The Kill Switch  —  In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program.  Producers killed an interview with Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower who had evidence that cigarette companies knew their products were addictive and carcinogenic.

Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’  —  The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet”  —  President Trump will announce on Monday a new fleet of large warships he is calling “battleships,” according to a U.S. official and another official familiar …

Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage  —  Last night, Kevin Roberts told the Heritage staff that two people would be directing the Meese Center.  National Review reported: … I just spoke with Cully, who told me that both he and Hans resigned from the Heritage Foundation.

New trove of apparent Epstein files posted on DOJ site disappears … Justice Department spokespeople didn't respond to POLITICO's requests for comment on the new documents.  The material included tens of thousands of government documents and emails, as well as several dozen videos from the Bureau of Prisons.

Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast  —  The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details.  The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.  —  The Trump administration on Monday said it would pause leases …

Paramount beefs up its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with new Larry Ellison guarantee  —  Warner Bros. rejected an initial Paramount bid and is pursuing a deal with Netflix for its movie, television and streaming assets.  —  Paramount and its controlling shareholders, the billionaire Ellison family …

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts  —  A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service.  —  The Trump administration has ordered nearly 30 ambassadors in embassies around …

Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat … Though George Conway was also offered a position with the administration during Trump's first term, he declined.  The relationship between the president and Conway turned contentious, with Conway often criticizing Trump and the president …

Lawmaker Sues to Remove Trump's Name From the Kennedy Center  —  Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.  —  Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, sued President Trump on Monday …

Judge orders Trump admin to offer relief to men deported under Alien Enemies Act … Boasberg, who has become a favorite target of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans, stopped short of ordering the Trump administration to facilitate the immediate return of the men to the U.S. Rather …

Trump on seized Venezuelan oil: “We're gonna keep it”  —  The U.S. now controls about 3.7 million barrels of Venezuelan crude from two interdicted oil tankers.  And President Trump doesn't want to give it up. … - It threatens to escalate tensions with China, which buys a much as 75% of Venezuela's oil.

U.S. Department of Education Announces Review of Brown University for Potential Clery Act Violations  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it will conduct a program review of Brown University (Brown) in response to the December 13, 2025, shooting on its campus, which killed two students.

Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland  —  President Trump, who has long said he wants to “get” the semiautonomous Danish territory, tapped Louisiana's governor for the new position.  Officials in Greenland and Denmark expressed outrage.

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet.  We Tracked Ourselves  —  I am standing on the corner of Harris Road and Young Street outside of the Crossroads Business Park in Bakersfield, California, looking up at a Flock surveillance camera bolted high above a traffic signal.

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Wants to Block Judge Cannon From Inquiry Pushed by Trump's Allies  —  The request, addressed to the top federal judge in Miami, sought to block a U.S. attorney from pursuing a politically charged inquiry before Judge Aileen Cannon, who has repeatedly decided in President Trump's favor.

Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security  —  A Brown University custodian says he saw the alleged mass shooter, who opened fire in a classroom on Dec. 13, killing two people and injuring nine others, nearly a dozen times several weeks …

Behold!  🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥  —  Hitler!  Fuentes!  Jews!  Dating problems!  Young Republicans tell you who they really are.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Groypermania  —  City Journal, like the rest of the Manhattan Institute, has gone from anti-anti-Trump, to Trump-curious, to pro-Trump.

Trump and Co. Can't Keep Their Lies Straight  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham is typically a reliable cheerleader for the White House at home and abroad.  So it was notable to hear him say yesterday, fresh off a trip to the Middle East, that the peace deal between Israel and Hamas might be working less …