Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage  —  The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.  —  The legal threats have arrived in various forms.

Romney stands by Trump criticism but says MAGA is now the Republican Party  —  Sen. Mitt Romney, a frequent Donald Trump critic who will soon retire from Congress, stood by his criticism of the president-elect's character but said Trump and his MAGA movement now define the Republican Party.

CEOs Want Trump to Change Course on Tariffs.  He Isn't Budging.  —  Companies mount a campaign to soften the president-elect's trade policies, but Trump's team tells consultants he is serious  —  Donald Trump's tariff threats have triggered a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to soften or alter the president-elect's plans.

His Family Voted to Support Trump's Deportation Plan.  That Includes Him.  —  His friends and family members in Rome, Ga., voted to support mass deportation.  Now he's scrambling to stay in the country.  —  Jaime Cachua with his son Julian.  He fears he will be deported.

Universities warn international students to return before Trump inauguration … They include the University of Southern California, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, MIT and others.  — USC in an email to students on special visas said they are expected to be in class …

Sen. Bernie Sanders says Biden should ‘very seriously’ consider preemptive pardons  —  The senator's comments to NBC News' “Meet the Press” come after President-elect Donald Trump said that members of the Jan. 6th committee “should go to jail.”  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. …

Thom Tillis warns pressure campaign to push Cabinet nominees could backfire  —  “If anything they could create a structural problem for future nominees if they overreach,” the GOP senator said.  —  GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warned Sunday that pressure campaigns to push President-elect Donald …

McConnell has the chutzpah to complain about Trump's ‘America First’  —  Mitch McConnell bears great responsibility for the return of Trump and his foreign policy.  —  Without minimizing the many factors responsible for reelecting the most unfit presidential candidate in U.S. history …

Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: ‘Bias meter,’ opinion upheaval and a call for growth  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong had become accustomed to making the news.  —  He was the doctor and medical technology innovator who built a fortune, the striving South African immigrant …

‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy  —  The man behind Amy and Senna has turned his attention to ‘techno-authoritarianism’ in the genre-defying 2073.  He talks to our journalist - one of the movie's unlikely stars - about the events that fed his dystopian vision

Hegseth to release sexual misconduct accuser from non-disclosure agreement, Lindsey Graham says  —  The South Carolina senator said that Hegseth told him he would do so.  —  GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that Pete Hegseth, the president-elect's secretary of Defense pick …

Harris debates her future: A run for California governor that would take 2028 off the table  —  Top aides and people close to Kamala Harris have divided over whether she should head home to run for California governor in 2026 — and it all comes down to whether they believe she could win …

Trump's CDC pick wouldn't let go of false theory vaccines cause autism  —  Dave Weldon's long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC.  —  The world's most respected infectious-disease agency needed a new leader.

Graham Says Hegseth Plans to Release Accuser From Confidential Agreement  —  Senator Lindsey Graham said that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary pick, promised to release his accuser from a settlement that his lawyer has said was already breached.

Elon Musk put $277 million into the election.  Now he's $200 billion richer.  —  The tech mogul made a big bet on Donald Trump.  By one measure, it has paid off handsomely.  —  Elon Musk's net worth has climbed by more than $200 billion in 2024, a massive increase in the same year …

Devin Nunes, Pugnacious Trump Loyalist, to Lead Espionage Advisory Board  —  As chair of the House Intelligence Committee, he attacked the Russia inquiry and Donald J. Trump's first impeachment.  Now, Mr. Nunes runs Mr. Trump's social media company.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump announced …