Rep. Dean Phillips Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election to Congress  —  MINNETONKA, MN - Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) announced he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2024.  Phillips has represented Minnesota's Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 and released the following statement:

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says  —  Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona …

Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment in new lawsuit filed by former executive assistant Brittany Commisso  —  A former executive assistant to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who had accused him of groping her has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment.

Heroic Immigrant Actually Stopped the Dublin Stabbing That Led to Far-Right Riot  —  Far right ‘hooligans’ whipped up outrage after reports the attacker in the shocking Dublin school stabbing was an immigrant.  It turns out, the man who stopped him was Brazilian.

No American hostages freed by Hamas on day one of cease-fire with Israel  —  US official says White House ‘doing all we can’ to secure Americans' release  —  Two dozen hostages were released by the terrorist group Hamas, but no American was released on the first day of the cease-fire with Israel.

X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out  —  Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or are at risk of doing so, after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.  —  X, the social media company formerly known …

The Secret Megadonor Behind the MAGA Movement's ‘Nerve Center’  —  In the aftermath of Jan. 6, one conservative group has been buying up real estate around Capitol Hill and growing its influence.  Much of that is thanks to this one secret donor. … In a few short years …

Trump Lawyers Say New York Filing Is ‘Irrelevant’ to DC Gag Order Hearing  —  The back-and-forth concerns a filing submitted by prosecutors on Thanksgiving  —  JWPlayer  —  Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday filed a response to prosecutors' Thursday filing, arguing that any threats …

House Speaker Mike Johnson Spent Years Defending Christian Speech In Public Schools  —  “The ultimate goal of the enemy is silencing the Gospel,” the Republican said in 2004 after Jewish parents sued a school for pushing Christianity on their kids.  —  LOADING

Ted Cruz Skewers Kamala Harris Gas Stove That He Claims ‘Dems Want to Ban’  —  Never mind the White House has said President Biden would not support such a ban  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was tilting at windmills — or, rather tilting at gas stoves — on Friday when he slammed Vice President Kamala Harris …

Voters See American Dream Slipping Out of Reach, WSJ/NORC Poll Shows  —  Fewer believe that anyone who works hard can get ahead  —  The American dream—the proposition that anyone who works hard can get ahead, regardless of their background—has slipped out of reach in the minds of many Americans.

Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border  —  More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year.  That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined.  —  The surge of migrants entering …