The Big Companies Funding Trump's Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6  —  The second Trump inaugural fund is on track to be the most lucrative yet  —  Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results.

‘I Probably Could Have Flipped Over a Few More Tables’  —  Outgoing Rep. Cori Bush gets candid about her time in Congress and how progressives should respond to 2024.  —  Rep. Cori Bush was swept into office in 2020 on a wave of liberal energy, defeating a longtime Democratic incumbent …

Trump and his allies say the GOP is the party of free speech.  Their actions say otherwise.  —  For them, free speech means they get to shout the loudest and silence everyone who disagrees with them.  —  If you listened to President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies during the campaign …

Elon Musk Takes Aim at Wikipedia  —  What's New  —  Elon Musk has urged his followers not to donate to Wikipedia, which he branded “Wokepedia,” until “they restore balance to their editing authority.”  —  The tech billionaire made the claim on X,  —  , in response to another user …

It's official: Biden signs new law, designates bald eagle as ‘national bird’  —  Bald eagle officially named U.S. national bird  —  The White House announced on Christmas Eve President Joe Biden signed a bill officially designating the bald eagle as the national bird.

Bonds forged during a wartime Christmas 83 years ago could soon be at risk  —  CNN —  Editor's Note: This story was originally published in CNN's Meanwhile in America, the email about US politics for global readers.  —  Next year will bring new strains to the transatlantic alliance …

How to have a Trumpy Christmas, and make the president-elect richer, too  —  Donald Trump is profiting off his election in unprecedented ways as his family business sells $92 MAGA hat Christmas ornaments and $22 golden wrapping paper.  —  The Trump Store has a gift for every patriot on your Christmas list.

The Walmart Effect  —  New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.  —  No corporation looms as large over the American economy as Walmart.  It is both the country's biggest private employer …

Russia launches major Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy system  —  Zelenskyy describes cruise and ballistic missile strikes, which caused blackouts in several regions, as ‘inhuman’  —  Christmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles …

Texas Sovereignty Act would allow Texas to declare federal actions unconstitutional  —  TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Senator Bob Hall of Canton has introduced Senate Bill 80, allowing Texas to declare federal actions unconstitutional.  —  Senator Hall has dubbed it the Texas Sovereignty Act.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's recent lavish travel expenses broke the law, watchdog group alleges  —  A government watchdog group has filed a complaint against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, alleging that her recent pricey travel expenditures broke campaign-finance laws.  —  The nonprofit Citizens …

Letter urging residents to report ‘brown folks’ condemned by Oregon officials  —  Oregon officials called the anonymous letter “racist.”  —  Oregon state flag waving in the wind.  —  Several officials in Lincoln County, Oregon have received an anonymous letter urging people to report …

Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump's second term, says his ex-national security adviser  —  John Bolton delivers scathing critique of Trump's lack of knowledge or coherent strategy: 'I'm very worried'  —  A major international crisis is “much more likely” …