📊 Majority of adults in US believe in afterlife, Republicans much more than Democrats, poll shows

❗️🇺🇸🇮🇱 Apple has filed a lawsuit seeking damages against Israeli spyware company NSO Group after it infected iPhones with its Pegasus surveillance software. The lawsuit also seeks an injunction to block the group from using any of Apple's software, services or devices.

⚡️ Brian Laundrie died of gunshot wound to the head, family lawyer reveals

⚡️ Biden: Gas prices would be 25 cents less at pumps but companies are ‘pocketing’ gains

⚡️ Jury finds 'Unite the Right' rally organizers liable on four counts of violence

⚡️ House panel on January 6 riot subpoenas leaders of Proud Boys, Oath Keeper militia

The House committee investigating the January 6 riot issued five new subpoenas targeting the Proud Boys and its leader, Enrique Tarrio, as well as the Oath Keepers and its leader, Stewart Rhodes.

"We believe the individuals and organizations we subpoenaed today have relevant information about how violence erupted at the Capitol and the preparation leading up to this violent attack," Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who chairs the committee, said in a statement.

🎼 Jay-Z makes history becoming the most nominated artist in history.

The rapper who was nominated for three Grammys on Tuesday, now has 83 Grammy nominations. The 23-time Grammy-winning rapper moved past legendary producer/composer Quincy Jones, who has been nominated 80 times.

💉 When you play a doctor but don't act like one.
'General Hospital' actor Steve Burton, who played Dr. Jason Morgan for 30 years, admitted that he had been fired for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

⚡️ Waukesha Parade suspect makes first court appearance, criminal complaint released

JUST IN: Waukesha Christmas Parade death toll jumps to six, injured tally surpasses 60. The sixth death was a child.

WATCH | After killing 6 and injuring over 60, Darrell Brooks appears caught on a Ring doorbell camera begging a resident for help hailing an Uber.

💵 Dollar Tree is raising its price point from the namesake $1 to $1.25 as a result of the current inflationary economic environment, company President and CEO Michael Witynski said.

“We experienced a strong finish to the quarter, as shoppers are increasingly focused on value in this inflationary environment,” Witynski said on Tuesday. “Our Dollar Tree pricing tests have demonstrated broad consumer acceptance of the new price point and excitement about the additional offerings and extreme value we will be able to provide. Accordingly, we have begun rolling out the $1.25 price point at all Dollar Tree stores nationwide.”

👀The decision to raise the price point is permanent.

Energy independent under Trump: ex-POTUS calls out Joe Biden for his failure on handling energy.

🗣“We were energy independent one year ago. Now we are at the mercy of OPEC," the ex-president said in an interview with Fox News.

He also declared that if he were, in his words, "rightfully re-elected", by the end of his term the US would be producing more oil than Russia.

❗️ Taliban wants to discuss with US recognition of its gov’t and unfreezing of Afghan assets

China slams the US for inviting Taiwan to its ‘Summit for Democracy’: "China is firmly opposed to inviting Taiwan to the US-hosted ‘Summit for Democracy’," spokesman Zhao Lijian told a news briefing.

China itself wasn't among the 110 countries invited to this virtual event, according to a list of participants published by the US Department of State on its website.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the upcoming 'Summit for Democracy': "This is nothing more than some kind of attempt to draw some new dividing lines. We fought in the early 1990s to remove these dividing lines. But now the United States, unfortunately, prefers to create new dividing lines and divide countries into good, in their mind, and bad, also in their mind."

🇺🇸Former US President Donald Trump told Fox News that he had recently met at his Mar-A-Lago residence with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was acquitted of charges of murdering two men and wounding another.

"Economy and Lowering Prices for the American People": While reading off a teleprompter, Joe Biden said "end of quote" out loud by mistake 😐

Joe Biden says the US is "experiencing the strongest economic recovery in the world," but reports reveal that the traditional holiday meal for Americans will cost 14% more than it did last year. Gasoline prices are also soaring.

Perhaps a little less turkey then...