Hegseth to Hold Rare News Conference as Impeachment Vote Looms  —  The defense secretary has indicated that he will fight accusations that he violated the Constitution and federal law.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to hold a news conference at the Pentagon on Tuesday morning …

540-Plus Seats Flipped, 6 New Trifectas: Dem Wins At The State Level Keep Piling Up  —  “We are witnessing a ‘shattering of Republicans’ control of the states,” said Will Rusche of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.  —  WASHINGTON ― A week after Democrats' sweep in the midterm elections …

Trump Has a Secret Plan to Evade Accountability.  Will Dems Defeat It?  —  The scale of the victory came as a shock even to Democratic leaders in Washington—including veterans like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, both of whom pride themselves on their mastery of polls, cross-tabs …

House Republicans could be about to clean their own house  —  One week after suffering devastating midterm losses, Republicans in the House will decide just how thoroughly to clean their own house.  —  While Speaker Mike Johnson is exiting the scene in January, Tuesday's GOP leadership elections …

First on CNN: Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump's construction projects are being destroyed  —  House Democrats are demanding that the Interior department retain documents related to President Donald Trump's construction projects around Washington after whistleblowers warned …

Fox & Friends is becoming the center of an “anybody but JD Vance” campaign  —  Fox & Friends, the Fox News morning show beloved by President Donald Trump, is emerging as the nexus of an “anybody but JD Vance” campaign for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination.

Trump-pardoned activist crashes cat owners' convention in mistaken hunt for furries  —  Matthew Chapman  —  Pardoned January 6 Capitol rioter Jake Lang found himself humiliated in the second stunt of the weekend, when he crashed a convention in Seattle he thought was a gathering of “furries” …

California voters reject measure to tax the wealth of billionaires  —  California voters have rejected a first-in-the-nation tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious ballot fight that generated huge spending by some prominent tech leaders eager to stop their taxes from going up.

‘This is a serious national security issue.’ GOP bucks Trump on Nvidia  —  Senior Republican lawmakers are considering investigating Nvidia over CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy, putting President Donald Trump's strong defense of the tech titan at odds with mounting scrutiny from members of his own party.

Haley Stevens Was in the Republican Cloakroom for Congress' First Votes Back Since the Election  —  Reporters didn't see the Michigan Democrat on the first day back in session since the midterms, but the House clerk recorded two “yea” votes from her.  — Copy

Appeals court narrows DOJ's search of journalists' records in leak probe  —  A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from accessing a sweeping set of journalists' LinkedIn records as part of a national security leak probe, saying the “overbroad” search would …

Price pressures persisted in October  —  Inflation remained hot in October, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. … - Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, advanced 0.3%, the same pace as the previous two months. … - Last year's government shutdown left a gap …

The Much Maligned “Groups” Are the Reason Democrats Won the Midterms  —  After Kamala Harris lost two years ago, some Democratic-leaning commentators came up with a boogeyman: “the groups.”  Left-leaning organizations had forced Harris and other Democratic politicians to adopt progressive stances …

Trump's Crypto Products Crash to All-Time Lows After the Midterms  —  The declines mean great losses for investors and Trump supporters who have bought into the president's crypto brand.  — Copy  —  To get into an exclusive dinner with President Donald Trump later this month …

How a MAHA leader turned and torched the White House  —  Calley Means quickly rose from wellness entrepreneur to senior Trump health adviser — and now he's attacking the White House and suggesting top aides undermined the president's health agenda. … - It also raises questions …

U.S. Aircraft Evacuated From Second U.K. Base Due to Iran Threat  —  U.S. refueling tankers were moved from RAF Mildenhall on Monday  —  The U.S. evacuated American aircraft from a Royal Air Force base in England on Monday in the wake of a threat from Iran, according to people familiar with the matter.

At least 19 ICE recruits named in DHS hack were hired despite red flags  —  A Post review of records exposed in a DHS breach found that some immigration officers quickly hired last year were involved in past misconduct or criminality.  —  One officer in Detroit fired multiple shots …

Neo-Nazi Leader Accidentally Livestreams Masturbation Session  —  He thought he'd stopped broadcasting when he finished playing WoW.  But the real show had only just begun.  —  AS AMERICANS SETTLED IN to watch the midterm results last Tuesday, neo-Nazi internet personality Christopher Pohlhaus had different plans: World of Warcraft.

MAGA's other big lie  —  Public Notice is proudly celebrating 5 years of independent journalism.  Support our work by becoming a paid subscriber ⬇️  —  📊 Subscribe to PN 📊  —  In the stunning rebuke voters delivered to Donald Trump and his party in the midterm elections …

Trump dials into C-SPAN for surprise interview: ‘I like to watch the call-ins’  —  WASHINGTON — It was the ultimate Republican call-in.  —  “It looks like we've got a call from the White House,” C-SPAN host Mimi Geerges told viewers Monday night as President Trump dialed into the newly launched program “Washington Journal Primetime.”

Top Biden Economist Pitches $1,000 Down for First-Time Buyers  —  A top Biden administration economic official is pitching Democrats on a low-down-payment proposal to bring millions of new homebuyers into the market, as incoming congressional leaders take stock of affordability measures that might help them notch early legislative wins.