Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center  —  President Donald Trump's handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington's leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.

Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024  —  In a move that should unleash harsh criticism and recriminations, the Democratic National Committee has decided against publicly releasing its long-awaited report on the 2024 election, which could end up protecting key actors inside …

Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus  —  President Donald Trump's $1,776 checks for more than a million troops, announced Wednesday, come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members …

Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It  —  Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing.  Advocates say lawsuits will follow.  —  The federal government on Thursday acted to put an end to gender-related care …

Trump Media Targets Nuclear Fusion Through Merger With TAE  —  Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, is getting into nuclear fusion.  —  The company said Thursday it will merge with TAE Technologies Inc., a closely held fusion developer founded in 1998, in a transaction valued at more than $6 billion.

Trump will sign order to ease marijuana restrictions  —  President Trump said Thursday he'll sign an executive order to relax federal restrictions on cannabis, instructing agencies to reclassify it as a less dangerous drug. … But the Wall Street Journal reported in August that Trump …

Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement After Oversight Democrats Release Additional New Photos Received from Epstein Estate  —  Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement …

'Don's Best Friend': How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women  —  The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship.  Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance.  Female bodies were currency.

Trump's Attacks on Rob Reiner and Others Characterize an Uninhibited 2nd Term  —  Many of President Trump's supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership.  But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.  —  It all might make more sense if he actually were drinking.

Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after years-long saga  —  TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, per an internal memo seen by Axios. … - Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based MGX will collectively own 45% of the U.S. entity.

Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president in 2028  —  The widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk threw the organization's support behind the vice president, who has not yet announced his 2028 plans.  —  PHOENIX — Erika Kirk, widow of assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk …

Authorities searching for car they believe Brown shooting suspect rented, sources say.  Here's what we know.  —  Law enforcement are investigating possible connections between the mass shooting at Brown University and the targeted killing of an MIT professor two days later, sources told CBS News.

Bari Weiss' Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism  —  The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the ‘Things That Matter’ series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.

Exclusive: Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say  —  Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN.

The Woman in the Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Video Is Ready to Talk … Kristin Cabot has come to believe that her silence no longer serves her.  It made sense in the beginning, after she appeared on the Jumbotron, aghast, in the arms of her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025, a moment that caused an international furor.

Stephen Miller's hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes  —  The Trump administration originally planned to go after Mexican drug cartels, but pivoted to Venezuela, according to current and former officials.  A trio of legal documents and directives have subsequently authorized an unorthodox lethal campaign.

US Approves $11 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan, Drawing China's Ire  —  The US has approved a package of arms sales to Taiwan worth up to $11 billion — one of its biggest ever — a move that drew criticism from Beijing.  —  The approvals announced late Wednesday by the State Department cover …

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine.  It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.  —  Anthropic's Claude ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom.  It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI agents. … You'd toss Claudius's résumé in the trash immediately.

Coast Guard abruptly deletes swastika, noose entry from policy manual  —  The announcement follows reporting by The Washington Post that detailed plans to downgrade the definition of such symbols to “potentially divisive.” … The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday deleted language …

DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Thursday for unfettered access to the states' voter registration records.

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks  —  The Justice Department's program to root out violent “antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns. … The Trump administration is embarking on an expansive effort to root out what it sees …

Trust these numbers?  Economists see a lot of flaws in delayed CPI report showing downward inflation … Thursday saw the release of a much lighter-than-expected consumer price report for November, breaking from the recent trend of sticky inflation.  —  Stocks jumped.  Yields fell.