Amazon has ordered its near-300.000 employees to return to the office full-time 5 days a week and announced plans to cut a number of manager positions; experts consider the move a key test case for the future of workplace flexibility in corporate America

President-elect Donald Trump and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son announced a $100 billion investment in the US aimed at generating 100.000 new jobs; Trump called the investment "a monumental demonstration of confidence in America's future"

President-elect Trump, on his first trip overseas since winning the election, met in Paris with French President Macron and Ukraine's leader Zelenskiy for talks on 7 December, before the ceremony for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral

An executive grant of clemency for a “full and unconditional pardon” has been signed by President Joe Biden for his son Hunter who faced sentencing for federal tax and gun convictions; the pardon cannot be reversed by next presidents coming in office

The Texas State Board of Education approved a controversial, Bible-infused curriculum for public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade; schools will not be required to use "BlueBonnet" curriculum but will receive extra funding if they do