New Year's Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center  —  Jazz supergroup the Cookers scrapped their New Year's Eve shows at the center days after a Christmas Eve concert was called off.  Other acts have followed suit.  —  Two more artistic groups announced …

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 …

Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35  —  Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died.  She was 35.  —  Schlossberg, daughter of Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy …

Court orders Vought to keep CFPB funded while case is underway … The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an order rebuking the Trump administration's efforts to defund and shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  —  Earlier in the month, the court agreed to hear …

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 …

DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge's order says  —  A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a “top priority,” …

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 …

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes  —  President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.

Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026  —  Israel on Tuesday said it will suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in the Gaza Strip.

The turbulent trajectory of Trump's ‘Nazi streak’ acolyte … A conservative activist who had caught Donald Trump's attention with flattery via Substack ahead of the 2024 presidential election imagined a prominent role for himself in a future administration.

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 …

Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71 … Whitlock Jr. was 71.  —  Born in South Bend, Indiana, Whitlock Jr. started his acting career by joining San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater after graduating from college.

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.

Biden-era rental assistance included payments to dead tenants and noncitizens, new HUD report reveals  —  HUD report finds approximately 30,000 deceased tenants got taxpayer funds across all 50 states  —  A report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) …

Federal judge allows HHS to share Medicaid data with ICE  —  A federal judge in California ruled Monday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can share Medicaid data with immigration enforcement authorities, but he kept in place limits on what data the agencies can share and what can be used.

The federal government's top watchdog has retired.  Now Congress has to pick a replacement. … “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.”

Trump Upended the Federal Government.  The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear. … In his first year back in office, President Trump has made unparalleled changes to the federal government, shrinking its footprint both in the services it provides and the size of its work force.

Shamans Deliver Ominous 2026 Health Prediction for Trump  —  CONCERNING OMEN  —  “The United States should prepare itself,” the shamans warned.  —  Peruvian shamans gather annually to predict the fate of world leaders—and this year, they're warning the U.S. to brace for President Donald Trump's illness.

Homeland Security seeks emergency demolition of historic buildings in D.C.  —  DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem, in a memo obtained by The Washington Post, said the buildings “constitute a present risk to life and property.”  Preservationists contend no evidence of an emergency exists.

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa  —  Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities.  —  POWER ⚡︎ MOVES  —  Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses …

Brett Kavanaugh Is Trying to Walk Back “Kavanaugh Stops.”  Too Late.  —  Justice Brett Kavanaugh does not seem happy that his name has become synonymous with racist immigration enforcement.  In September, the justice wrote that Hispanic residents' “apparent ethnicity” could be a “relevant factor” …

Court allows Trump-backed cuts to Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding in 22 states  —  A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce in 22 states a provision of his signature tax and domestic policy bill that deprives Planned Parenthood health centers …

After quiet off-year elections, Democrats renew worries about Trump interfering in the midterms  —  If history is a guide, Republicans stand a good chance of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2026.  They have just a slim majority in the chamber, and the incumbent party usually gives up seats in midterm elections.

Dollar on track for steepest annual drop for almost a decade  —  Analysts say Federal Reserve rate cuts will push the US currency lower in 2026  —  The US dollar is heading for its steepest annual drop since 2017, with Wall Street banks predicting further weakness next year as the Federal Reserve presses ahead with interest rate cuts.

Trump Shared Clip Calling to Remove Kennedy Name From Kennedy Center  —  The segment Trump posted claimed Kennedy had been “elevated to obscene levels”  —  Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account Wednesday of a Newsmax segment celebrating his decision to add his name to the Kennedy Center building.

Texas Man Charged with Providing Bomb Components and Funding to Individuals He Believed Were Involved with Foreign Terrorist Organization  —  For Immediate Release  —  An alleged ISIS sympathizer has been federally charged with an international terrorism offense after providing bomb components …

Fetterman endorses prospect of potential future strikes to derail any Iranian nuclear ambitions  —  'Iran can't ever develop a nuclear weapon,' Sen. Fetterman insisted  —  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., declared in a Monday post on X that he would support strikes to scuttle any Iranian nuclear weapons aspirations.

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 …

Katherine Maher of NPR Has Come Out on Top Despite Battles With Trump and the CPB … Katherine Maher knew that running NPR was going to be difficult.  But since taking over as chief executive last year, she has confronted one crisis after another.  —  Right-wing activists dredged …