Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday  —  Chicago will be early target and the government will send as many as 200 officers to carry out the operation, according to people familiar with the planning  —  The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid …

Support for Trump's Policies Exceeds Support for Trump  —  A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect's plans to deport migrants and reduce America's presence overseas.  —  Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment …

Trump launches meme coin, apparently makes more than $25 billion overnight … - It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously. … - His website bills it as “the only official Trump meme.”

Marc Andreessen Seems to Think Hillary Clinton Was Actually President  —  The New York Times made a sneaky edit to its own transcript to make Andreessen sound more coherent. … Marc Andreessen, the billionaire tech investor who co-founded Netscape, has recently been making the rounds …

Canada Prepares for Trump Tariff Threat With Three-Stage Plan  —  Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.  —  Orange juice from Florida.  Whiskey from Tennessee.  Peanut butter from Kentucky.

The indoor inauguration's winners and losers  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BEHIND THE HPSCI CURTAIN — As we wrote in yesterday's Playbook, Speaker MIKE JOHNSON's move to fire Chair MIKE TURNER and remake the House Intelligence Committee …

Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done.  Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  For a long time, Curtis Yarvin, a 51-year-old computer engineer, has written online about political theory in relative obscurity.

The Real Story Behind Mike Turner's Firing  —  The speaker's decision to cashier his Intelligence chair wasn't about Donald Trump.  —  When Speaker Mike Johnson summarily fired House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner this week, everyone assumed it was about Donald Trump.

Shove the Presidency Down Trump's Throat  —  The most recent entry in the “good advice for Democrats” canon comes from occasional TNR contributor and Bulwark writer Jonathan V. Last, who wrote, “The job of the Democratic party comes in two parts.  First: Do not help Republicans.  Not in any way.

Israel to free up to 1,904 Palestinians in 1st stage of hostage deal, including killers  —  Figures comprises 737 jailed Palestinians, 1,167 Gazans detained in ground op; notorious terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, others responsible for the murder of dozens, to be freed

Can He Do That?  Here's What Biden's Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Means.  —  Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments.  So what could President Biden's pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?  —  President Biden on Friday declared that he believes …

After major 2024 defeats, the Democratic Party searches for a new direction  —  DETROIT — The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions about its future.  —  Among them: how to recover from losing the White House and the Senate, in an election that saw Democrats lose …

Commerce Nominee Lutnick Is Backer of Outlaws' Favorite Cryptocurrency  —  Cantor Fitzgerald holds assets for Tether, the stablecoin used by drug traffickers, terrorists and scammers to move money around the world.  —  To the crypto company Tether, the account was identified only by a 31-character string …

Fox News' Jessica Tarlov Hits Sean Hannity With Blunt Reality Check On Biden  —  Tarlov spotted the “reason” why Donald Trump “wants to take credit” for numbers coming out of the Biden administration.  —  LOADING  —  Fox News' Jessica Tarlov on Friday took on network host Sean Hannity …

President-elect Donald Trump to hold ‘victory rally’ in Washington, DC before inauguration  —  President-elect Donald Trump is set to hold a victory rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, one day before returning back to the White House for a second term.  —  Preparations were underway …

Trump Just Handed Steve Bannon a Big Weapon in His War With Elon Musk … Republicans may not know it yet, but they're in the process of handing Steve Bannon a powerful weapon to wield in his war with Elon Musk over visas granted to high-skilled immigrants.  This could further divide …

TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users  —  The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.  —  TikTok said late Friday …

Treasury Increases Financial Pressure on the Houthis  —  WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning Yemen-based Yemen Kuwait Bank for Trade and Investment Y.S.C (Yemen Kuwait Bank) for its financial support to Ansarallah, commonly known as the Houthis.

Former Trump aides are warning newbies: Buy legal insurance or risk a hefty bill  —  Many staffers who worked in Trump's first administration saw the need for an attorney when many were dragged before congressional committees and grand juries.  —  WASHINGTON — As Republicans gear up for new jobs …

Exclusive: Elon Musk May Be the Latest Leader of D.C.'s Line Hotel  —  The president-elect's best new buddy hopes to snap up the hot Adams Morgan address  —  In huge pre-inauguration news, tech titan Elon Musk is slated to be the highest bidder on D.C.'s trendy Line hotel.

Voters Want MAGA Lite From Trump, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Survey shows Biden leaves office with record-low approval and a badly tarnished party  —  Voters support many of the goals President-elect Donald Trump has set for his second term.  They are just not on board with all the ways he wants to accomplish them.