Trump defends Jensen Huang and Pete Hegseth at surprise news briefing with Dana White  —  The president said he would stand by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if he's impeached. … In his first post-midterm news briefing, President Donald Trump on Monday talked about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair …

‘You gotta be kidding me’: Hegseth used these 4 things to decide on senior officer promotions  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth short-circuited a merit-based process for promoting senior officers and instead relied on newly invented criteria that disproportionately removed from advancement women …

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

GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert will lose reelection to Democrat Eileen Laubacher in Colorado, CNN projects  —  House election US elections Donald Trump Congressional news  —  Retired Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat, will flip Colorado's 4th District, CNN's Decision Desk projects …

USDA policy shift would cut millions of people off food aid program  —  The Agriculture Department is set to tighten eligibility requirements for the nation's largest anti-hunger initiative in a change that is expected to render millions of additional Americans ineligible for the program.

Senate weighs sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections  —  The Senate on Monday is set to take up bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week's election …

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.

Congressional Probe Finds Rep. Gooden May Have Misused Taxpayer Money  —  The Office of Congressional Conduct questioned luxury travel on his House account and campaign disbursements.  — Copy  —  The Office of Congressional Conduct said Monday that Rep. Lance Gooden may have misused taxpayer money …

Machinists union calls on Schumer to step aside as leader  —  A major labor union is telling Sen. Chuck Schumer it's time to go.  The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers sent the New York lawmaker a letter Monday urging him “not to seek another term” …

Pete Hegseth Lashes Out  —  The defense secretary wants military educators to pursue politics, not war.  —  Pete Hegseth was in my neighborhood today.  I live just up the road from the Naval War College, where I taught for 25 years, and where Hegseth gave a speech this morning about the future of military education.

John Fetterman Gets His First 2028 Challenger  —  Ahmed Moor, a writer born in the war-torn Gaza Strip, said he wants to “chart a new path for America.”  — Copy  —  Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American writer who grew up in Philadelphia, launched a campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday …

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.

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” …

House Dems size up 2028 Senate map after midterm landslide  —  Current and former House Democrats, flush with victory following their landslide midterm wins, are already looking at potential opportunities to run for Senate in 2028, Axios has learned. … - A source close to Rep. Sharice Davids …

Supreme Court Allows Construction of Trump's Border Wall in Big Bend  —  The administration had asked the court to permit construction of a border wall in southwestern Texas, including areas within a national park.  —  The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration …

An Electoral Mess in Mississippi  —  Last summer, Mississippi began an effort to “continue to build on the accuracy of Mississippi's voter rolls and strengthen the integrity of elections,” as Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson put it.  Using data from the credit-reporting agency Experian …

Court filing alleges Trump adviser received cash, luxury gifts from foreign interests  —  A former business partner is accusing MAGA media guru Alex Bruesewitz of receiving lavish gifts from foreign individuals in Qatar and Syria while also pursuing lucrative deals with other entities looking …

Trump Veers Back Into Claims of Rigged Election  —  President Trump, who initially said he would accept the midterm results, renewed his unsubstantiated claims that voting was manipulated.  —  For years, President Trump has claimed without evidence that any election he lost or even feared losing was rigged.

The End of Stephen Miller's Recusals  —  Stephen Miller spent his first weekend as White House chief of staff on the patio at Mar-a-Lago, huddling with President Trump and Natalie Harp, his executive assistant, about how to approach the next two years with the House and Senate under Democratic control.