UPS expects its holiday load to rise 5%, to 750 million packages this holiday season, while FedEx says it's planning for up to 400 million parcels. UPS, which had plans to hire 95,000 temporary workers this holiday season, recently implemented a 70-hour, eight-day workweek for its drivers. From the GOP's perspective, Alabama's Senate race will yield one of two unhappy results. President Trump says he didn't ask James Comey to stop investigating Michael Flynn. President Trump reduced the size of two national monuments in southern Utah.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 12, 2017 18:56 UTC