The President Who Never Grew Up … Sometimes, in journalism, the metaphors come easy.  This is one of those times.  —  One day before Tennessee voters went to the polls this week for a special election in a House seat Donald Trump carried by 22 percentage points last year, the president quite literally phoned it in.

FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says  —  The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin  —  Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.  —  26.4k  —  FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY-STYLE drones breached a no-fly zone …

Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan  —  In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in November 2024 …

Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa  —  The Trump administration on Wednesday announced increased vetting of applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, with an internal State Department memo saying that anyone involved in “censorship” of free speech be considered for rejection.

Himes after seeing boat strike video: ‘We killed 2 people who were in deep distress’  —  Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday that he is “deeply” troubled by the Pentagon's double-tap strikes on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean …

Kristi Noem's ICE hiring chaos laid bare as fat, illiterate and violent misfits ‘not ready to tie their own laces’ are recruited  —  The Trump administration's frantic push to hire 10,000 new deportation officers by year's end has spiraled into what insiders describe as a national embarrassment …

Government accountability office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte  —  Senate Democrats wrote to the agency in November asking it to review Pulte's referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud.  —  The Government Accountability Office, an independent …

Inside Kennedy's Methodical Quest to Shake Up America's Vaccine System … Throughout his two-decade crusade against vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. viewed the federal government's Vaccine Safety Datalink as a kind of holy grail.  With millions of confidential patient records, the database …

What If It's Already Too Late?  —  Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.  —  ∙ Paid  —  What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and . . . our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?

Mike Johnson races to finalize elusive GOP health care plan  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to finalize a Republican health care plan in time to present it to his conference at their weekly meeting Tuesday, but his team still needs to decide on major contours of the plan …

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell files to run for Minnesota governor  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell filed paperwork Wednesday to run for Minnesota governor.  —  While the paperwork doesn't certainly mean he is running, Lindell said he is 98% sure he is.  The CEO filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance …

For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year  —  Almost a quarter of a million more children are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024  —  One of the greatest public-health achievements of recent decades has been driving down child mortality around the world.

Blanche warns lawyers who criticize Justice Department … He did not indicate any specific repercussions for those inconsistencies.  —  “It's remarkable how some members of the white-collar bar seem to have an endless stream of clients who are each coincidentally victims of supposed overreach …

Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad's Election  —  Crypto took the real estate heir's fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president's second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.  —  Eric Trump, who has been managing his father's business for nine years now …

Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet  —  Consumers' holiday spending estimate has shrunk by over $200 as economic confidence edges down  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. consumers expressed increased concern about the economy and jobs in November during a period that encompassed …

New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights  —  The company said in a lawsuit that the Defense Department's new reporting restrictions infringed on the constitutional rights of journalists.  —  The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed …

California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Shakes Up Election for Governor  —  Home Polls California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Shakes Up Election for Governor  —  Governor Newsom with Highest Net Approval of 2025  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey finds Republican Chad Bianco …

Jesse Watters And Fox Colleague Debate What Makes Women Hot — And Answer Is Icky  —  Sydney Sweeney entered the Fox News conversation that came to an eye-rolling conclusion.  —  Fox News host Jesse Watters and Katrina Campins concluded Wednesday that Sydney Sweeney's perceived MAGA looks …

Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself  —  Workers installed Mr. Trump's name to a Washington building on Wednesday, thrusting the institute back into the spotlight as it is set to host the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Losing India's Guardian Angels  —  BIHAR, INDIA - Sitting outside his modest house in India's eastern state of Bihar, Sudeshwar Singh, 48, scrolls on his smartphone through the recent Global Tuberculosis Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month to check India's status.

Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers  —  Commander of September attack to provide account of his role for the first time in closed briefing  —  WASHINGTON—Two survivors of a Sept. 2 U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean were killed …

Trump hires new architect for ballroom  —  President Trump has hired a new architect to help design the White House ballroom, but the current architect, with whom the president has had some disagreements, will remain on the team, sources told CBS News.  —  The new firm is Washington …

Trump's attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men  —  The Trump administration's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender.  The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.  —  Just now