ABC bends the knee  —  Corporate media is surrendering already. … 📝  —  Since the election, plenty of the richest among us have rushed to curry favor with Donald Trump by showering him with cash.  —  Meta's Mark Zuckerburg is giving Trump $1 million for his inauguration …

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 …

How China could try to strangle Taiwan without firing a shot  —  TAIPEI, Taiwan — When most people imagine what war in the Taiwan Strait might look like, scenes out of eastern Ukraine in 2022 or even Normandy in 1944 tend to come to mind.  —  Picture transport ships from China facing …

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 …

Donald Trump Adviser Collapses On Stage At New York Young Republican Gala  —  The president-elect called into the event and addressed the incident, saying Alex Bruesewitz is “a very special guy.”  —  LOADING  —  Alex Bruesewitz, a consultant who helped President-elect Donald Trump cut through to young …

Amazon Disregarded Internal Warnings on Injuries, Senate Investigation Claims  —  A staff report by the Senate labor committee, led by Bernie Sanders, uncovered evidence of internal concern about high injury rates at the e-commerce giant.  —  For years, worker advocates and some government officials …

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 …

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.

Zuckerberg, once a champion for the undocumented, embraces Trump  —  Donald Trump campaigned for a second term on a pledge to carry out the “largest deportation effort in American history” starting on his first day in office.  He has promised to declare a national emergency …

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 …

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.

Attacks on Biden's CARES Act commutations are misguided, on many fronts  —  Like clockwork, any criticism of action is used by supporters of the status quo to derail efforts to fix our criminal legal system.  Also, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.  —  ∙ Paid

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.

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.

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 …