Obamacare Ruling, Facebook Photo Breach & Miss Universe - Monday, December 17th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, December 17th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the latest changes at the White House and what happens now that a judge ruled 'Obamacare' is unconstitutional.
Plus: a Facebook photo breach, student debt canceled, Starbucks delivery and a first for Miss Universe.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. Today the latest changes at the White House and what now that a judge |
| 0:14.0 | ruled Obamacare is unconstitutional, plus a Facebook photo breach, |
| 0:18.4 | Starbucks delivery, and a first for a Miss Universe. Those stories in many more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:24.5 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:25.3 | Today is Monday, December 17th. |
| 0:27.6 | You ready? |
| 0:28.6 | Let's do this. |
| 0:30.6 | President Trump's new right-hand man has been named. At least for now. |
| 0:37.2 | Fox News reports Budget Director Mick Mulvaney will be acting White House Chief |
| 0:41.0 | of Staff. He'll replace John Kelly and be the third |
| 0:43.8 | person with the job in the last two years. But it sounds like at this point it's not |
| 0:47.6 | a permanent replacement. Also changing in the administration right now, the Interior |
| 0:52.2 | Secretary Ryan Zinke resigned over |
| 0:54.3 | the weekend, saying he'll leave by the end of the year. |
| 0:57.0 | The Washington Post reports he's been facing pressure to leave the White House. |
| 1:00.4 | Why? |
| 1:01.4 | Well, there have been at least 15 investigations involving him since he took the job. |
| 1:05.0 | They've included issues with real estate dealings in his home state of Montana, as well as his conduct in office. |
| 1:11.0 | The U.S. Secretary of the Interior is in charge of things like managing and |
| 1:14.0 | sustaining federal land and other natural resources. No word yet on who might replace him. |
| 1:18.7 | The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional. |
| 1:26.2 | That's at least what a federal judge said. |
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