Dec 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Woodside WDS.AX and Chevron CVX.N said they would streamline oil and gas operations in Western Australia through a stake swap deal, a move resulting in the Australian energy giant exiting the $34 billion Wheatstone LNG project.
- The U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit accusing pharmacy chain CVS CVS.N of filling illegal opioid prescriptions and billing federal health insurance programs, contributing to a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose.
- California declared a state of emergency due to an increased number of H5N1 bird flu cases that have been detected in the state's dairy cows.
- The U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on national security grounds.
- President-elect Donald Trump disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past the end of the week.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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