Killing of insurance CEO reveals simmering anger at US health system  —  Mike Wendling in Chicago & Madeline Halpert in New York  —  The “brazen and targeted” killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, outside a New York hotel this week shocked America.

Trump hesitates to personally lobby for endangered Cabinet picks  —  The president-elect is not yet personally pushing hard for his selections, limiting his exposure if they withdraw or fail to win confirmation.  —  President-elect Donald Trump, a lifelong teetotaler whose brother struggled …

Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria  —  The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad's key backers comes amid a resurgent rebel offensive.  —  Iran began to evacuate its military commanders and personnel from Syria on Friday, according to regional officials …

How Trump's transition could end up hamstringing his agenda  —  The president-elect's advisers haven't yet begun meeting with federal agencies, despite signing an agreement late last month allowing them to do so.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's transition team still has not sent policy advisers …

South Korean President Yoon's impeachment vote fails after ruling party boycotts it  —  A South Korean legislative push to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law fell through on Saturday after most lawmakers from his conservative governing party boycotted the vote.

Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump's Mar-a-Lago  —  AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home  —  As Donald Trump gathered his supporters, family and friends at Mar-a-Lago on US election day last month …

The Musk Rat  —  The New York Times reported this morning that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, who owns Tesla, Space X and Twitter, spent a whopping $250 million to help elect Donald Trump.  —  He did this primarily through his America PAC, which spent $239 million in cash and in-kind contributions.

Now Is the Time for Courage  —  One month after the election of Donald Trump I feel more certain about who he is and what he aims to achieve but less certain about who stands in opposition to him.  Trump is an aspiring dictator who aims to aggregate his power to reward his friends and punish his enemies.

Trump Still Faces 8 Civil Lawsuits Over the Jan. 6 Attack  —  Donald J. Trump has successfully defeated or impeded many legal challenges against him over the storming of the Capitol, but eight lawsuits on the matter remain in the courts.  —  There have been many efforts, over nearly four years …

Welcome to the New Dark Ages  —  If Trump has his way, the next four years will be far worse than even the Gilded Age  —  Donald Trump has moved at warp speed to nominate people to serve in his Cabinet and other important government posts who have chosen loyalty to him as their most important virtue …

What Republicans and Democrats Get Wrong About Crime  —  Americans are understandably concerned about crime.  Before the 2024 election, voters consistently ranked it among their top priorities.  At least two states rolled back reforms this year, and prison populations in many states …

Hegseth and Collins' push for cutting veterans health benefits alarms servicemembers and veterans groups  —  “Get Pete Hegseth on the phone!”  —  It was March 2018, and then-President Donald Trump was meeting with his Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, Dr. David Shulkin, about how to reform veteran health care.

How Alarmed Harris Staffers Went Rogue to Reach Black and Latino Voters  —  Worried that the campaign was neglecting voters of color in Philadelphia and other battleground cities, organizers secretly gathered at a Dunkin' Donuts and elsewhere to get out the vote.

Harris raised and spent twice as much as Trump in final days of 2024 election  —  WASHINGTON - Some Democrats are questioning how Kamala Harris' presidential campaign spent more than $1 billion but nonetheless lost to Donald Trump - and now they have more fodder as they continue with their post-election autopsies.

Supreme Court term-limits amendment proposed by Sens. Manchin, Welch  —  The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices.  —  Two senators have introduced a constitutional amendment …

Trump receives a Paris welcome full of presidential pomp from France's Macron  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's first term after a four-year hiatus.

Merkel-worship was liberalism at its worst  —  Fans of the former German chancellor should be contrite — even if she isn't  —  In the future, perhaps during one of her Baltic walks, Angela Merkel might reflect that calling her memoir Freedom, as Ukraine fights for just that against a Russia …

The Silicon Valley Billionaires Steering Trump's Transition  —  The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.  —  The week after the November election, President-elect Donald J. Trump gathered …

The fascinating — and important — Florida and Ohio Senate appointments  —  A look at the dynamics for both appointments, which could make the Senate more or less Trump-y.  —  President-elect Donald Trump is engaged in a battle of wills with GOP senators over his Cabinet picks …

Pam Bondi will face an ethics quagmire as attorney general  —  She and her firm have clients that have been doing legal battle with the U.S. government.  —  Over the past six years, Pam Bondi has worked as a Washington lobbyist for one of the top firms in the country, representing corporate behemoths such as Amazon and Uber.

A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia.  That's bad.  —  Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today.  —  In November, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) issued a dire warning: One of America's largest insurance companies …

Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak information to Syria  —  When she arrived in Congress, Tulsi Gabbard was seen as a rising Democratic star.  But over time, her views on Russia and Syria shocked, puzzled and alarmed her colleagues.