Exclusive: Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say  —  Pete Hegseth Federal agencies US military  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops …

Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future … Representative Elise Stefanik of New York called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar.  —  Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated with the Louisiana Republican and sick of the way he has run …

Lawmakers ask AG Pam Bondi for a status update on releasing the Epstein files  —  Five members of Congress spanning both parties and both chambers want a briefing by Friday on the Trump administration's progress in releasing the Epstein files.  —  WASHINGTON — Five members of Congress …

Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord  —  The relationship between the Pentagon chief and military leader had been deteriorating since Trump's inauguration  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shocked official Washington in mid-October when he announced that the four-star head …

Donald Trump to pardon Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar  —  Cuellar had faced a dozen charges of bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.  On Wednesday, he filed for reelection as a Democrat, quieting speculation that he migh switch parties.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!

Dear Troops: Please Don't Go to Jail for Pete Hegseth  —  When I was an infantryman in the U.S. Army, my leadership drilled a lot of different ideas into my head, from never leaving my post to “keeping my head on a swivel” to never leaving a fallen comrade behind.

Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden's Climate Policy  —  The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”  —  President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight …

The Operator  —  It is a rare thing to see Josh Shapiro sweat.  For all the grief the Pennsylvania governor gets for imitating Barack Obama—the staggered cadence, the side-of-the-mouth delivery for effect—their essential shared trait is self-possession.  If Pennsylvania's governor has a superpower …

Trump pardons former top entertainment executive who was charged by his own Justice Department  —  Federal agencies Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president's own Justice Department earlier …

'I'm a U.S. citizen.' Agents pull woman from car in Keys.  Feds said she wouldn't show ID  —  A woman in medical scrubs who was driving on U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning was stopped by federal immigration agents and forcibly removed from her car, despite screaming she was an American citizen.

Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for Trump boat strikes  —  DOJ's classified, “legal authorization” for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse.  —  Today the administration's drug-boat scandal blew wide open — not because of a new strike, but because a leaked Justice Department memo shows …

Federal agents begin immigration operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis  —  The operations were launched a day after President Donald Trump said he'd be sending National Guard troops to New Orleans and disparaged Somali immigrants in Minneapolis.  —  The Trump administration launched …

Jack Smith subpoenaed for closed-door House Judiciary interview  —  The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to former special counsel Jack Smith, who led investigations into President Donald Trump, ordering him to appear at a closed-door session later this month.

“A sickening moral slum of an administration”  —  There is a temptation to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”  Our somnolent, gibbering, incoherent, deeply corrupt President, surrounded by his fawning toadies, unleashed a torrent of dehumanizing racist bile, disinformation, and threats.

Liberals: Stop the Masochism  —  Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Tim had an interesting conversation with George Packer last week.  You should listen to it in its entirety.

White House renames building the ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’  —  The change comes as Trump officials tout his peace deals and prepare to host leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign an accord.  —  just now … President Donald Trump is eager to be recognized as a peacemaker.

November private payrolls unexpectedly fell by 32,000, led by steep small business job cuts, ADP reports … The U.S. labor market slowdown intensified in November as private companies cut 32,000 workers, with small businesses hit the hardest, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday.

Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations  —  Former Environmental Protection Agency employees who were fired after signing a letter criticizing the Trump administration are now appealing their dismissals before the Merit Systems Protection Board.

New York Methodist Pastor Declares Himself Transgender: No More ‘Pretending to Be a Man’  —  A 51-year-old Methodist pastor in New York declared himself transgender before his congregation last week, saying he will give up “pretending to be a man.”  —  The viral video showed Rev. Phillip Phaneuf …

Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’  —  When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists.  The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying - and the rise of Donald Trump

Trump's Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate  —  Brad Parscale advised the campaign of Nasry Asfura, a right-wing candidate who was endorsed by the U.S. president.  —  President Trump's former campaign manager assisted the campaign of a right-wing Honduran presidential candidate …

Senate Democrats call for ‘immediate removal’ of Trump GSA appointee  —  Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to the White House requesting the “immediate removal” of Paul Ingrassia, President Trump's appointee at the General Services Administration (GSA).