Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud  —  The director of national intelligence is leading an administration-wide effort to hunt for proof of tampering in the election that Trump lost  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has spent months investigating …

Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion for Tax-Return Leak  —  President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout.

Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight  —  The agreement includes advancing five spending bills and funding the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks as lawmakers negotiate changes to DHS and ICE.  — Add NBC News to Google

Trump Administration Prepares to Back Warsh for Fed Chair  —  The Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to announce …

Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources  —  Mangione is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.  —  Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson …

Scoop: Trump expects Panama Canal court win for “Donroe Doctrine”  —  The White House expects Panama's Supreme Court on Thursday to cancel a crucial Panama Canal ports contract operated by a firm with ties to China's government, two sources tell Axios.

Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America's northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands.

Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran  —  The plans being weighed by the president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran's government.  —  President Trump has been presented in recent days with an expanded list of potential military options …

Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans  —  Rising share of Democrats want their party's congressional leaders to stand up to Trump  —  This Pew Research Center report looks at how the U.S. public feels about Trump's job performance …

College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth  —  The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.  —  The College approached a student to promote Evergreen.AI — the College's wellness artificial intelligence project …

Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving  —  A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was charged with drunken driving in St. Paul after a state trooper found him passed out in a car Tuesday morning “covered in vomit.”

'I don't have words': 2 more kids from Liam Ramos' Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"Two more Minnesota children — a second grader and a fifth grader — were taken into custody with their mother on Thursday …

Trump Is Making America Stupider  —  “I LOVE THE POORLY EDUCATED,” Donald Trump once declared.  That was back in 2016, during his first presidential campaign.  —  Now, a decade later, he and the rest of the MAGA movement have manifested that love into policy, with a series of changes …

Janet Mills' first TV ad hits ICE … The six-figure buy goes up statewide on Friday and is running across broadcast and digital for the next two weeks. … An ICE surge in Maine, dubbed Operation Catch of the Day by Homeland Security officials, received widespread backlash from Democrats and local leaders …

Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa?  —  “Gold Trump card free of charge,” the rapper wrote on social media.  But the White House says it's not what it seems.  —  After a joint appearance with President Trump this week, the rapper Nicki Minaj flaunted what appeared …

Ukraine is bracing for brutal weather as Trump says Putin agreed to halt power grid attacks  —  Ukraine awaited signs Friday that Russia is abiding by a commitment that U.S. President Donald Trump said it made to temporarily halt attacks on Ukraine's power grid, as Kyiv and other regions …

Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong … “We were being relayed information from on the ground from CBP agents and officers that were there,” Noem said.  “We were using the best information we had at the time.”  —  Following the killing of the 37-year-old U.S. citizen …

ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US  —  Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.  —  Despite protests in small towns and cities across the US, the Trump administration …

Melania Trump Documentary Premiere: Who Was at the Kennedy Center  —  Top White House officials streamed into the Kennedy Center on Thursday for a screening of Amazon's new documentary about the first lady, Melania Trump.  —  After a $35 million marketing campaign, Amazon's new Melania Trump documentary …