‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment.  A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’  —  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.

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 …

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.

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.

If Congress is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers need to start talking … “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.”

What We Know About U.S. Interceptions of Oil Tankers in Venezuela  —  A Venezuela-bound vessel fled after rebuffing an attempt by the Coast Guard to seize it, the latest twist in the escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro government.  —  President Trump's drive to crack …

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 …

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.

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 …

‘A very clear plan’: How Trump demolished California's electric vehicle mandate … The infighting, sloppy rulemaking and a lack of clear policy goals that marked Trump's first administration have been replaced by an aggressively overhauled government workforce stocked with MAGA loyalists …

Two lawmakers seek to find Bondi in contempt over Epstein files  —  Top Justice Department official defends redactions and deletion of documents on agency's website, including one of a photo that includes Trump.  —  Reps. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) …

Chaos could be coming for children's vaccines  —  Some leading vaccine manufacturers could be exposed to litigation they've been protected from for decades if the U.S. decides to adopt a new childhood vaccine schedule resembling Denmark's, as it appears likely to do in the new year.

The GOP War on Nurses  —  To pay for tax cuts, Republicans cut graduate student loan support for female-dominated professions.  That turns out to be bad policy and terrible politics. … As they took control of both chambers of Congress and the White House in 2025, Republicans faced a dilemma.