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California Gov. Newsom pushing for oil company penalties in special session  Fox Business Newsom unveils price-gouging penalty aimed at oil companies  KPIX CBS SF Bay Area ‘Sick and tired’ of high gas prices, California seeks to punish oil companies with new penalty  Sacramento

Donald Trump, Twitter and Free Speech: The Week in Cartoons Dec. 5-9  U.S. News & World Report

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage  The New York Times Supreme Court conservatives seem to side with website designer who doesn’t want to work with same-sex couples  CNN Supreme Court to hear case on free speech

Donald Trump Is No Lover of the Constitution  The Atlantic Trump denies he suggested ‘termination’ of Constitution, without deleting post  POLITICO Republican moderate refuses to disown Trump over constitution threat  The Guardian US Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth

Post Politics Now: Warnock, Walker make final pitches in Georgia Senate runoff  The Washington Post Final Day Before Georgia Senate Runoff Election  MSNBC Republican hopes fade as Warnock momentum picks up in Georgia  POLITICO Opinion | Everything Democrats Could Do if Warnock Wins  The

Iranian anti-regime protests that erupted in September after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the “morality police” have continued despite widely reported remarks by an official suggesting that the controversial security unit has been disbanded. Our Observers

NASA’s Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight. The capsule and its test dummies came within 80 miles of the far side of the moon Monday.

The impact may be blunted because Russia has been able reroute much of its European seaborne shipments to China, India and Turkey, although at steep discounts. Plus, the price cap is near what Russian oil already cost.

The impact may be blunted because Russia has been able reroute much of its European seaborne shipments to China, India and Turkey, although at steep discounts. Plus, the price cap is near what Russian oil already cost.

(MOMBASA, Kenya) — Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and are urging officials to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation