🗞️ Investigations and Presidential Citizens Medal

January 02, 2025

January 2nd, 2025

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel, officials say

Matthew Livelsberger was a member of the Army’s elite Green Berets, according to an Army statement.

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  • The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas has been identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, an active-duty U.S. Army Green Beret, as of now there is no connection between this event and the New Orleans truck attack

  • The FBI and Police no longer believe other people were involved in the New Orleans terrorist attack that occurred early New Year’s Day

  • President Biden announced there will be 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal that will be awarded today at a ceremony at the White House, Former Rep. Liz Cheney is the most notable recipient

  • The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in 8 months, new jobless claims filed the week ending Dec. 28th numbered 211,000, down 9,000 from the previous week’s level and lower than what was expected

  • The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 6.91%, the highest level since early July, up from 6.85% last week

  • 'Magnificent 7' stocks of Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet(Google), Meta, and Tesla are responsible for more than half of the S&P 500's 2024 gain per CNBC

  • Tesla’s annual vehicle sales dropped for the first time in more than a decade

  • DOW down .36% / S&P down .22%

  • An Israeli strike killed at least 11 Palestinians overnight, including the chief of Gaza’s police force and his deputy

  • Researchers have uncovered a "dinosaur highway" after hundreds of giant prehistoric footprints dating back 166 million years were found in an English quarry

Plus: A cool look at Google’s top search trends of 2024

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