Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book  —  Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative  —  Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate …

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely  —  New York (CNN Business)CNN said Tuesday that it has suspended Chris Cuomo “indefinitely” after new documents released this week indicated that the anchor was more intimately involved than previously known in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …

Marcus Lamb, head of Daystar, a large Christian network that discouraged vaccines, dies after getting covid-19  —  Marcus Lamb, founder of the large Christian network Daystar, died Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus.  Lamb's network during the pandemic has made the virus a huge focus …

POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Conservatives plot government shutdown over vaccine mandate  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FRIDAY'S SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN GETS REAL — Conservatives on both sides of the Capitol are privately plotting to force a government shutdown Friday in an effort to defund …

Please Don't Elect Dr. Oz—He's a Disgrace to Our Profession  —  Dr. Oz is running for Senate in Pennsylvania.  “I greet this prospect with the same enthusiasm I'd have for contracting dysentery,” writes Dr. Daniel Summers. … Can we please not do this, Pennsylvania?  —  By “this,” I mean send Mehmet Oz to the Senate.

Pro-life, pro-choice lawmakers brace for historic Supreme Court abortion arguments  —  Supreme Court set to hear arguments in blockbuster case over Mississippi abortion law  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for November 30  —  Pro-life and pro-choice members of Congress are bracing …

House committee probing Jan. 6 riot interviews Georgia's top elections official  —  Georgia's top elections official was interviewed for more than four hours Tuesday by a panel of U.S. House lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Donald Trump mob as it widens a probe into the causes of the insurrection.

Mace and Greene keep feuding, despite McCarthy's effort to intervene  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried — without success — Tuesday night to end an ugly battle between two of his GOP freshmen.  —  The California Republican implored Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) …

Russia Expels Some U.S. Diplomats in Latest Tit-for-Tat Action  —  Russia indicates that the move was in retaliation for Washington's expulsion of more than 50 Russian diplomats  —  MOSCOW—Russia's foreign ministry ordered U.S. Embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years …

Why the Discredited Dossier Does Not Undercut the Russia Investigation  —  Donald J. Trump and his backers say revelations about the Steele dossier show the Russia investigation was a “hoax.”  That is not what the facts indicate.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies …

A federal judge blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for U.S. health workers.  —  A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday to halt the start of President Biden's national vaccine mandate for health care workers, which had been set to begin next week.

‘I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.’  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  The dead were all students at Oxford High.  —  OXFORD CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Students at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit rushed for cover and barricaded classroom doors with chairs when they heard the first gunshots on Tuesday afternoon.

Private payrolls post better-than-expected growth of 534,000 in November, ADP says  — Private payrolls increased by 534,000 for November, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 506,000, according to ADP.  — Leisure and hospitality saw a gain of 136,000, part of the 424,000 positions added in the services sector.

1. A majority (52%) of young Americans believe that our democracy is either “in trouble,” or “failing”  — Only 7% of young Americans view the United States as a “healthy democracy”; 27% described the nation as a “somewhat functioning democracy,” 39% a “democracy in trouble,” …

Clinton Foundation donations plummet 75%  —  Donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted to $16 million last year, down nearly 75% from the organization's peak when former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was running for president, records reviewed by Axios show.

Steven Cohen's Venture Firm Backs 24-Hour Stock-Trading Startup  —  24 Exchange aims for round-the-clock stock trading; Mr. Cohen's Point72 Ventures is leading a funding round  —  Hedge-fund billionaire and New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen is backing a startup that wants …

BREAKING: Dickens wins runoff election, will become Atlanta's 61st mayor  —  Andre Dickens, the Atlanta native who first beat an incumbent eight years ago for a spot on the City Council, defeated Felicia Moore in Tuesday's runoff election to become Atlanta's 61st mayor.

Baltimore Sun Media proposes moving printing of newspapers to Delaware, laying off 100+ workers  —  Baltimore Sun Media is considering a plan to move the printing of its newspapers from Baltimore to a printing plant in Wilmington, Delaware, owned by the newspaper there.

After Years Of Delay, NYC Opens First Supervised Injection Sites In US To Fight Opioid Overdoses  —  After years of stalled progress, New York City is preparing to open its first overdose prevention centers — otherwise known as supervised injection sites.  The two centers …

COVID: First signs that vaccine protects against Omicron - health minister  —  So far, Israel has registered four cases infected with the new variant, while general morbidity remains low.  —  There are indications that individuals fully vaccinated against corona within six months …

Dark-Money Group Paid Former Trump AG to Ask for Pardons—and He Never Registered as a Lobbyist  —  Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker left the Trump administration and almost immediately started asking for presidential pardons—without registering as a lobbyist.