US AND CANADA

SUSIE WILES CALLS TRUMP AN 'ALCOHOLIC'S PERSONALITY' IN VANITY FAIR INTERVIEWS

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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has delivered a series of unusually frank remarks about President Donald Trump, his administration, and key allies in a wide-ranging set of interviews with Vanity Fair, published Tuesday. Wiles, who played a central role in Trump's return to the White House and became the first woman to serve as his chief of staff, offered rare insights into the president's personality, governance style, and second-term agenda.

US TARIFFS ARE HAVING AN UNEVEN EFFECT ON HOLIDAY PRICES.

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The Ah Louis Store in San Luis Obispo, California, turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season.

Green garlands, giant nutcrackers, baubles and bows go up in early November on the historic downtown building that houses the gift shop. Inside, customers can choose from over 500 different types of ornaments and a variety of holiday gift baskets.

“We really just make it a magical spot,” co-owner Emily Butler said. “Whether you come in or not, we want to make sure that we’re spreading that holiday joy.”

THE US GAINED 64,000 JOBS INS NOVEMBER BUT LOST 105,000 IN OCTOBER

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The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, highest since 2021.

The November job gains were higher than the 40,000 economists had forecast. The October job losses were caused by a 162,000 drop in federal workers, many of whom resigned at the end of fiscal year 2025 on Sept. 30 under pressure from billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of U.S. government payrolls.

GUNMEN KILL AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE IN ATTACK ON JEWISH HOLIDAY EVENT

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Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism.

TRUMP FILES $10 BILLION DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST BBC OVER EDITED JAN. 6 DOCUMENTARY

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President Donald Trump has filed a sweeping $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of deceptively editing his Jan. 6, 2021, speech in a documentary aired ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

The complaint, filed Monday in federal court in Miami, alleges that a BBC "Panorama" documentary titled Trump: A Second Chance misrepresented Trump's remarks by stitching together nonconsecutive portions of his speech to falsely suggest he encouraged violence. Trump's legal team argues the edits amounted to election interference and caused significant reputational harm.

According to the lawsuit, the documentary combined Trump's early call for supporters to march to the Capitol with a statement made nearly an hour later in which he urged them to "fight like hell," while omitting his instruction to protest "peacefully and patriotically." His attorneys contend that the editing created a misleading narrative that portrayed Trump as directly inciting the Capitol riot.

NFL Alum Kevin Faulk's Daughter Dies Unexpectedly 4 Years After Her Younger Sister

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Kevin Faulk is dealing with a tragic loss.

Tanasha Faulk, a 30-year-old daughter of the former New England Patriots star, died on December 6, according to an online obituary and the Acadiana Advocate.

AMAZON APOLOGISES FOR SHOWING 15-RATED FILM TO CHILD BY MISTAKE

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An Amazon error led to a child being shown a 15-rated film instead of a PG movie, prompting an apology from the company. The incident occurred on its Prime Video service when a parent, attempting to rent "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," found that "Love & Other Drugs"—a film the British Board of Film Classification warns contains "strong sex and sex references"—was streaming incorrectly. They complained to the media regulator Ofcom, which found Amazon in breach of its rules.

JUDGE BLOCKS DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARDS IN LA

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On Wednesday, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, ordering them returned to the state governor's control. US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Trump administration had failed to prove the city's protests against increased immigration raids justified federal control of the state's National Guard, which had been sent to the city in June.