Luigi Mangione's Full Story Isn't Online  —  When the identity of Luigi Mangione, the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter, was revealed on Monday, the online search — a reporting process that's become a collective online ritual — began.  It turns out he left a lot of information online …

Mitch McConnell: 'We're in a very, very dangerous world right now'  —  The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP  —  Mitch McConnell is standing in his office smiling.  Hanging on the walls are faces, mostly stern, from Washington's past.

Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to The Onion in dispute over bankruptcy auction  —  A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet, criticizing the bidding process as flawed and the amount of money that families …

RFK Jr. becomes latest troubled Trump pick  —  His problems have been largely drowned out by the likes of Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, but the HHS pick has sparked some concern among Republicans.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the latest Donald Trump Cabinet pick facing trouble in the Senate.

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes  —  Some of Wall Street's richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.  —  The Secret IRS Files: Inside the Tax Records of the .001%

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace Calls Police on Prominent Foster Youth Advocate; Eyewitnesses Dispute Her Assault Allegations  —  Stunned onlookers say the disturbing turn of events followed a routine celebration of a landmark child welfare law  —  This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available.

Amid Rumors of a Breakup, Kimberly Guilfoyle Is Appointed Ambassador to Greece  —  The announcement came as Donald Trump Jr. has been seen with the socialite Bettina Anderson in Florida.  —  It was an announcement made amid a swirl of tabloid speculation: Kimberly Guilfoyle …

The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”  —  History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show  —  First things first: welcome to readers new and old.  Now that I have written my last column for the New York Times, this newsletter is coming out of dormancy.

Exclusive: RFK Jr.'s secret push to prove CIA killed uncle … - RFK Jr. has been telling people that Fox Kennedy — his presidential campaign manager, who is married to his son Bobby Kennedy III — would help get to the bottom of the JFK assassination, two Republican sources told Axios.

House GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill To Strip Care From Military Families' Trans Kids  —  A provision tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act forces parents in the military to weigh their careers against providing health care for loved ones.  —  LOADING

Transcript: Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Gives Away His Border Scam on Fox  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 11 episode of the  —  Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.

Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History  —  Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows.  —  The immigration surge of the past few years has been the largest in U.S. history, surpassing the great immigration boom …

You Should Be More Worried About Trump's Planned Military Purge  —  The failed effort by the President of Korea to impose martial law can be viewed as a victory for democracy.  The opposition immediately pushed back, and he faces investigations and possible imprisonment.  —  But it could easily have gone the other way.

By All Means, Jail My Colleagues, Mr. President!  —  The latest Consumer Price Index figures are in this morning, and policymakers are still struggling to take the last inch against stubbornly persistent inflation.  Axios reports that CPI “rose 2.7 percent in the 12 months through November …

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Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, an AP-NORC poll finds  —  Only about 2 in 10 Americans approve of President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter after earlier promising he would do no such thing, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Prosecutors Are Fighting to Make Sure Trump Remains a Convicted Felon  —  DA Alvin Bragg argued in a Tuesday filing that Trump's hush money conviction should stand, even if it takes four years for him to be sentenced … Merchan is currently weighing a bid from Trump's legal team …

Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto  —  I've obtained a copy of suspected killer Luigi Mangione's manifesto — the real one, not the forgery circulating online.  Major media outlets are also in possession of the document but have refused to publish it and not even articulated a reason why.

Federal judge blocks largest supermarket merger in history  —  New York CNN —  A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger's proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history would limit competition and harm consumers.

Lawmakers Plot to Force Health Insurers to Sell Off Pharmacies  —  Bipartisan bills would make healthcare companies with pharmacy-benefit managers divest their pharmacies  —  A bipartisan group of lawmakers are set to introduce legislation to break up pharmacy-benefit managers …

Elizabeth Warren introduces Senate bill to hold capitalism ‘accountable’  —  Democrat aims to shift corporations away from maximizing shareholder value to support for workers and stakeholders  —  The senator Elizabeth Warren will introduce a bill in Congress on Wednesday aimed …

Trump, GOP expected to undo Biden's divisive nursing home rule  —  Republicans are expected to rescind the Biden administration's contentious nursing home staffing rule before it is set to take effect.  —  The move would come as a relief for the nursing home industry, which has argued …

Tom Cotton blocks bill to shield journalists from betraying sources  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas on Tuesday again blocked the passage of House-approved bipartisan legislation meant to shield journalists and telecommunications companies from being compelled to disclose sources …

Justice Department's storied Civil Rights Division will fight DEI under Trump  —  President-elect Donald Trump's Justice Department is preparing to go on the anti-"woke" offensive against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have been a cause célèbre of the right …

Trump Scheduled to Ring NYSE's Opening Bell on Thursday  — President-elect has looked to markets to validate policies  — Trump has regularly taken credit for rise in stock prices … Trump's plans for the NYSE visit were shared by people familiar with his schedule …

Increased Christianity in schools opens the door to Satanic Temple education programs  —  The Satanic Temple is increasing its work in schools across the country, trying to combat a rise in religious teachings.  —  The group, launched in 2013 to battle the “intrusion of Christian values on American politics …

Supreme Court Won't Decide Nvidia Securities Fraud Case After All  —  In an unsigned order, the justices dismissed the case against the tech giant as “improvidently granted,” meaning they had concluded that it had been a mistake to take it up.  —  The Supreme Court, which heard arguments …