Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump's ‘No Scalps’ Rule  —  Lawmakers are finally waking up to the problems the defense secretary has created.  —  The suspected drug traffickers, the lone survivors of a U.S. airstrike, were sprawled on a table-size piece of floating wreckage in the Caribbean for more than 40 minutes.

The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In  —  The court's conservative majority said that Texas' asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.  —  Only two decades ago …

December 5, 2025  —  Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.  It did so quietly, although as foreign affairs journalist at Politico Nahal Toosi noted, the release of the NSS is usually accompanied by fanfare …

Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Will Part Ways  —  Condé Nast, the magazine's parent company, said her contract would expire at the end of the year.  —  Vanity Fair will be parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi, the magazine's short-lived West Coast editor, in an effort to extricate itself …