Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro  —  Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.  —  Jeanine Pirro had had it up to here with Doug Burgum.

Michigan Senate Primary Puts Democratic Party's Leftward Shift to the Test  —  Moderate Democrats see race as a chance to try to slow a groundswell of Democratic socialist victories  —  DETROIT—The Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, the party's most divisive and costly this year …

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard.  Now she's suing  —  Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed …

Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work  —  Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has directed contractors …

Todd Blanche is one vote away from confirmation  —  Todd Blanche picked up an important GOP vote Tuesday for his nomination as attorney general — Sen. John Curtis of Utah — likely leaving him just one vote shy of securing confirmation.  Curtis said in a statement he plans to “support” …

60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein's Shady Bank Transactions  —  CBS's 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein's sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss-run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation.  —  A new report by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden revealed that Deutsche Bank AG …

‘I can win’: Defiant Max Miller says he's staying in race amid abuse claims  —  GOP Rep. Max Miller insisted in a CNN interview Tuesday that he will continue to seek reelection to his Ohio House seat as he battles domestic abuse allegations, comparing himself to President Donald Trump in refusing to yield to calls to step aside.

U.S. has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters  —  The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns …

Ahead of Trump's SoCal visit, heavily armed Downey man arrested at Trump golf course  —  An armed man, said to be monitoring “security-planning activities,” was arrested Sunday with a cache of weapons and body armor outside Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles — just two days before the president's visit.

Max Miller's lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter  —  A lawyer for Rep. Max Miller took responsibility Tuesday for inadvertently releasing sensitive photos of the Ohio Republican's daughter in a trove of material Miller published Sunday in a bid to defend himself against domestic abuse claims.

Missouri GOP thwarts Democrats' effort to undo their gerrymander  —  Missouri Republicans' new gerrymander eliminating a Democratic seat is all but certain to be in place for this November's elections — and into the future — after the state's GOP secretary of state blocked Democrats from forcing a statewide referendum on the issue.

Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador to US in spat with Lula  —  The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil's denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead …

White House AI vetting plan to exempt lower-cost ‘open’ models  —  The White House framework for vetting the cybersecurity risks of advanced artificial intelligence models would focus on the top-tier products from U.S. developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic — while exempting a rising breed …

Let's Set the Record Straight on the Paramount-Warner Deal  —  Many people have weighed in on Paramount's agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery — media analysts, power brokers, political commentators, competitors and, of course, lawyers.  For a transaction of this size, that is expected and appropriate.

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court  —  The Department of Health and Human Services quietly unveiled a multimillion-dollar contract Tuesday with a small Texas law firm, entrusting it with representing thousands of children who came by themselves …

Senate panel to vote on Fauci contempt resolution after tense hearing  —  The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) will vote Thursday on a resolution to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt following his hearing last week in which he invoked …

Democrat exits Senate race in South Dakota, clearing way for independent  —  Julian Beaudion withdrew after resisting pressure to step aside, making South Dakota's contest the third Senate race without a Democratic candidate.  —  Summary  —  Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee …

An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran's Defiant Leaders  —  Iran's leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.  —  President Trump's angry claim on Monday that Iran was being “unbelievably duplicitous” in its dealings with the United States …

OpenAI to pay $3.2M to settle DOJ worker discrimination case  —  OpenAI agreed Tuesday to pay $3.2 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it discriminated against U.S. workers by favoring temporary visa holders for jobs, according to the DOJ.

FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration  —  An association of thousands of FBI agents and other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts …

Tarrant County judge removes attendees during public meeting about voting site reductions  —  Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare directed meeting attendees to leave the commissioners courtroom Tuesday when some audience members clapped after he instructed them not to.

Francesca Hong defends call to ‘cancel Thanksgiving,’ but says ‘views can evolve’  —  Democratic socialist and former Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong (D) on Monday defended a past social media post urging the country to “cancel Thanksgiving” further leaning into her progressive agenda …

Trump whips Senate votes for permanent daylight saving time  —  President Donald Trump pressured Republican senators to make daylight saving time permanent Tuesday evening, amid stalled progress in the chamber on one of the president's pet issues.  “This is an issue that Republicans …

Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate program  —  A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated a multi-billion program to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort.

Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds … The White House is already looking beyond it.  — Trump officials are quietly sketching out a lame-duck package that could pair significant Pentagon funding with other priorities, including a debt ceiling increase that will be necessary sometime in 2027.