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 …

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.

Supreme Court won't review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans  —  WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether Asian Americans and white students can challenge a school's admissions policy as discriminatory even if those racial groups …

What does “working class” even mean?  —  Since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, pundits and politicians have been trying to figure out why the country's working class is moving to the right.  —  “Donald Trump Won as the Champion of Working-Class Discontent,” read one headline.

Meet the Trump Nominees Selling Vitamins on the Side  —  Supplement makers are cheering a warmer welcome in Washington; ‘The industry is getting excited’  —  President-elect Donald Trump's top political appointees want you to buy supplements.  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump's pick for surgeon general …

Threatened With Jail, Cheney Condemns Trump's ‘Assault on the Rule of Law’  —  Liz Cheney, the former Republican representative, said President-elect Donald J. Trump “lied about” the bipartisan House committee that investigated his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

Supreme Court rejects case pitting the ‘spirit of Aloha’ against gun owners' rights  —  The case included a swipe by a Hawaii judge at the Supreme Court's embrace of gun rights.  “The thing about the old days, they the old days,” the judge said, quoting HBO's “The Wire.”

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

At the Kennedy Center, a Send-Off to Biden and Questions About the Future  —  A bipartisan crowd honored Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval and the Apollo Theater.  Some wondered if Donald J. Trump would attend next year.

Trudeau Now Tied With Conservative Leader on Who's Trusted to Deal With Trump  — Poll taken just after Trudeau-Trump dinner at Mar-a-Lago  — PM was 11 points behind Tory leader on issue in January  —  Canadians' trust in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deal with incoming US President Donald Trump …

E.P.A. Bans Cancer-Causing Chemicals Used in Dry Cleaning  —  The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned two solvents found in everyday products …

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.