Good morning. It's Monday, December 9.

Today’s top stories for you.

1. Daniel Penny NOT GUILTY

2. What We Know About Luigi Mangione, ‘Person of Interest’ Arrested in UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting

3. Pete Hegseth Returns to Capitol Hill

Meets GOP Senators

4. Kari Lake ‘Top Contender’ to Become Ambassador to Mexico

5. Vox Media Fires Taylor Lorenz

6. Trump Picks Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant AG for Civil Rights

7. Inside Assad’s Abandoned Mansion in Syria 

Secret Tunnels Discovered

8. WATCH: China Unveils All-Terrain Robocops

CF Polls

Poll results will be in tomorrow's newsletter.

Polls results from yesterday.

How would you rate Lara Trump’s performance as RNC co-chair?

🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 Excellent (92%)

⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ Good (6%)

⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ Average (1%)

⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ Poor (0%)

Excellent: “Her and Whatley were the best to happen to the GOP. They played a major role in a Trump re-election bid.”

Excellent: “She proved that The Republican Party actually can win elections. All they have to do is want to. ”

Excellent: “She was very active in delivering President Donald J Trump's landslide victory.”