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 …

Maybe Democrats Didn't Do So Badly After All  —  The party's debate about reinventing itself after the election has gotten more complicated.  —  Five days after last month's election, Senator Chris Murphy rendered a damning verdict on his party's performance.  “That was a cataclysm,” the Connecticut Democrat wrote on X.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Exclusive: Trump transition team to roll back Biden EV, emissions policies  —  Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's transition team is recommending sweeping changes to cut off support for electric vehicles and charging stations and to strengthen measures blocking cars …

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

Kamala Harris grapples with her future in a wounded Democratic Party  —  As questions loom about a run for president or governor, many Democrats do not blame Harris for her loss, but that doesn't mean they want her to run again  —  When Mitt Romney lost his 2012 presidential race …

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 …

Canada Finance Minister Freeland Abruptly Quits Amid Trump Rift  — Departure of PM's deputy shakes Trudeau administration  — She stressed need to keep fiscal powder dry, avoid ‘gimmicks’  —  Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet …

Crypto is for Criming  —  It's not digital gold — it's digital Benjamins  —  The tech bros who helped put Trump back in power expect many favors in return; one of the more interesting is their demand that the government intervene to guarantee crypto players the right to a checking account …

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 …

Supreme Court stays out of Peter Navarro's fight to keep emails from first Trump administration  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't get involved in Trump advisor Peter Navarro's fight to keep his emails from his tenure during the first Trump administration.

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.