New Year's Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled  —  The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was “evidently” connected to President Trump's name being added to the arts center.  — 1.1k  —  A veteran jazz ensemble and a New York dance company have canceled events …

Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast  —  South America Federal agencies National security Donald Trump  —  The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN …

Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet  —  RIGHT-WING MEDIA PERSONALITY Lauren Chen left the United States in July in disgrace.  Her Tenet Media YouTube channel, which positioned itself as a sort of MAGA supergroup bringing together such popular commentators as Tim Pool …

How Trump is trying to MAGAfy the world  —  Donald Trump The Middle East South America Africa  —  Most presidents profess not to interfere in other countries' domestic politics and elections — despite decades of nefarious US political game-playing abroad.  —  President Donald Trump doesn't bother with the pretense.

Ukraine slams India's Modi for endorsing Putin home attack claims  —  Kyiv denies Moscow's accusation it targeted the Russian president's residence.  —  BRUSSELS — Ukraine on Tuesday criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani and Emirati officials for supporting Russia's claim …

Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS “corruption” narrative was its own substance-free narrative  —  On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as “dangerous.”  And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.

Trump administration can share certain Medicaid information with ICE, judge rules  —  The Trump administration can share basic Medicaid information about undocumented immigrants with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal judge ruled Monday. … - But emergency Medicaid dollars pay hospitals …

How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump  —  Customer service has deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump's second term, internal data and interviews show.  —  Just now  —  The Social Security Administration — the sprawling federal agency …

Time for Congress to find a new top watchdog for Trump to nominate … “We're going to look for someone who's honest,” Sen. Rand Paul said in an interview.  “I think it would be a mistake to get somebody who's been real active in political processes.”  —  As chair of the Homeland Security …

Democrats Aim to Spotlight Republican Efforts to Rewrite the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot  —  On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trump's clemency for the rioters and G.O.P. attempts to sanitize the event.

Netanyahu says Trump to become first non-Israeli to receive Israel Prize  —  Netanyahu announces Trump will be first non-Israeli to receive Israel Prize for ‘tremendous contributions’  —  Breaking with decades of tradition, Israel will award President Donald Trump the Israel Prize …

Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive normal background check during bribery probe  —  In early January, several days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a Justice Department lawyer passed an envelope across a wide desk to a top Trump transition official.  Enclosed was a bombshell …

The Heritage Foundation Shows How MAGA Will Die  —  Even corrupt institutions can reach a tipping point  —  Will they change it to “The Trump Heritage Foundation”?  —  I have never, to put it mildly, been a fan of the Heritage Foundation.  Ever since I started paying attention to Heritage's work …

Quality ‘Learing’ daycare targeted in Minneapolis ‘fraud’ video blames designer for typo — as worker snaps at Post reporter: ‘Get the f-k out of here’  —  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Quality “Learing” Center Minneapolis, a purported day care flagged in a viral video designed to expose fraud …

How a viral video prompted investigations into alleged fraud at day care centers in Minnesota  —  As Homeland Security agents were in Minnesota conducting what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem called a “massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud” on Monday, many of their targets came …

The Trump administration's plan to close a ‘huge loophole’ in legal immigration … “Asylum was not designed to provide people a backdoor way to get to a country of their choosing,” said a senior administration official, granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking about the strategy.

How RFK Jr. upended the public health system  —  Interviews with almost 100 people reveal how Kennedy, as health secretary, has reshaped the vaccine and broader public health infrastructure in less than a year.  —  On his way to being confirmed as the nation's top health official …