Bullet strikes Southwest Airlines plane at Dallas Love Field Airport There were no reported injuries on the plane, which was struck on the “right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck while the Crew was preparing for departure,” the airline said. Read more on NPR

Germany’s Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia’s Putin in first such call in 2 years The new communication between Scholz and Putin — their first since December 2022 — comes at a time of speculation about what the new administration of President-elect Trump will mean for Ukraine. Read more on NPR

Hegseth Fox and the Trump WH Pete Hegseth has positioned himself as a staunch public defender of President-elect Donald Trump on Fox’s airwaves — and is yet one more example of the Fox-to-Trump pipeline. Read more on NPR

Judge blocks Biden administration’s rule to expand overtime pay for millions A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S. Read more on NPR

Trump picks Karoline Leavitt to be youngest White House press secretary in history Leavitt will be the youngest person to ever hold the job and is expected to deliver press briefings based on Trump’s statement late Friday that he has “utmost confidence she will excel at the podium.” Read more on NPR

Scientific American editor resigns after comments about Trump supporters went viral Laura Helmuth announced her resignation from the long-running magazine after her statements on election night regarding Trump sparked outrage among conservatives. Read more on NPR

Malcolm X’s daughters sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader’s assassination A $100 million lawsuit claims the agencies were aware of and were involved in the1965 assassination plot and failed to stop the killing of the civil rights leader. Read more on NPR

Trump nominates RFK Jr. to remake healthcare. This week President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services. The nomination comes after Trump promised to let Kennedy “go wild on health” during the campaign. Kennedy holds a number of controversial opinions on health, and…

RFK Jr. isn’t the only one. More than a billion people have parasitic worms Earlier this year, a surprising story emerged about RFK Jr. — the newly named nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — and a parasitic brain worm. Read more on NPR

The Price Israel and Lebanon are Each Paying for Their War on the Border We bring you views from both sides of the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. Israel says they’re closer to accomplishing their mission of pushing Hezbollah militants away from the border so that tens of thousands of Israelis can safely return to…