Trump Mulls Replacing Pete Hegseth With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  —  The president-elect is discussing replacing the current Pentagon nominee as the former Fox News host faces mounting scrutiny over allegations about his personal life  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida …

I listened to hours of Trump's FBI pick on Steve Bannon's podcast.  Oh boy.  —  Kash Patel, Donald Trump's pick to direct the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, has never served in the FBI.  But he has hosted Steve Bannon's podcast.  —  Patel is a contributor at Real America's Voice …

Joe Biden's predictable pardon of Hunter didn't threaten his reputation - it cemented an already corrupt legacy  —  At a noisy holiday party, a friend pulled me aside for a quiet conversation.  He's long been a major Democratic donor in New York and nationally but has grown increasingly disenchanted with the party's far-left policies.

C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare Is Fatally Shot in Midtown Manhattan  —  The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot in the chest in what people briefed on the investigations said appeared to be a targeted attack.  —  The chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation's largest health insurers …

California Democrat Flips Seat in the Last House Race to Be Called  —  Adam Gray, a former state lawmaker, defeated Representative John Duarte, a Republican, in a reversal of their 2022 race.  —  A Democratic former state lawmaker defeated the Republican incumbent on Tuesday to flip a seat …

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Six hours under martial law in Seoul  —  A shocking coup attempt sent South Korea into political upheaval.  But on the ground, at the protests that would prevent the president from seizing power, people were organized, angry, and a little drunk. … When the South Korean president declares martial law …

Trump's DEA nominee withdraws from consideration just days after being picked  —  President-elect Trump's choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Tuesday he is withdrawing from consideration just three days after Trump made his nomination known.

Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts  —  Under owner Elon Musk, the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, has become a hotbed of white supremacist and neo-Nazi content.  A recent headline in the Atlantic doesn't mince words: “X is a white supremacist site.”

Have I been running the Biden Administration?  —  My not-so-secret disagreements with their approach … Donate to GiveDirectly  —  Joe Biden has been unpopular for a long time, but the two times I've been polled, I said that I approve of his performance as president.

Is Kristi Noem ready to run FEMA?  South Dakota flood victims doubt it.  —  Trump has picked Noem as homeland security secretary, a job that includes overseeing federal disaster management.  But some residents of her home state say she bungled the response to catastrophic floods in June.

Trump v. Clinton: The media double standard on the influence of foreign cash  —  On Monday, Popular Information reported that Justin Sun, a Chinese national currently being prosecuted for fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission, sent President-elect Donald Trump $18 million in cash.

The Storybook Start—and Bitter End—of Pete Hegseth's First Marriage  —  Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense is a conservative culture warrior, a central-casting alpha male who believes in guns, God, and the primacy of the family unit.  The story of his first marriage …

‘Gut punch’: Trump upsets local union leaders by opposing U.S. Steel-Nippon deal  —  On Monday night, President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel Co., vowing to block the deal when he takes office.

A President Shouldn't Pardon His Son?  Hello, Anybody Remember Neil Bush?  —  Nobody defines Poppy Bush's presidency by the fact that he pardoned his progeny.  The moral: Shut the fck up about Hunter Biden, please.  —  Sit yourselves down here around the turf fire, my friends …

Texas is offering land for Trump mass deportation facilities  —  The state's land commissioner bought a 1,402-acre plot on the Rio Grande and has offered it to the incoming Trump administration for immigrant detention centers.  —  Trump transition officials are exploring the possibility …