US bars former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and others over tech rules  —  France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’  —  Washington has barred former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and four other people from entering …

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.

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

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 …

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.”

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.

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 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.”

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 …

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 …

'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.