Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn't radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers  —  Pete Hegseth Congressional news  —  The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel …

Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories  —  The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.  —  WASHINGTON — The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic …

Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed  —  Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.

Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend's pal a lift home: sources  —  The FBI director's use of resources is under intense scrutiny as he insists he's “a steward of the taxpayer dollars.”  —  FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting …

12/5/25 ☀️ AM: … Senate Majority Leader John Thune is in unfamiliar territory — taking heat from all sides of his conference with no clear path out of the mess.  It's a precarious position for Thune, one that's testing the limits of the leadership philosophy that helped him win the job.

National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people  —  Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth  —  The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks …

Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilizational erasure’ in explosive new document  —  U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration blame the EU and migration for what they say is imminent, total cultural unraveling in Europe.  —  The explosive claim is made in the U.S. National Security Strategy …

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth  —  A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.  A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried …

Hassett Backs Call for Fed Presidents to Come From Districts  —  National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett backed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for a new residency requirement in the appointment of presidents of Federal Reserve banks.  —  “The reason we have all these regional Feds …

MAGA's Affordability Crisis Will Soon Get Worse  —  And Trump's numbers will continue to slide  —  Long ago, probably in a long-forgotten hotel room, I watched a 1974 movie called The Internecine Project — now available, as you'll see if you follow the hyperlink, on YouTube.  In truth, it's a pretty bad movie.

EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk's X, straining ties with US  —  US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’  —  This article is also available in: French  —  BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday imposed a €120 million fine on Elon Musk's X …

Trump's Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour  —  The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump's approval rating.  —  After months of holding steady, President Trump's approval rating has taken a dip over the past several weeks …

On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge  —  Nativists extol the 30th president for closing the golden door.  But he never broadly disparaged immigrants and often praised diversity.  —  President Donald Trump, during his December 2 cabinet meeting, spewed among …

Trump, 79, Is Fuming Over Coverage of His Deteriorating Health  —  DROWSY DON  —  Insiders say the president spends days obsessing over reports comparing him to “Sleepy Joe.”  —  President Donald Trump is raging over snowballing reports on his apparent cognitive and physical decline.

Exclusive: Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers  —  Meta on Friday said it has struck several commercial AI data agreements with news publishers ranging from USA Today, People Inc., CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Le Monde.

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says  —  Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it.  Donate to sustain Prism's mission and the humans behind it.

Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record  —  The federal deployments that have swept through major cities as part of President Trump's immigration crackdown have led to thousands of arrests.  But they have been less effective at apprehending immigrants …

Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan  —  Critics of the Supreme Court have argued that it has too often deferred to the Trump administration and that the conservative justices are under the sway of suspicious propositions like the unitary executive theory and the major questions doctrine.

Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe … Other deeply divisive issues remain, ranging from cryptocurrency policy to in vitro fertilization, that could threaten to further splinter the House GOP and imperil the typically bipartisan Pentagon bill.

Dec 04 Challenger Report: 71,321 Job Cuts On Restructurings, Closings, Economy  —  NOVEMBER CUTS FALL FROM OCTOBER; UP 24% FROM NOVEMBER 2024  —  U.S.-based employers announced 71,321 job cuts in November, up 24% from the 57,727 job cuts announced in the same month last year.

How RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Policy Put a Doctor-Turned-Senator in a Political Bind  —  Health secretary is poised to oversee the undoing of a vaccine norm that Sen. Cassidy worked to promote  —  During Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmation hearings in Congress, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.) …

‘Really?!?’:  Prince Harry Royally Roasts Donald Trump In Surprise Cameo With Colbert  —  The Duke of Sussex jabbed the president during a Hallmark-inspired comedy bit with host Stephen Colbert.  —  Prince Harry spoof-crashed Wednesday's broadcast of “The Late Show” and dinged Donald Trump over his apparent monarchical aspirations.