case of new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus detected in SoCal  KTLA Los Angeles California reports its first case of the U.K. strain of COVID-19  CBS News New, potentially more contagious coronavirus variant found in California, Newsom says  Yahoo News

Warp Speed Officials Say Covid Vaccine Distribution Is Going Too Slowly  The New York Times Warp speed official says vaccine rollout has fallen short of goal  CBS Evening News ‘Lower than we hoped’: Trump officials ask for patience on vaccine  NBC News The

The CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is seeking to retain control over Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for at least two years – even though President Biden has signaled he will be replaced. (Image credit: U.S. Agency for

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces a nine-year prison term in the bribery case that contributed to the downfall of former president Park Guen-hye. Prosecutors argued that the length of the sentence is warranted because of Samsung’s power

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win  CNN Four things to watch in US politics in 2021  Al Jazeera English How Trump and Republicans have tried to overturn the 2020 election  USA TODAY Enemy

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win  CNN Hawley vows to challenge Biden electors, forcing vote McConnell hoped to avoid  POLITICO Column: Politics in 2021 — Will the blurring of reality and fantasy