Playbook: Pete Hegseth's last stand  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BIG FAMILY NEWS — From Global Editor in Chief John Harris: Rachael Bade — who for the past four years has been a Playbook co-author and for the past 14 years has fashioned …

Words found on shell casings where UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead, senior law enforcement official says  —  Brian Thompson, 50, was killed in a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack,” police said.  —  Shell casings found at the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead …

Behind the Curtain: Biden's haunting twin sins … They expected some blowback — not a wicked backlash.  — But even Biden's best friends think it was nuts to pardon Hunter as a solo act on the same evening he left for a long-promised three-day trip to Africa.

House GOP set for tiniest vote margin possible: ‘We have nothing to spare’  —  House Republicans will have zero room for error in the 119th Congress — literally.  —  Rep. John Duarte (R) conceded to Democrat Adam Gray in California's 13th Congressional District Tuesday night …

Suddenly, Trump's Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance  —  There are still nearly two months to go before Donald Trump assumes the presidency again, but Republicans or GOP-adjacent industries have already begun to admit out loud that some of his most important policy promises …

Ex-Aides Say Gabbard Regularly Consumed Russian State Media: Report  —  Ex-staffers, GOP Senate aides, and members of the intelligence community are raising concerns about Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Intelligence Community  —  Donald Trump has already lost Cabinet pick and reconsider a second …

What's Happening at MSNBC?  —  David Frum just shared a disturbing anecdote from an appearance this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe.  According to his short article at The Atlantic, he made a flippant reference to reporting that Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth was known for drinking on the job at Fox News.

The Times They Are A-Changin'  —  The old Los Angeles Times building.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong is tightening his grip over the Los Angeles Times.  —  The MAGA-curious owner, who drew controversy when he blocked the newspaper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris …

Trump Organization Plans an Ethics Policy Without Banning Foreign Deals  —  The family business of President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to announce some restrictions on transactions but is not likely to accept as many limitations as it did eight years ago.

12/5/24 ☀️ AM: … The meeting is at 3 p.m., after the Senate leaves town for the week.  (The rhythms of Congress are hard.  It takes everyone time to learn.) … Unlike previous spending-reduction initiatives, DOGE has no statutory authority or fast-track floor process …

Evan Greer on why Dems should stay strong on trans rights  —  “I wish more Democrats would ask themselves, ‘How can we stand for more?’ instead of ‘How can we stand for less?’”  —  ∙ Paid  —  🏳️‍⚧️ Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.

Trump Picks Yet Another Fox Star for White House Role  —  REVOLVING DOOR  —  Monica Crowley, Trump's pick for Chief of Protocol, is only the latest former Fox employee to land a job offer in his incoming administration.  —  President-elect Donald Trump named Monica Crowley …

North Carolina Supreme Court candidate seeks to disqualify 60,000 voters — including his opponent's parents  —  In an effort to overturn the results of November's election, Jefferson Griffin, a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court, is asking state election officials to throw out more than 60,000 ballots.

Putin Decides That Stalin's Victims Were Guilty After All … Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin's government announced the “rescission” of a 1991 law officially rehabilitating past victims of political tyranny.  Beginning in the late '80s, an efflorescence of truth under …

Centrist Democrats should stop blaming progressives for Harris's loss  —  Whether to use he/she pronouns in emails wasn't a factor in the Harris-Trump race.  —  Center-left and establishment Democrats are trying to marginalize the party's left wing in the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris's loss …

Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights.  GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.

LA Times to Publish ‘Bias Meter’ on News Stories, Owner Says  —  “The reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story,” Patrick Soon-Shiong tells Scott Jennings  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong's plans to give the Los Angeles Times newsroom a rebirth continue to take shape …

Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office  —  In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump's plan for mass deportations  —  Donald Trump's plan for the mass deportation of undocumented people …

Incoming Trump administration plans to deport some migrants to countries other than their own  —  The transition team is preparing a list of countries to which migrants might be deported when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to three sources familiar with the plans.

December 4, 2024  —  In 1883, as the Republican Party moved into full-throated support for the industrialists who were concentrating the nation's wealth into their own hands while factory workers stayed above the poverty line only by working 12 hours a day, seven days a week …

The most vulnerable target of post-election hate?  America's kids.  —  Trump's win has ignited a wave of bullying — again. … The day after the presidential election, LaToya Bufford's 16-year-old daughter got a text saying she had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”