‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Venezuelans Deported by Trump Administration, Drawing Criticism  —  Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network's decision to remove her reporting from Sunday's edition of the show.  —  In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent …

Ted Cruz weighs another presidential run, setting up clash with Vance … Sen. Ted Cruz sat down with a longtime ally in November at an office near D.C.'s Union Station to discuss the future of the Republican Party.  Before long, the discussion touched on his own future.

Denmark and Greenland vow that the US won't take over Greenland after Trump appoints envoy  —  The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the U.S. won't take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump ‍announced the appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.

Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence's Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures  —  The conservative movement continues to splinter about how to deal with its most controversial voices  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence's political group is poaching top officials from the conservative …

A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump's Birthright Citizenship Plan  —  A historical review shows lawmakers without certain familial records went unchallenged as citizens when the 14th Amendment was adopted.  The finding appeared to undercut the president's claims on birthright citizenship.

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Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump's Return to Office  —  The president's team has created a highly unusual fund-raising apparatus for causes he favors.  The Times analyzed more than half a billion dollars in contributions from 346 donors.

MAGA's Manly Manufacturing Misfire  —  According to Navigator Research, a significant number of Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 now regret their choice.  As the word cloud above suggests, this regret is largely driven by Trump's utter failure to deliver on his economic promises.

Kash Patel's new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.  —  Patel had pressed the FBI for this high-end vehicle for the purpose of being less conspicuous on his outings …

High-profile Russians assassinated since start of Ukraine war  —  A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday, the latest in a growing list of military officials and other pro-war figures to be assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Republicans and Democrats pitch competing plans to tackle affordability  —  Affordability is topic No. 1 with midterms looming, but economists are skeptical that Congress can do much to lower prices across the board.  —  Just now  —  Lawmakers in both parties view simmering fury over the cost …

‘We wasted a lot of time’: The next shutdown deadline will be here sooner than you think … “We wasted a lot of time because the Senate's not negotiating yet,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said in an interview last week.  “When they're ready to negotiate, we can move fast.”

More Than 50 U.S. Lawmakers Are Retiring Next Year.  Why?  —  Plus, Charlie Kirk supporters get behind JD Vance in the 2028 presidential race, and CBS News pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ segment  —  Good morning: During an absolute blizzard of other news on Friday afternoon, two Republican lawmakers …

2025 was the year everything changed for the US and China  —  When the dust settles on a year that included a ceasefire in the brutal war in Gaza, persistent but ultimately fruitless efforts to end the war in Ukraine, and the ramp up to a potential war in Venezuela, the biggest US national security story …

Peter Navarro, Trump's Ultimate Yes-Man  —  The tariff cheerleader established the template of sycophancy for Trump Administration officials.  —  In March, 2016, Peter Navarro introduced himself to students in Managing Geopolitical Risk in an Age of a Rising China, a new undergraduate course at the University of California, Irvine.

‘Our MAGA Civil War Is Spreading’  —  MAGA's divide widens, Bari Weiss spikes a report on Trump sending people to CECOT, and the latest on the Epstein files.  —  ∙ Paid  —  On this day in 2010, former President Barack Obama signed into law a repeal of the homophobic “Don't Ask …

Trump's favorite excuse in 2025: “I don't know”  —  From Epstein to MRIs, the president fakes ignorance  —  Donald Trump is too slow to pick up on important information and too lazy to learn.  —  No, this is not the assessment of some #Resistance holdover posting 20 times a day on Bluesky.

Russia Dismisses Reports of Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks  —  Proposals that emerged in recent negotiations with the United States were “rather unconstructive,” a Kremlin official said on Sunday.  —  The Kremlin on Sunday appeared to throw cold water on the results of several days of peace talks in Miami …

DHS increases offer for undocumented migrants to $3,000 if they voluntarily leave by end of 2025  —  The Department of Homeland Security has tripled its “exit bonus” for undocumented migrants who voluntarily depart the United States through self-deportation, increasing the financial incentive …

Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts  —  In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.  —  Nadine was a top student at her high school in eastern Congo.