Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison: 4 killed, 5 hurt  —  The suspected shooter, a juvenile believed to be a student, is also dead.  —  LIVE  —  Emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., where multiple injuries were reported following a shooting, Dec. 16, 2024.

Judge Denies Trump's Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling  —  Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.  —  A judge on Monday rejected Donald J. Trump's argument …

Why ABC News settled with Donald Trump for $15 million  —  George Stephanopoulos ended Sunday's “This Week” program without any mention of him or ABC News settling Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against them.  The suit was triggered by a segment on “This Week,” but ABC News has not reported …

The Toxic Nature Of “Debate Me, Bro” Culture  —  Dan Dezner has a good blog about how even if the resistance to things like RFK Jr.'s war on vaccines is able to mostly hold the line — far from a guarantee in itself — there is a huge opportunity cost to pretending there is any legitimate …

AOC loses key vote in House Oversight race to Gerry Connolly … - The House Democratic caucus still has to vote on whether to accept the recommendation - though that ratification is rarely denied.

Another Federal Judge Reverses Decision To Retire, Ruins Trump's Plans To Fill His Seat  —  U.S. appeals court judge James Wynn, an Obama appointee, is the third judge to change his mind about retiring since Trump won reelection.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — For the third time since Donald Trump won …

Trudeau considering his options as leader after Freeland quits cabinet, sources say  —  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering his options as leader, sources tell CTV News, after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland revealed she will quit cabinet.  —  In an explosive resignation letter …

Hegseth's Guard Left the Army After the Beating of a Civilian During Training  —  John Hasenbein, who has escorted Donald J. Trump's pick for defense secretary to meetings on Capitol Hill, said he was unjustly prosecuted for the 2019 episode.  —  When Pete Hegseth visited senators on Capitol Hill …

Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad regime torturer: report  —  The prisoner CNN helped free from a secret facility in Syria was actually a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad's forces known to torture those who refused to pay him off, according to a shocking local fact check.

Oh, Never Mind  —  Do you remember when candidate Donald Trump said, “Grocery prices have skyrocketed.  How can a family afford that?  So, when I win, I will immediately bring prices down.”  That was at a rally in August.  —  Or how about this: “We will end inflation and make America affordable again …

The Price of American Retreat  —  Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace Primacy  —  Mitch McConnell  —  Mitch McConnell is a Senator from Kentucky and served as U.S. Senate Republican Leader from 2007 through 2024.  —  When he begins his second term as president …

Maybe Democrats Didn't Do So Badly After All  —  Five days after last month's election, Senator Chris Murphy rendered a damning verdict on his party's performance.  “That was a cataclysm,” the Connecticut Democrat wrote on X.  “Electoral map wipeout.”  Donald Trump had won both the popular vote …

How Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration  —  Not long ago, immigration was a winning issue for Democrats.  When Mitt Romney lost to Barack Obama in 2012, his defeat was blamed, in part, on his hard-line stance in favor of “self-deportation”—making life so hard for immigrants that they would choose to return to their home country.

'There's Not A Darn Thing Anybody Can Do': Rash Of Jan. 6 Pardons Will Mean Trouble, Former Prosecutor Says  —  No president before has pardoned people who were “essentially his co-conspirators in crime,” one legal expert said.  —  LOADING  —  If you take Donald Trump at his word …

Japan's SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years.  —  President-elect Donald Trump joined SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son to announce plans by the Japanese company to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years.

Democratic senators seek to ax transgender care ban from defense bill  —  The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House last week, would bar transition-related health coverage for service members' minor children.  —  Fourteen Democratic senators will introduce …

A Constitutional Convention?  Some Democrats Fear It's Coming.  —  Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue.  Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same.

Trump Team Already in Backchannel Talks on Deportations … Getting Started  —  Among the logistics challenges to President-elect Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants is what to do with the deportees.  —  Trump doesn't take office for another month …

New Crisis Hotline for CEOs?  —  Governor of New York wants to protect CEOs  —  New York state is considering creating a special hotline exclusively for CEOs to report perceived threats, CNN reported this morning.  Nice little reminder of just how responsive government can be when it comes to corporate executives.

New House Repub Tells Audience ‘We Need a Lot More Daniel Pennys’ Because There Are ‘Far Too Many Jordan Neelys’ In This Country  —  Congressman-elect Brandon Gill (R-TX) on Sunday opened his remarks at the New York Young Republican Club annual gala with praise for Daniel Penny …