Georgia prosecutors predict jail sentences in Trump 2020 election case  —  Exclusive: Fulton county prosecutors say in emails their legal careers will continue long after defendants go to jail  —  Fulton county prosecutors have signaled they want prison sentences in the Georgia criminal case …

House GOP releases Biden impeachment inquiry resolution ahead of planned vote  —  The House GOP released a resolution Thursday to formalize its months-long impeachment inquiry into President Biden, with a full House vote planned for next week.  —  The resolution authorizing the inquiry …

Debate Performances Fuel Haley's Rise in GOP Nomination Race  —  New WSJ poll shows the former U.N. ambassador, the focus of attention on Wednesday night's stage, has edged into second place behind Trump  —  Deft yet serious, quick-witted yet substantive, Nikki Haley's debate performances …

Kevin McCarthy uses PAC to lavish cash on high-end resorts, private jets and fine dining  —  Rambling above the rust-colored cliffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the Terranea Resort is known for its ocean views, world-ranked spa and villas that can command $3,000 a night or more.

Senator's Son Involved in Police Chase That Killed Deputy  —  The lawmaker said his child “suffers from serious mental disorders.”  —  A son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was involved in a police chase on Wednesday evening that ended with a crash that killed a deputy, the lawmaker and authorities said.

Georgia just obliterated Lucy McBath's district.  She says she's not going anywhere.  —  Democratic-backed groups have vowed to challenge the new map in court again.  —  Georgia Republicans just shredded Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath's suburban Atlanta district — but she says she will fight to remain in Congress.

Behind the Curtain — Exclusive: How Trump would build his loyalty-first Cabinet  —  Former President Trump, if elected, would build a Cabinet and White House staff based mainly on two imperatives: pre-vetted loyalty to him and a commitment to stretch legal and governance boundaries …

McCarthy's Exit May Create Even More Headaches for the Tiny G.O.P. Majority  —  The former speaker's decision to leave his seat a year early could affect control of the House, the legislative agenda and his party's efforts to keep its majority in the 2024 election.

Washington Post journalists walk off jobs in one-day strike  —  Journalists at The Washington Post walked off their jobs in a one-day strike Thursday.  —  More than 750 staff members at the Post walked out, refusing to work for 24 hours in what they say is the “biggest labor protest at the company” in 48 years.

Two Russian Nationals Working with Russia's Federal Security Service Charged with Global Computer Intrusion Campaign  —  For Immediate Release  —  Indictment Alleges the So-Called “Callisto Group” Hacked Computers in the United States and Allied Countries, and Stole Information Used …

CNN to host two GOP presidential primary debates in 2024  —  CNN will host two Republican presidential primary debates next month in Iowa and New Hampshire - states that hold the first contests in the race for the 2024 GOP nomination, the network announced Thursday.

California's Fiscal Outlook  — California Entered a Downturn Last Year  — Appendix 1: Outlook for School and Community College Funding  —  Executive Summary  —  California Faces a $68 Billion Deficit.  Largely as a result of a severe revenue decline in 2022‑23, the state faces a serious budget deficit.

Texas judge grants pregnant woman's request to get an abortion  —  A Dallas-area mother found out that her fetus has trisomy 18, a genetic condition that can cause stillbirth or death of a newborn.  The court order allows her to end the pregnancy.  —  A Texas judge on Thursday granted …

What Is Happening at the Columbia School of Social Work?  —  During orientation at the Columbia School of Social Work at Columbia University, the country's oldest graduate program for aspiring social workers, students are given a glossary with “100+ common terms you may see or hear used in class …

House Freedom Caucus Losing Faith in Speaker Johnson After His ‘Ass Whooping’  —  ‘Right now, it looks pretty bleak,’ Johnson critic Rep. Eric Burlison told The Messenger  —  Speaker Mike Johnson signing off on a defense bill that was scrubbed of hardliners' top ideological priorities …

12/7/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … But leaders in both parties are already raising serious doubts about the path forward for the foreign aid measure — if there is one — following Wednesday's failed vote.  —  Senate GOP negotiators are openly deriding …

New research undercuts Republican views of racism  —  Republicans are more likely to say White people experience racism than Black people.  That's not true.  —  The emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement almost a decade ago was predicated on the killing of Black people at the hands of law enforcement.

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Lower Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs by Promoting Competition  —  President Biden believes that health care should be a right, not a privilege.  For too long, corporate special interests and trickle-down economics …

Harvard's president answers backlash over response to calls for ‘genocide of Jews’  —  Threats to the Jewish community “have no place at Harvard,” Claudine Gay said.  —  Harvard University President Claudine Gay watches a video being played during a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled …