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.

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.

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 …

Hageman launches bid for Wyoming Senate seat … Lummis announced she would not seek reelection last week, saying she felt like a “sprinter in a marathon” despite being a “devout legislator.”  Hageman, who had been debating a gubernatorial bid, was expected to enter the Senate race.

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 …

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 …

Brown University outlines enhanced safety measures, after-action review and security assessment  —  Following the senseless Dec. 13 shooting on campus, the University will conduct an external After-Action Review of the incident and a comprehensive Campus Safety and Security Assessment of the Brown campus.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Will Trump pardon Epstein's chief enabler?  —  Understanding Ghislaine Maxwell, the heir who went on to abuse children. … Last Friday — and then again this Tuesday — the Justice Department released the Epstein files.  The documents were incomplete and heavily redacted …

These 3 Republican senators are giving John Thune headaches … Thune ultimately wore the three Republicans down with some outside assistance from President Donald Trump, cutting deals to win their consent to advance the proposed trillion-dollar “minibus” funding package.

‘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 …