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.

Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools as part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on the U.S. trucking industry.

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.

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 …

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 …

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” …

How Venezuelan Gangs and African Jihadists Are Flooding Europe With Cocaine  —  Surging trans-Atlantic drug flows mean that cocaine seizures in Europe now exceed those in North America  —  Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa …

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.

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.

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 …