Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat  —  Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House.

Biden officials race to help stabilize Syria after regime collapse  —  President Joe Biden announced that U.S. forces have hit Islamic State militant camps and operatives in Syria.  —  Biden cites risks and opportunities after Assad's fall  —  The Biden administration raced Sunday to try …

What does “working class” even mean?  —  The criticism that Democrats left America's working class behind surged after the 2024 election.  Here's why the term is so hard to define — and why that maters. … Since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, pundits and politicians have been trying …

South Korea Bars President From Traveling Abroad  —  President Yoon Suk Yeol cannot leave the country as an investigation unfolds into whether he led an insurrection last week when he briefly imposed martial law.  —  South Korea's political dysfunction deepened Monday as its Ministry …

Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters  —  President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month.  —  “These people are living in hell,” he told NBC's Meet …

Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump's return to Washington  —  With 42 days left in office, Biden avoids unscripted moments or press questions.  —  Joe Biden is president of the United States for 42 more days.  But within the Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill — and even within his own administration …

Putin's Syria Setback Threatens Key Russian Military Bases  — Bases key to Kremlin's effort to rebuild Cold War influence  — Moscow says it will seek talks on bases with new Syria leaders  —  The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria represents a personal defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin …

The J. Edgar Hoover precedent for weaponizing the FBI  —  “Yes, we could have a repeat of that,” Frank Figliuzzi tells us.  —  ∙ Paid … 🕵️  —  After serving in the FBI for more than two decades, in 2011 Frank Figliuzzi replaced a guy named Robert Mueller …

More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility  —  Approval of Affordable Care Act also near high point  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in more than a decade, say it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage.

Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’  —  Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition.  Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.

Trump's business empire has expanded.  Here's where he could profit in his second term.  —  Trump and his team have so far declined to provide details about how — or whether — he will separate his business interests from his work as president.  —  When President-elect Donald Trump returns …

Jay-Z accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs  —  Jay-Z responded with a lengthy statement calling the allegations “idiotic.”  The accuser is anonymous.  —  Jay-Z, the star rapper and entrepreneur whose real name is Shawn Carter …

Weakened US public broadcasters will fight for their lives in 2025  —  The Scoop  —  Last week, Republican Sen. John Kennedy introduced the subtly named “No Propaganda Act.”  If enacted, it would end federal funding for America's public media.  —  He joined an effort by billionaires Elon Musk …

Kash-ing in: The money-making schemes of Trump's pick for FBI Director  —  The current FBI Director, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Donald Trump during his first term.  The FBI Director serves a 10-year term, so Wray is not scheduled to depart until 2027.

Clyburn urges Biden to pardon Trump ‘so we can clean the slate’  —  After convincing President Biden to pardon his son Hunter, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn is now calling for clemency for Donald Trump.  “If we keep digging at things in the past, I'm not too sure the country will not lose its way …