Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago in defeat for Trump  —  The order is a rare loss for the administration at the high court.  Three conservative justices dissented.  —  The Supreme Court said Tuesday it would not allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard …

Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week  —  The Trump administration estimates it has about one week to go — and as many as 700,000 more pages to review — before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files.  — Meanwhile, they'll lose the PR war, day after day.

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers  —  The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.  —  The Trump administration is barring five prominent Europeans from the United States …

The internal dispute that could derail the GOP's 2026 agenda … Some rank-and-file conservatives in the House and Senate are privately discussing a potential centerpiece for a second reconciliation bill: using tariff revenues to send taxpayers cash to address rising health care costs …

Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities  —  Democratic lawmakers are battling among themselves over whether they need to review the lessons of the disastrous 2024 election as they hope to win back the House and possibly the Senate in next year's midterm elections.

Megyn Kelly Escalates Feud with Bari Weiss: ‘More Truth Coming’  —  STAY TUNED  —  The MAGA civil war continues as Megyn Kelly claims she has more coming against CBS News boss Bari Weiss.  —  Conservative radio host Megyn Kelly claimed there is “more truth coming” as she continues to rally …

Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say  —  The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, a U.S. official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

ICE Detains Woman Whose Lawyer Insists Is US Citizen.  DHS Says She Isn't  —  A family in Maryland is trying to find a woman arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose attorneys say is an American citizen but the government insists is Mexican.

Trump-appointed judge: DHS must restore disaster grants to Democratic states  —  A federal judge blocked Trump administration efforts to reallocate Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism and security grants away from states that won't cooperate on the president's immigration enforcement policies.

Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban  —  A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.  —  The Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented an abortion ban after the Department of Justice issued …

Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon  —  Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million  —  President Trump had just awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Charlie Kirk in October when his son ushered friends toward the Oval Office.

French President Macron slams U.S. visa ban on Thierry Breton and others  —  French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday slammed a decision by the United States to impose visa bans on former European Union commissioner Thierry Breton and other anti-disinformation campaigners.

U.S. murders on pace for largest one-year drop on record  —  The U.S. is on pace for the largest one-year drop in murders the nation has ever recorded, according to an analysis by crime stats expert Jeff Asher.  —  The big picture: The decline in killings is part of a broader decrease in violent crime following the COVID-era spike.

It's boom times for Trump's economy.  Especially if you're rich. … But the robust numbers mask the extent to which the wealthy are driving growth.  And while business leaders from Manhattan to South Florida are bullish on the outlook — “It's the Roaring '20s here in Palm Beach County,” …

U.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean  —  Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times.

Body cam footage shows feds threatening U.S. citizen detained in Key Largo  —  The woman who was dragged out of her car by federal immigration agents in Key Largo while screaming she was a U.S. citizen said the feds had already stopped her twice within a few weeks, including when they had detained …

Scoop: Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and “60 Minutes” standards and procedures  —  CBS News' new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for the broadcaster as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures, according to a source familiar with her plans.

Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026  —  Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default.  —  The Trump administration will begin to garnish …