Federal judge dismissed indictments against Letitia James and James Comey  —  A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.  —  The judge found that the appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid.

Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders’  —  The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.

Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors  —  How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature  —  Over the weekend, Elon Musk's X rolled out a feature that had the immediate result of sowing maximum chaos.  The update, called “About This Account,” allows people to click …

Russia trashes Europe's peace plan — but likes Trump's Ukraine proposal  —  Top Kremlin aide scoffs that the European counterproposal “constructively doesn't fit us at all.”  —  A senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin scoffed at Europe's plan to end the war in Ukraine …

Trump expected to unveil new health care cost proposal  —  President Donald Trump is planning to unveil a new proposal for addressing health care costs as soon as Monday, as his administration tries to avert a spike in premiums driven by the expiration of key Affordable Care Act subsidies, three people familiar with the matter told CNN.

The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay  —  Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.  —  In June, President Donald Trump's two older sons held an event at Trump Tower where they touted …

11/24/25 ☀️ AM: … Happy Thanksgiving week.  We are only publishing AM editions through Wednesday.  Thursday and Friday are company-wide holidays. … MTG has never been representative of the House Republican Conference writ large.  She clearly has a bone to pick with Trump and the leadership.

The Trump Trade is Unraveling  —  What is Bitcoin good for?  It isn't money — that is, it isn't a medium of exchange, something you can use to make payments.  It isn't a hedge against inflation.  It isn't a hedge against financial risks — on the contrary, the price of Bitcoin has generally moved …

Republicans Launch Major New Attack on Michigan-Based Overseas Voters  —  The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a sweeping new lawsuit in Michigan that seeks to eliminate a state law that protects voting access for U.S. citizens living abroad.  —  The move marks the GOP's second attempt …

The ‘ShamWow guy’ is running for Congress in Texas  —  Offer Vince Shlomi, the once-prominent infomercial pitchman, filed paperwork with the Texas Republican Party to run for the seat held by Republican Rep. John Carter.  —  The “ShamWow guy” is running for Congress and is looking to wipe the floor with the competition.

How Democrats are building their own digital media army … AUSTIN — Donald Trump's victory last November devastated the Democratic Party.  But it may have also invigorated its new media strategy.  —  As Trump and his allies prepared to retake the White House and supercharge its briefing room …

America's Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle  —  A new feature on X is making people suddenly realize that some large portion of the divisive, hateful, and spammy content designed to inflame tensions or, at the very least, is designed to get lots of engagement on social media …

We're Led by an Administration of Liars  —  THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S lying-to-Congress case against former FBI director James Comey is a comedy of legal errors that could move offstage soon.  (UPDATE, November 24, 2025, 3:00 p.m.: The case was dismissed, several hours after this article was published.)

Former DOJ lawyer whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing … Bondi fired Schnitt, the acting deputy chief of the Witness Security Program at DOJ, one day after his comments were posted online.  She cited his “publicly inappropriate comments that were detrimental …

On Illegal War and Immoral Peace  —  Well, it's official: the Department of Government Efficiency, which launched to great fanfare early in Trump's term but which sputtered to a halt after the departure of Elon Musk, is no more.  Reuters reported this weekend that the administration …

America's Caregivers Are in Crisis  —  The first sign of trouble arrived by text.  On Dec. 17 of last year, at 2:33 p.m., my younger sister, Melissa, pinged me from Houston to say that our 78-year-old father had veered off course while driving himself to a medical appointment.

“Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?" foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked last night on social media.  —  Applebaum was referring to confusion over a 28-point plan …

A Disabled Child's Mom Reported Him Missing.  He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.  —  This article was published in partnership with The 19th* News.  —  Maria Garcia couldn't bear to attend the nightly meals near Triangle Lake, where for several weeks …

194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity  —  Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.  —  Welcome back to “One First …

More Republicans disapprove of Trump's economy  —  Voters increasingly disapprove of the way President Trump is handling the economy and believe his policies are raising prices, according to a new poll from CBS News/YouGov. … - A majority say his policies are raising food and grocery costs.

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges … Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that was released on Friday.

Under Mike Johnson, a rarely used House tool has gone mainstream … Most recently, a bipartisan group used the maneuver to advance a long-stalled bill requiring President Donald Trump's administration to release information about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference  —  Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.  —  ∙ Paid

Thousands of arrests by Trump's crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts  —  A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail …