The morning revealed overlapping military connections in this week's attacks, as investigators uncovered the Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber's manifesto expressing PTSD-related grievances and criticism of "feckless leadership." Apple agreed to pay $95M in a Siri privacy settlement.
By midday, New Orleans investigators traced the ISIS attacker's isolated radicalization path, while emergency agencies issued new security protocols for special events. The Surgeon General's call for cancer warnings on alcohol sparked industry debate.
The afternoon centered on Jimmy Carter's state funeral procession through Georgia, while Biden's decision to award Presidential Medals of Freedom to Hillary Clinton and George Soros generated partisan responses. The evening brought news of an $8 billion arms sale to Israel and the final striking down of net neutrality regulations.
A major winter storm system approached the northern states, promising record snowfall.