The revealing pointlessness of Trump's primetime speech  —  When a president gives a primetime televised speech, it is typically about something of serious import: to make the case for a major new policy or to announce the beginning of a war.  —  President Donald Trump's speech on Wednesday night had no grave significance.

House Republicans pass health care plan without re-upping insurance subsidies  —  The House passed a conservative health care bill Wednesday evening that would not address expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, all but guaranteeing the enhanced subsidies will lapse at the end of the year.

Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship  —  An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who've unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”  —  The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip …

Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame  —  Months after President Donald Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display …

Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear  —  Trump's former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question  —  President Trump on Tuesday received and discussed a draft copy of a book by lawyer Alan Dershowitz …

Inflation spikes 2.7 percent despite Trump's claims ‘prices are down’  —  Prices on numerous goods spike as the labor market continues to be sluggish  —  Inflation spike 0.2 percent in November and 2.7 percent in the past 12 months, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report.

Trump Pressed Georgia Speaker to Overturn State's Election Vote in 2020 Call  —  During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year.  —  In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020 …

His Vanity Fair photos of Trumpworld blew up online.  We called to talk.  —  Every line, spot, blemish and blood vessel was captured by Christopher Anderson's lens.  What was he thinking?  —  On Tuesday, Vanity Fair published a two-part story by Chris Whipple about the inner circle …

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died  —  Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official  —  FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling …

Trump's media company to merge with nuclear fusion startup  —  Trump Media & Technology Group is merging with nuclear fusion power startup TAE technologies in an all-stock deal valued at $6 billion. … - It will provide new resources to the fusion player, and signals Trumpworld's enthusiasm …

'Don's Best Friend': How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women  —  The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship.  Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance.  Female bodies were currency.

November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows … Consumer prices rose less than expected in November, giving investors hope that inflationary pressures may be cooling enough for the U.S. monetary policy to be eased more than Wall Street anticipates.

Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails … The Biden appointee noted that the seven-day notice requirement complicated lawmakers' ability to view real-time conditions at facilities immigrants have long complained are overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe.

Prosecutors tried and failed to add 3rd felony charge against Letitia James, court docs show … Prosecutors also asked a magistrate judge to keep records of the proposed indictment sealed after grand jurors rejected all three alleged charges, but the judge declined the request, according to court records.

Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop  —  In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.  —  At just 2 weeks old, Feleena Owens was struggling to breathe.

American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.  —  HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities.  The organization said the cuts could harm child health.

December 2025 National Poll: Trump's Approval Flips Since Start of the Year  —  Home Polls December 2025 National Poll: Trump's Approval Flips Since Start of the Year  —  Voters Favor “Moderates” in 2028 Matchups  —  The final Emerson College Polling national survey of 2025 finds President Trump …

Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers  —  Doublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) that uses a phone farm to manage at least hundreds of AI-generated social media accounts and promote products has been hacked.

The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing.  We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.  —  A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family  —  When President Trump ran for re-election in 2024, he and his family already had vast business interests stretching …

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Russia wants to drain Europe's investigative resources with its sabotage campaign, officials say  —  In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland.  A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged.

Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers … The markets, glutted with supply and with prices at nearly five-year lows, are giving President Donald Trump an unusually free hand to tighten military pressure on the South American OPEC member …

The Bravofication of American government  —  Key takeaways  — A Vanity Fair profile of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, in which she describes the president as having “an alcoholic's personality” and refers to one of Trump's top officials as a “zealot,” has gone viral and raised questions …