Jeffries says not to expect Dems to pursue Hegseth impeachment  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) signaled Monday that Democrats are unlikely to pursue impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over alleged follow-up strikes against boats in the Caribbean.

Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs  —  The wholesaler is the latest company to file a lawsuit against a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.  —  Costco Wholesale has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration …

Senate barrels toward failure on health care … Instead, the most likely outcome is that Senate Democrats put up a bill that has little GOP support for a vote, if any, while Republicans offer a competing bill of their own.  And even those partisan proposals remained in flux as lawmakers returned to Washington from a weeklong recess.

FEMA reinstates workers put on leave for criticizing the White House  —  The 14 FEMA employees who signed the so-called Katrina declaration went back to work for a little while Monday — but the Department of Homeland Security now says that should never have happened.

Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don't comply with government rules  —  Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements.

At least 9 Indiana Republicans were targeted in swatting attacks amid redistricting pressure from Trump  —  The threats came after Trump publicly called on state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.  —  At least nine elected Republicans in Indiana …

US air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee  —  Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.  —  The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without …

Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York  —  The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.  —  The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in New York City on Monday, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Scoop: The letter behind Trump's pardon of Honduras' ex-president for drug trafficking  —  From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump — whom he called “Your Excellency” …

The American Revolution I Didn't Know  —  We all heard in school about the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, the grit that created our nation.  But The American Revolution, the latest and hopefully not last PBS production from Ken Burns, is provocative in unexpected ways.

Thune casts doubt on passing government funding bills before Christmas  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged Monday that his chamber might not have time this month to pass another package of government funding bills, after trying for more than two weeks to fire up debate.

Sex Crimes.  State Crimes.  War Crimes.  —  You really just can't take breaks around here, huh?  While we were all busy digesting dinner Thanksgiving night, Donald Trump was tapping away at his phone doing a little supervillain brainstorming on Truth Social.

A Socialist Mayoral Candidate Is Throwing Her Hat Into the Ring in D.C.  —  Another self-proclaimed democratic socialist is jumping into a big-city mayoral race, this time in Washington, D.C.  —  Council member Janeese Lewis George, 37, on Monday announced her candidacy …

Republican mayor in Kansas facing deportation over voter fraud  —  Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.  —  Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach …

Outlets that reach millions denied access to rare Pentagon news briefings this week  —  Outlets that reach millions of news consumers are being denied access to rare briefings by Pentagon officials this week — sessions that are being held instead for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hand-picked media organizations.