The Price of American Retreat  —  Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace Primacy  —  Mitch McConnell  —  Mitch McConnell is a Senator from Kentucky and served as U.S. Senate Republican Leader from 2007 through 2024.  —  When he begins his second term as president …

ABC bends the knee  —  📝 Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one, please click the button below to sign up and support our independent journalism.  📝  —  🎄 Subscribe to Public Notice 🎄  —  Since the election …

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg runs for Democratic committee post: 'We can't win without young voters'  —  Gun safety activist bidding for a DNC vice-chair post says party defends institutions when it needs to reform them  —  David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting turned gun safety …

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 …

Trump, SoftBank CEO to Announce $100 Billion Investment in U.S.  —  The president-elect is set to appear with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at Mar-a-Lago on Monday  —  PALM BEACH, Fla.—Donald Trump and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son are set to jointly announce on Monday that the company …

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 …

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 …

Republicans Who Shot Down Biden's Cabinet Wish Democrats Would Support Trump's  —  “Let him have their own team,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who voted against 15 of Biden's nominees, said.  — Copy  —  When President Joe Biden took office, Republican senators didn't do Democrats any favors.

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.

The Biden overtime rule was struck down.  Now, some workers are losing pay raises  —  Imagine getting a pay raise, only to be told weeks later: Sorry, we're taking it back.  —  That's what's happening to 306 employees at The Ohio State University now that a federal court has struck down the Biden administration's overtime rule.

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.

Canadian Finance Minister Freeland Resigns From Cabinet  —  Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet after he tried to move her to a different role, a stunning move that shakes the government.  —  Freeland has been the most powerful person …

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 …

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 …

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

New House Repub Tells Audience ‘We Need a Lot More Daniel Pennys’ Because There Are ‘Far Too Many Jordan Neelys’ In This Country  —  Congressman-elect Brandon Gill (R-TX) on Sunday opened his remarks at the New York Young Republican Club annual gala with praise for Daniel Penny …

Kamala Harris' digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’  —  Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty turned his attention to sports.  —  The campaign needed to introduce Harris quickly to people who aren't obsessed with politics.

State of the Union  —  JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST (voice-over): Exit stage right.  —  Over three decades in politics...  SEN. MITT ROMNEY (R-UT): I accept your nomination.  —  TAPPER: ... Mitt Romney was governor, senator and presidential nominee, and more.  Pilloried by Democrats during his 2012 run …