When the New York Times lost its way  —  America's media should do more to equip readers to think for themselves  —  Are we truly so precious?  " Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, asked me one Wednesday evening in June 2020.  I was the editorial-page editor of the Times …

Trump Got a Big Sign the Supreme Court Doesn't Have His Back  —  Donald Trump may have handpicked three members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority.  That doesn't mean they are doing him any favors.  —  Former President Donald Trump has tried every legal trick in the book to postpone …

Morning Consult |  Bloomberg News Partnership Survey: Biden's and Trump's Ballot Performance as of Early December 2023  —  Trump leads Biden in all seven swing states, regardless of whether or not third party candidates are listed. … This survey, which identifies key issues in the 2024 election …

‘He has no right to offer defenseless civil servants up to a virtual mob’  —  Attorneys for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are urging the eight-member panel to award the women $24 million apiece for Rudy Giuliani's defamation against them.  —  A Washington, D.C. jury is set to begin considering …

Israel-Hamas War  —  Washington Urges Israel to Scale Back Ground War in Gaza by Year's End … U.S. wants Israel to scale down its ground campaign in Gaza within weeks.  —  The Biden administration has told the Israeli government that it wants Israel to end its large-scale ground campaign …

Cheney's book tops NYT print and e-book bestseller lists  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-Wyo.) new memoir clinched the No. 1 spots on the weekly New York Times bestselling book lists for hardcover and e-book editions for the first week since its debut.  —  The New York Times book bestseller lists …

McCarthy Calls Gaetz ‘Crazy’ and Entertains Role in a Possible Trump Administration  —  ‘I believe in public service,’ former Speaker McCarthy told reporters when asked if he would take a job from Donald Trump  —  On his last day as a working member of Congress, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. …

The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends  —  TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly …

Jeffries: Government will shut down unless House GOP yields on demands  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is drawing red lines when it comes to 2024 spending, warning Thursday that the government will close its doors if House Republicans continue to demand funding levels below …

Sources: Christian Ziegler wants multimillion-dollar buyout to step down as Florida GOP Chair  —  Christian Ziegler wants a multimillion-dollar buyout to resign as the Republican Party of Florida's (RPOF) Chair, party sources confirmed.  —  The demand comes as the political leader remains under investigation …

Senate to return next week in hopes of pre-Christmas border deal  —  The Senate will return Monday in the hopes of getting a border deal to unlock aid for Ukraine before Christmas.  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) decided Thursday to keep members in town next week …

House sends annual defense policy bill to Biden's desk  —  The House passed the annual Defense authorization bill Thursday, sending the $886 billion Pentagon policy and funding package to President Biden's desk.  —  The vote was 310-118, with 45 Democrats and 73 Republicans opposing the measure.

Why Hunter Biden went public: “I need to call out their lies”  —  After mostly lying low for years, Hunter Biden is publicly hitting back at Republicans — a more aggressive approach he believes will help him and President Biden, according to people familiar with his team's thinking.