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 …

ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses  —  The Trump administration aims to build seven large-scale holding centers to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.  —  Douglas MacMillan can be reached securely on Signal at (415) 269-6352 and Jonathan O'Connell can be reached at jonathanoc.76

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.

Trump's Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports  —  Oil exports, the country's financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude.  —  The United States' aggressive campaign against tankers carrying Venezuelan crude …

Trump is talking about Greenland again  —  2025 is ending much as it began: with President Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland.  —  On Sunday, Trump appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland with the goal, as Landry put it, “to make Greenland a part of the US.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.  —  The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.  —  It was early November, and the stock market …

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. 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.

Trump's ‘Golden Age’ has arrived for the top 10% … 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,” said Douglas Evans …

Zelenskyy floats terms for peace plan, signaling possible withdrawal from eastern Ukraine  —  The Donbas region — the majority of which is currently occupied by Moscow's troops — would be turned into a demilitarized “free economic zone” under the plan.  —  KYIV — The latest draft …

'He's a Maximalist': Inside Trump's Gilded Oval Office  —  After nearly a year of revamping the Oval Office, President Trump is nearly out of wall space.  —  His extravagant design choices are most apparent around the fireplace, where he has hosted more than two dozen visits from world leaders since taking office.

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 …