Playbook: What the GOP's new Big 3 discussed this weekend  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TOP-ED — “The Price of American Retreat,” by Mitch McConnell for Foreign Affairs: “To pretend that the United States can focus on just one threat at a time …

Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration  —  For the press heading into a second Trump administration, there's a balancing act between being prepared and being fearful.  The return to power of Donald Trump, who has called journalists enemies …

RFK Jr. Has a Battle Plan to Get Senate Confirmation  —  Health secretary nominee, after meeting resistance in some corners, plans to play down vaccine skepticism, pro-abortion stances  —  WASHINGTON—Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s attempt to win over Capitol Hill starts this week with a strategy …

Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers  —  President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to do everything in his power to benefit American workers.  “We will build American, buy American and hire American,” he said during a rally in August.

Why Musk Doesn't Have Access to SpaceX's Biggest Government Secrets  —  Executives haven't sought higher security clearance for the CEO to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials; the answers might no longer matter  —  The payloads SpaceX launches into the heavens …

How Pam Bondi boosted Trump's election fraud claims in a key swing state  —  In Pennsylvania in 2020, Trump's pick for attorney general pushed baseless claims of widespread voting fraud  —  On the morning of Nov. 4, 2020, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi drove northeast from Washington …

Tax Cuts Take Lead Over Deficit Worries in GOP's Internal Fight  —  Republicans embrace the contentious idea that some of their tax cuts would largely pay for themselves  —  WASHINGTON—Tax cutters are beating deficit hawks in the early phases of the Republican Party's fiscal tug of war.

Steve Bannon Is Already Claiming Trump Can Run Again in 2028  —  WHO'S GONNA STOP ME?  —  The political strategist says the Constitution doesn't count in this case.

Speaker Johnson faces ‘complicated’ decision on crucial Rules Committee chair  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling into a tricky — yet critical — decision over whom to appoint as the next chair of the House Rules Committee, a post that will set the tone for legislating and play …

Trump girds for battle with Democrats, Supreme Court over birthright citizenship  —  President-elect Trump, Democratic lawmakers and the Supreme Court are on a collision course over restricting birthright citizenship, which Trump has identified as a top priority for his incoming administration.

His Family Voted to Support Trump's Deportation Plan.  That Includes Him.  —  His friends and family members in Rome, Ga., voted to support mass deportation.  Now he's scrambling to stay in the country.  —  Jaime Cachua with his son Julian.  He fears he will be deported.

Trump's ‘explosive’ economic growth claims are no match for the $36 trillion debt  —  The new president could face even more daunting challenges than his predecessors if he follows through on his tax and tariff pledges.  —  Jeff Bezos, Larry Fink and Donald Trump's Treasury pick Scott Bessent all agree …

Trump Allies Fear Watered Down Deportation Efforts  —  President-elect's team is committed to pursuing immigrants who crossed illegally, but is wary about logistical challenges and setting expectations  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump ran for president on a bold promise: to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.

Bernie Sanders believes Hunter Biden pardon sets a ‘dangerous’ precedent  —  Sanders discusses Biden's legacy, one way he will work with President-elect Trump  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had two thoughts about President Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden after previously saying he would not …