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 …

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in possible targeted attack: sources  —  The CEO of UnitedHealth was fatally shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack.

Trump Replaces His White House Counsel Before He Even Started the Job  —  The shake-up is a sign that the new administration may see the same chaos and infighting that so often plagued President-elect Donald J. Trump's first term in office.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday replaced …

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.”

Nadler to Relinquish Democrats' Top Judiciary Post, Bowing to Calls for Change  —  Democrats' longtime leader on the panel faced a challenge from Representative Jamie Raskin, and pressure from colleagues who wanted a younger, more strategic figure at the helm.

Democrat Adam Gray captures California's 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte  —  Democrat Adam Gray captured California's 13th Congressional District on Tuesday, unseating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the final U.S. House contest to be decided this year.

No-confidence vote topples French government, plunges country into chaos  —  The support of Marine Le Pen's far-right lawmakers was key to the motion, which made this the shortest-serving administration in the modern French republic.  —  A no-confidence vote in the French parliament …

The Sound of Fear on Air  —  This morning, I had an unsettling experience.  —  I was invited onto MSNBC's Morning Joe to talk from a studio in Washington, D.C., about an article I'd written on Trump's approach to foreign policy.  Before getting to the article, I was asked about the nomination …

Dictators for a Day  —  South Korea and America  —  South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, invoked martial law, tried to install a military dictatorship — and failed completely.  In his actions there are some likely similarities with the coming Trump regime, and some clear lessons for Americans to learn right now.

Trump Picks Cryptocurrency Advocate Paul Atkins For SEC Chair  —  Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a “proven leader for common sense regulations.”  —  LOADING  —  President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends …

Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner's ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a …

9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding  —  With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block.  —  USE OUR CONTENT

Bill Maher Threatens to ‘Quit’ His Show Over Trump Win  —  REALLY?  —  The host told Jane Fonda he's “bored” with talking about the president-elect, but would have no choice.  —  Bill Maher “may quit,” his HBO show Real Time, he told Jane Fonda on the latest episode of his Club Random podcast …

Trump's Project 2025 May Not Be What It Seemed.  It's Worse.  —  On Nov. 19, two weeks after Election Day, Elon Musk demonstrated perhaps the most brutal, if not sadistic, technique for making life in the federal civil service intolerable.  —  A Wall Street Journal headline from Nov. 22 captures …

Hawley says Hegseth cancelled meeting as DeSantis name gets floated  —  Sen. Joshua Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, says Pete Hegseth's team canceled a meeting before the Senate confirmation process begins.  Axios' Juliegrace Brufke joins CBS News with more on President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense.

James Carville Claims 1 Person Is Secretly ‘Driving’ Trump's Sketchy Nominations  —  The Democratic strategist was friends with the conservative figure who he says is wielding the most influence on the president-elect.  —  LOADING  —  Democratic strategist James Carville said Tuesday …

Trump's Notre Dame Appearance Means More Than You Think  —  Emmanuel Macron, the French President, invited President Donald Trump to attend the grand re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years of reconstruction.  —  It will be a grand affair, attended by 50 heads of state …

Biden White House Is Discussing Preemptive Pardons for Those in Trump's Crosshairs  —  The nomination of Kash Patel, who has vowed to pursue Trump's critics, as FBI director has heightened concerns within the president's inner circle.  —  President Joe Biden's senior aides are conducting …

Donald Trump is ready to make Republicans touch the third rail  —  Without a voting public to face again, Trump is gearing up to cut Social Security and Medicare  —  There are a thousand election hot takes and post-mortems floating around these days and I'm sure we'll soon come to some consensus …

Russian General Calls U.S. Chairman of Joint Chiefs  —  In a highly unusual call, the two men “discussed a number of global and regional security issues, to include the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” a spokesman said.  —  Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the architect of President Vladimir V. Putin's invasion …

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Inside the GOP leadership's plans for government funding  —  House and Senate leaders are honing in on a CR that would keep government funded until late March.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told us in a brief interview late Tuesday that he anticipates the stopgap funding bill will expire in late March 2025.

Trump picks Monica Crowley for senior State Department post  —  President-elect Trump on Wednesday nominated Monica Crowley, a former Fox News contributor who faced public scrutiny during Trump's first term over allegations of plagiarism, for a top public relations post in the State Department.