Words found on shell casings where UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead, senior law enforcement official says  —  Brian Thompson, 50, was killed in a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack,” police said.  —  Shell casings found at the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead …

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 …

What's Happening at MSNBC?  —  David Frum just shared a disturbing anecdote from an appearance this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe.  According to his short article at The Atlantic, he made a flippant reference to reporting that Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth was known for drinking on the job at Fox News.

House GOP set for tiniest vote margin possible: ‘We have nothing to spare’  —  House Republicans will have zero room for error in the 119th Congress — literally.  —  Rep. John Duarte (R) conceded to Democrat Adam Gray in California's 13th Congressional District Tuesday night …

Suddenly, Trump's Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance  —  There are still nearly two months to go before Donald Trump assumes the presidency again, but Republicans or GOP-adjacent industries have already begun to admit out loud that some of his most important policy promises …

Playbook: Pete Hegseth's last stand  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BIG FAMILY NEWS — From Global Editor in Chief John Harris: Rachael Bade — who for the past four years has been a Playbook co-author and for the past 14 years has fashioned …

Trump Picks Yet Another Fox Star for White House Role  —  REVOLVING DOOR  —  Monica Crowley, Trump's pick for Chief of Protocol, is only the latest former Fox employee to land a job offer in his incoming administration.  —  President-elect Donald Trump named Monica Crowley …

The Times They Are A-Changin'  —  The old Los Angeles Times building.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong is tightening his grip over the Los Angeles Times.  —  The MAGA-curious owner, who drew controversy when he blocked the newspaper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris …

12/5/24 ☀️ AM: … The meeting is at 3 p.m., after the Senate leaves town for the week.  (The rhythms of Congress are hard.  It takes everyone time to learn.) … Unlike previous spending-reduction initiatives, DOGE has no statutory authority or fast-track floor process …

Trump Organization Plans an Ethics Policy Without Banning Foreign Deals  —  The family business of President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to announce some restrictions on transactions but is not likely to accept as many limitations as it did eight years ago.

Evan Greer on why Dems should stay strong on trans rights  —  “I wish more Democrats would ask themselves, ‘How can we stand for more?’ instead of ‘How can we stand for less?’”  —  ∙ Paid  —  🏳️‍⚧️ Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.

North Carolina Supreme Court candidate seeks to disqualify 60,000 voters — including his opponent's parents  —  In an effort to overturn the results of November's election, Jefferson Griffin, a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court, is asking state election officials to throw out more than 60,000 ballots.

LA Times to Publish ‘Bias Meter’ on News Stories, Owner Says  —  “The reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story,” Patrick Soon-Shiong tells Scott Jennings  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong's plans to give the Los Angeles Times newsroom a rebirth continue to take shape …

Putin Decides That Stalin's Victims Were Guilty After All … Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin's government announced the “rescission” of a 1991 law officially rehabilitating past victims of political tyranny.  Beginning in the late '80s, an efflorescence of truth under …

Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights.  GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.  —  One month after Missouri approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion, legislators have proposed a flurry of bills to tighten abortion access or raise the bar for future amendments driven by voter initiatives.

Ex-Aides Say Gabbard Regularly Consumed Russian State Media: Report  —  Ex-staffers, GOP Senate aides, and members of the intelligence community are raising concerns about Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Intelligence Community  —  Donald Trump has already lost Cabinet pick and reconsider a second …

The most vulnerable target of post-election hate?  America's kids.  —  Trump's win has ignited a wave of bullying — again. … The day after the presidential election, LaToya Bufford's 16-year-old daughter got a text saying she had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”

Jeffries stays out of the way as Dems mutiny against senior panel leaders  —  Democrats are increasingly anxious about the incoming Trump administration and are no longer bowing to seniority rules to pick their committee leaders.  —  House Democrats are poised to unseat several senior committee leaders …

Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office  —  In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump's plan for mass deportations  —  Donald Trump's plan for the mass deportation of undocumented people …

Centrist Democrats should stop blaming progressives for Harris's loss  —  Whether to use he/she pronouns in emails wasn't a factor in the Harris-Trump race.  —  Center-left and establishment Democrats are trying to marginalize the party's left wing in the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris's loss …

Trump Nominee Pressured IRS To Crush The Humane Society  —  Donald Trump's pick to head the Internal Revenue Service pressed the agency to investigate and consider stripping the country's leading animal welfare group of its tax status after it supported an initiative to protect dogs, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.

The Great DOGE Reversal  —  The project led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy puts citizens back on top.  —  It is easy to mock or minimize DOGE.  Its name, the Department of Government Efficiency, reads like a Muskian stab at humor.  It may be an impossible dream.

Jeff Bezos Says He Is “Proud” of Decision to End Endorsements at Washington Post, “Very Optimistic” About Second Trump Term  —  The Amazon founder said that he is working on a plan to turn around the Post: “We saved the Washington Post once, this will be the second time.”

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza  —  Amnesty International's research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip …