How GOP Senators Are Secretly Getting Ready to Surrender to Trump … It's largely passing unnoticed, but Republicans are quietly laying the groundwork to give their full blessing to one of Donald Trump's more corrupt schemes: Unleashing law enforcement on his political enemies without cause once he's sworn in again next year.

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit  —  ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect …

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol impeached after martial law ploy  —  Yoon must immediately hand over power to the prime minister, who will act as caretaker while the courts review the impeachment vote.  The process could take months.  —  SEOUL — The South Korean National Assembly voted Saturday …

Apple CEO visits Mar-a-Lago, joining list of tech execs seemingly courting Trump  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago on Friday, joining a growing list of tech executives that are seemingly courting President-elect Trump ahead of his return to the White House.

Inside Democrats' emerging Trump inauguration boycott … - For many Democrats, the scars of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol remain fresh in the mind, marking Trump as a threat to democracy.  — “For somebody who he said he's going to lock me up, I don't see the excitement …

Trump brings political drama to Army-Navy game sidelines  —  Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and Marine veteran Daniel Penny are attending the game with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance  —  President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will attend …

Trump's Transition Business Largely Happens After Night Falls  —  At his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect has been hosting diplomatic dinners, announcing cabinet picks and firing off texts to his aides — all after the sun goes down.  —  It was past midnight in Florida this week …

Pelosi underwent hip surgery after ‘hard fall’ in Luxembourg  —  The former speaker had surgery after she was hospitalized after a fall during a congressional visit to Luxembourg marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.  —  Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) …

Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine  —  The statement is the first time the Senate minority leader has publicly weighed in on the nomination process beyond acknowledging meeting with some of Trump's picks for his administration.

Obesity rate among US adults fell in 2023 for first time in over a decade: Study  —  The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on Friday.  —  The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that obesity nationwide …

RFK Jr.'s Hopes of Having Daughter-in-Law at CIA Hit Roadblock  —  ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW faces long odds in winning a top job at the Central Intelligence Agency amid mounting criticism from members of Donald Trump's transition team and Senate Republicans.

A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits  —  Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers  —  Nate Koetje, chief executive of an electrical contractor based in Grand Rapids, Mich., would like to hire as many as 200 workers next year.

Fed-up NJ sheriff sends own drone to follow mystery flying objects — what happened left some ‘stunned’  —  A fed-up New Jersey sheriff said he tried to track the mystery drones swarming the skies above his county — but they “easily” evaded the effort.  —  The Ocean County Sheriff's office sent …

Georgia lawmakers elect Western critic as new president  —  Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government over a halt to the country's European Union accession talks last month.

Trump nominates conservative culture warrior to lead DOJ civil rights  —  Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican lawyer in liberal San Francisco, is poised to be the first Sikh American to run the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tapped Harmeet Dhillon …

Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship could be decided by the Supreme Court  —  His early messaging is setting the stage for one of the first major legal battles of his second term.  —  Donald Trump's team is crafting an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children …

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Activist New York Doctor for Illegally Providing Abortion Drugs Across State Lines  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in direct violation of state law.