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

They Seek to Curb Online Hate.  The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.  —  The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.  —  Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg lead …

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.

Trump's claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say  —  Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interests  —  Donald Trump's recent claims that the US should keep Venezuelan oil …

Democrats grapple with internal divisions heading into new year  —  Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter.  Subscribe here.  —  In today's issue:  —  ▪ Dems looking back and ahead  —  ▪ Trump dealt blow by Supreme Court  —  ▪ President links tariffs with GDP growth

Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace  —  The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks.  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told reporters …

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.

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 …

19 Democratic-led states and DC sue over Trump gender-affirming care crackdown  —  A coalition of 19 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia late Tuesday sued the Trump administration, arguing a declaration from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rejecting …

Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here  —  Donald Trump's assault on the city of Chicago began in September, and it claimed its first casualty quickly.  As Reuters would later report, on September 12, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez dropped his kids off at their school in the suburb …

Trump's ‘Golden Age’ has arrived for the top 10 percent … 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,” …

Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers  —  A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid …

'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.

Donald Trump and Mike Lindell are targeting Tim Walz.  Some Republicans are worried that could backfire. … Republicans have insisted they can be competitive statewide in the blue-leaning Minnesota ever since Trump lost Minnesota by less than 2 points in 2016.

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 …

In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel  —  It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration's campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.  —  The letter landed like a thud on Saturday in the inbox of Harvard University's president, Alan M. Garber.

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.”

How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling  —  Accepting an argument from a law professor that no party to the case had made, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a stinging loss that could lead to more aggressive tactics.