{"id":340525,"date":"2025-12-12T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/340525\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:47:09","slug":"5-things-to-know-for-dec-12-health-care-redistricting-battles-washington-floods-immigration-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/340525\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to know for Dec. 12: Health care, Redistricting battles, Washington floods, Immigration, Artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The FDA intends to put a \u201cblack box\u201d warning<\/a> on Covid-19 vaccines, sources tell CNN. A boxed warning is the agency\u2019s most serious alert and is meant to warn about drug risks.\n <\/p>\n

\n Here\u2019s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.\n <\/p>\n

\n President Donald Trump made a surprising bid for bipartisan collaboration on Thursday at the White House\u2019s Congressional Ball, saying he believes Democrats and Republicans will soon work together on health care<\/a>. The administration is now promising a new health care approach after the Senate rejected competing proposals from both parties. The legislative stalemate comes as millions of Americans could face higher monthly payments in January<\/a> if enhanced Obamacare subsidies are allowed to lapse. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration will share details on its plan \u201cvery soon.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Indiana Republicans have defied President Trump\u2019s pressure campaign to redraw the state\u2019s congressional maps ahead of next year\u2019s midterm elections. On Thursday, 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats to vote down the proposed map<\/a>, which would have positioned the GOP to sweep all nine of the state\u2019s US House seats \u2014 and potentially help the party retain control of the chamber. Several lawmakers who refused to vote for the map argued their constituents opposed the redistricting. Trump said he hopes Republicans who voted against redrawing the map will face primary challenges from loyal MAGA supporters.\n <\/p>\n

\n Record flooding in Washington has triggered widespread evacuations and water rescues. Several rivers in the western part of the state are overflowing their banks and are inundating towns with fast-moving floodwater<\/a>. Dozens of people were rescued in Sumas as water levels reached up to 15 feet on Thursday. Around 100,000 residents statewide face potential evacuations as flood threats intensify, officials said. Many are in Skagit County, where the entire 100-year floodplain has been ordered to evacuate. Meteorologists say a new atmospheric river next week could send even more rain to areas already devastated by floods.\n <\/p>\n

\n A federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody. The Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported earlier this year<\/a>, prompting a fraught legal battle that has included tense confrontations between the judge and the Justice Department. His case has also come to embody the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown and its aggressive posture seeking to deport immigrants to far-flung countries. His release comes after the administration struggled in recent weeks to find a country willing to quickly accept him.\n <\/p>\n

\n President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own artificial intelligence regulations and instead aims to create a \u201csingle national framework\u201d for AI<\/a>. Silicon Valley leaders, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have argued that a patchwork of state rules could slow innovation and undermine America\u2019s competitiveness in the global AI race with China, with potential consequences for the economy and national security. Critics, however, worry that the move toward deregulation could let AI companies avoid accountability if their tools harm consumers.\n <\/p>\n

GET ‘5 THINGS’ IN YOUR INBOX<\/p>\n

\n An Australian skydiver\u2019s parachute became caught on a plane\u2019s tail 15,000 feet in the air. See how a disaster was narrowly avoided<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n Killing the penny was just the start. More major changes are coming to America\u2019s coins next year<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a $40 billion fraud scheme<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n Lululemon Athletica announced that its CEO, Calvin McDonald, will step down<\/a> as the yogawear company navigates a challenging consumer environment.\n <\/p>\n

\n Hundreds of flights were canceled on Thursday after a blackout in Brazil<\/a> left more than 1.4 million residents without power.\n <\/p>\n

\n Which country recently banned young teens from social media?
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. Russia
D. India\n <\/p>\n

\n Take me to the quiz!<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n \ud83c\udf24\ufe0f Check your local forecast<\/a> to see what you can expect.\n <\/p>\n

And finally\u2026<\/p>\n

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Here’s what happened when a lone hiker got stranded in quicksand\n <\/p>\n

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Here’s what happened when a lone hiker got stranded in quicksand<\/p>\n

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\u25b6\ufe0f A quicksand rescue<\/p>\n

\n An experienced hiker sank into quicksand while backpacking through Utah\u2019s Arches National Park on Sunday. See the moment he was rescued<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FDA intends to put a \u201cblack box\u201d warning on Covid-19 vaccines, sources tell CNN. A boxed warning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,49,48,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-340525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}