12/9/25 ☀️ AM: … The legislation — summarized here — would also crack down on pharmacy benefit managers and expand health savings accounts.  —  The bipartisan group is considering trying to force a House vote through a discharge petition.  And they have a legislative vehicle they could use to speed up the process.

Behind Paramount's Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump  —  David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal  —  Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison knew his latest bid …

Trump says Hegseth will decide whether to release boat strike video  —  The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, “no problem.”  —  Just now … President Donald Trump on Monday said he will let …

Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández  —  The country's attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.  —  The Honduran attorney general announced Monday night that he had issued an international arrest warrant …

Trump weighing Noem's ouster at Homeland Security  —  White House officials have grown frustrated with Kristi Noem's leadership of the Department of Homeland Security, leading to calls for a new secretary to more aggressively support key parts of the president's deportation agenda, two sources familiar with the situation told MS NOW.

Police investigation faults Nancy Mace for profanity-laced airport tirade  —  The report found the congresswoman turned a “minor miscommunication” by police into a “spectacle.”  —  Just now … Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) berated airport police and Transportation Security Administration officers …

Boasberg escalates contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act deportations … The Justice Department declined to comment on Boasberg's order.  —  Boasberg's command reignites a long-simmering clash between the Obama-appointed judge and the administration over President Donald Trump's extraordinary bid …

Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school  —  Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz  —  ONE OF THE MOST horrific torture methods that the CIA employed in its post-9/11 incommunicado “black site” torture chambers was the Confinement Box.  —  Not many detainees in CIA custody experienced the Box.

Trump Ban on Wind Energy Projects Ruled Illegal by US Judge  —  President Donald Trump's executive order directing government agencies to halt approving new wind energy projects was ruled illegal by a federal judge.  —  The ruling Monday sided with more than a dozen states …

Scoop: Trump aides bullish on Supreme Court boosting GOP in midterms  —  Senior Trump advisers are telling top GOP donors that a pair of upcoming Supreme Court decisions are likely to bolster Republicans in the 2026 midterms — and transform the party's power to win elections for years.

12 Former FBI Special Agents Sue Over Wrongful Terminations  —  The Washington Litigation Group filed a lawsuit on behalf of 12 former FBI agents who were fired by the Trump Administration for their roles in safely and successfully de-escalating civil unrest in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2020, following the death of George Floyd.

SCOTUS appears ready to give Trump greater firing powers, over sharp liberal warnings  —  The outcome of Monday's oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court has been fairly clear since the summer: Humphrey's Executor, a unanimous 1935 decision upholding Congress's power to restrict …

Venezuela, Western Dominance, & Regime Change: Rep. Adam Smith's Striking Updates  —  “The capsized bow of the boat...probably wasn't any bigger than your average kitchen table.”  —  The Contrarian and Jennifer Rubin  —  Transcript  —  Contrarians, you do not want to miss this interview.

FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study  —  The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary's request to put it off until after the midterm elections, according to people familiar with the matter.

More local officials than ever see political polarization as harmful nationally, survey finds  —  The survey findings, shared exclusively with NBC News, also point to which local institutions help reduce political strife.  —  More local officials than ever say in a new survey …

Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba resigns as acting US attorney for New Jersey  —  Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, resigned Monday as the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, following an appeals court ruling finding that she was serving in her position unlawfully.

JD Vance's hedging on a presidential run could imperil his campaign finance Supreme Court case  —  A lawyer defending restrictions on how much party committees can spend in coordination with candidates argues the case is moot because of Vance's equivocation about 2028.