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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

States step into the breach as Obamacare subsidies lapse … The speed at which the mostly Democratic states have taken action underscores the mounting national anxiety about the medical and political impact the end of these subsidies will have.  Millions of Americans will no longer be able …

The double standard on executive power is impossible to ignore  —  For more than two centuries, presidents of both parties exercised wide executive latitude across war, trade, and immigration.  The Constitution grants the president authority as commander-in-chief, and presidents have routinely used …

Four Takeaways From the New York Times Profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  The congresswoman discussed her break with President Trump and her journey from MAGA zealot to political isolation.  —  When Marjorie Taylor Greene proclaimed in early 2021 that the Republican Party “belonged” to Donald Trump, I thought she sounded nuts.