The 2024 Trump “realignment” is over already  —  It is a matter of fact that Donald Trump won the 2024 election in large part by shrinking the vote margins for Kamala Harris among non-white, working-class, and young voters, relative to past Democratic nominees.  —  But the interpretation of Trump's 2024 win is a matter of opinion.

Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  President Donald Trump's administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge's order …

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists.  The truth, AP found, is more nuanced  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month.  Another was a career criminal.

Trump Wine Hits Government Shelves  —  Topline  —  The Trump Organization's second-term push to monetize Donald Trump's presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores, which provide service members and their families with access to tax-free consumer goods, have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider.

Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds  —  The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year.  The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.  —  Cornell University reached an agreement …

FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears  —  Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago. … An FBI informant convicted of lying to the Bureau about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released …

Trump opens the door for an exemption for Hungary on Russian oil sanctions … Orbán has been one the most outspoken European leaders against the sanctions, arguing that sanctions would cripple his country's energy capacities.  Hungary relies on Russian oil for 86 percent of its supply …

Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America  —  Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company's stock market valuation.

The softest Nazis you ever did see  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊  —  The Trump administration only wants the most formidable warriors, real stone-cold-killer types, to join his war on immigrants.

Fact check: Cheaper Walmart Thanksgiving meal touted by Trump has fewer items than last year's  —  President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart's promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year.  But Trump hasn't mentioned that this year's basket …

Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker and his aide, who were convicted on federal corruption charges  —  Glen Casada, a Republican, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after being convicted on 17 charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come.

The Founders Would Abhor Trump's Domestic Deployments  —  STARTING IN THE SPRING and then escalating over the summer, President Donald Trump sent federal troops or “called up” National Guard units to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Portland, and Chicago.

Serbian Lawmakers Approve Luxury Trump Hotel on Historic Bombing Site  —  Despite a fraud investigation into officials who endorsed the project, Parliament used an extraordinary provision in the Constitution to push the plans through.  —  The Serbian Parliament approved a new law Friday …

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the ‘working man’  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.”  With each word, the respiratory therapist's face softens and shines with pride.

Jack Smith takes a swipe at Trump  —  Jack Smith, the Biden era special counsel under renewed scrutiny by congressional Republicans, is taking an apparent swipe at President Donald Trump.  In a new letter sent Friday to Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), obtained by POLITICO …

Vance is the frontrunner for 2028, Rubio privately confides … “He will do anything he can just to support the vice president in that effort,” said the person close to Rubio, who was granted anonymity to share the secretary of state's private conversations.

Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don't give up … Barrett said she regards her decision to have seven children as one of many “counter-cultural things” she's done.  She said social media may be contributing to women feeling “suffocated” …

To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots  —  Experts say the new policy, which ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opens ample room for both willful and unwitting noncompliance with federal records laws.

Ted Cruz accuses GOP senators of being ‘frightened’ to call out Tucker Carlson … Cruz, a self-described “Christian Zionist,” was among the earliest and most forceful critics of Carlson and Fuentes' podcast episode.  At the RJC last week, he said he has “seen more antisemitism on the right” …

Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin … U.S. airlines started cancelling hundreds of flights on Friday, hours after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the cuts amid the more-than-monthlong government shutdown.

10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here's Where We Are  —  Almost exactly 10 years ago, a remarkable thing happened in a conference hall on the outskirts of Paris: After years of bitter negotiations, the leaders of nearly every country agreed to try to slow down global warming …

Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say  — State Department lawyers raised concerns about Israel's military conduct  — Biden administration debated US complicity if Israel faced war crimes charges