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.

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.

Congress set records in 2025, some more dubious than others  —  Republican lawmakers reflect on a year that continued legislative atrophy while ceding more power to the White House.  —  Just now  —  The Republican-led Congress managed to land quite a few achievements in 2025 …

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.

Judge green lights NY driver's license law, rejecting a Trump administration challenge … “As I said from the start, our laws protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe,” James said in a statement Friday.  “I will always stand up for New Yorkers and the rule of law.”

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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.

Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy  —  Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor - not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy  —  One tries to give people the benefit of the doubt.

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.”

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.

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 …

Get Ready to Start Hearing About Aileen Cannon Again … Not so long ago, when the FBI raided Donald Trump's 126-room Palm Beach mansion and found scores of classified documents, the notion that the disgraced former president would return to the Oval Office seemed far-fetched to just about anyone paying attention.

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 …