Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump  —  The Justice Department had been heavily criticized on Capitol Hill for including few Trump-related documents in its first release of files.  —  Three days after releasing a large tranche of Jeffrey Epstein documents …

Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment  —  Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.  —  CBS News remained roiled on Monday …

U.S. Economy Posts Robust Growth in the Third Quarter  —  A long-delayed government report shows GDP grew at an annual 4.3% rate  —  The U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly robust pace in the third quarter, according to a shutdown-delayed government report.

GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman launches Senate run in Wyoming  —  Hageman is looking to replace retiring Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, and touted her support for Trump's agenda in her campaign launch video.  —  Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., is running for Senate in Wyoming next year …

Poll: Major allies see US as unreliable and destabilizing … Unreliable.  Creating more problems than solving them.  A negative force on the world stage.  This is how large shares of America's closest allies view the U.S., according to new polling, as President Donald Trump pursues a sweeping foreign policy overhaul.

US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific  —  The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat it said was smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one person.  In a social media post, U.S. Southern Command said …

How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? … Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts to the federal government — slashing billion-dollar contracts, canceling thousands of grants and pushing out civil servants.

Trump Is Naming a New Class of Navy Battleships After Himself  —  President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled plans for a new class of U.S. Navy battleships named after himself, reviving a type of warship the United States has not built in decades.  —  Flanked by top national security officials during …

Ben Sasse Says He Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer  —  Mr. Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, wrote on social media that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  —  Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida …

‘Heritage Americans’ and the American Heritage  —  A note from The Next Move: Happy holidays!  To celebrate the end of a successful first year on Substack, we're giving away five chess boards signed by RDI's Garry Kasparov.  Anyone signed up as a premium subscriber by December 31, 2025 will be automatically eligible to win.

Russell Brand charged with further sexual offences including rape  —  The former entertainer, 50, faces one count of rape and one of sexual assault of two more alleged victims  —  Russell Brand has been charged with further sexual offences, including one count of rape, the Metropolitan police have said.

Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January … The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to CNBC on Tuesday.

Ohio lawmaker sues Trump and others over Kennedy Center name change … “In scenes more reminiscent of authoritarian regimes than the American Republic,” Beatty wrote in the complaint, “the sitting president and his handpicked loyalists renamed this storied center after President Trump.

ICE has not used taxpayer data to deport people, official says … The filings were part of a lawsuit the advocacy group Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts filed against the IRS, Treasury, Social Security Administration, ICE and Homeland Security looking to stop …

Military hits best recruiting numbers in 15 years, Pentagon says  —  Add us as a preferred source on Google … The U.S. military in fiscal year 2025 achieved its best recruiting numbers in 15 years, Pentagon officials said, with each service exceeding its goal and all reserve components …

Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump's Wishes  —  Ohio election official Bethe Goldenfield first learned of Senate Bill 293 in mid-October, when she was busy managing the fall local elections happening in her county Sponsored by Republicans, in a statehouse …

‘This is shattering’: Europe reels from Trump's new world order … But in many ways, Europe has survived the roller coaster — for now.  —  “The Europeans cannot afford to cut ties and to hand in the divorce papers because they are still too dependent, especially when it comes to security …

Germany's far-right AfD accused of gathering information for the Kremlin  —  BERLIN — Far-right German politician Ringo Mühlmann has taken a noteworthy interest in exposing information his political opponents say could be of great interest to Russian intelligence.