The VICE Morning Bulletin

Everything you need to know in the world this morning, curated by VICE.

• San Bernardino Attack Suspects Dead
  Two suspects have been killed after a mass shooting left 14 people dead and 17 injured at a Christmas party in San Bernardino. The couple, named as Syed Rizwan Farook and his partner Tashfeen Malik, were shot dead by police officers following a car chase through the city. —NBC News

• Texas Sues Federal Government
  Texas has filed a lawsuit against the federal government in an effort to block the resettlement of two Syrian refugee families. Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton has argued that the government violated its own law by not consulting the state. —The Texas Tribune
• Secret Service Crisis
  The Secret Service is an "agency in crisis", according to a bipartisan House report released today. The claim follows a string of humiliating security lapses, including an incident where two people strolled unnoticed into White House grounds. – The Washington Post

• Pentagon Wasted Millions on Afghan Villas
  A Pentagon business advocacy agency spent almost $150 million renting private villas in Afghanistan, according to an inspector general's report released today.The report says using military accommodation could have saved taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. —USA Today

• Turkey Accuses Russia of Lies
  Russian accusations that Turkey is trading oil with the Islamic State have been dismissed by Turkey's prime minister as "lies" similar to the "Cold War-era Soviet propaganda machine." Ahmet Davutoglu insisted his country was trying to control its border with Syria. —AP

• UK Joins Bombing of Syria
  British warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria, hours after the UK's Parliament voted to authorize attacks against Islamic State targets. The first strikes hit IS-controlled oil fields in eastern Syria, according to the British defense secretary. —BBC News

• FIFA Officials Arrested
  Two top Fifa officials have been arrested, suspected of accepting bribes of "millions of dollars" by US authorities investigating world soccer's governing body. Swiss police made pre-dawn raids at a luxury hotel in Zurich. —The Guardian

• Pistorius Now Guilty of Murder
  The supreme court of South Africa has upgraded Oscar Pistorius' conviction for killing his former girlfriend from culpable homicide to murder, following a legal battle by prosecutors.The minimum sentence for murder is 15 years in prison. - Reuters

• Downing Death Star a Bad Idea
  According to a financial engineering professor, destroying the Death Star would have had a terrible effect on the fictional universe of Star Wars. Defaulted bank loans would amount to $500 quintillion, according to numbers he made up in his own head. - TIME

• Caitlyn Billboard Prompts Complaints
  New Zealand advertising company Cranium has apologized for a transphobic billboard. It featured Caitlyn Jenner in a Santa hat with the slogan: "I hope your sack is fuller than mine this Christmas". —The Huffington Post
• Why I Hacked a Toy Company
  An anonymous hacker explains why he breached the servers of toymaker VTech, exposing the personal data of millions of parents and children. The aim was to expose "shitty security." —Motherboard

• NYC Officials Rip Off Food Stamps
  A ring led by a New York State bureaucrat came up with a way of ripping off $2 million in food stamps. They used the tokens to fund a Red Bull wholesale enterprise. —Munchies

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