Playbook: The 2024 political trends that mattered  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FOR YOUR CALENDAR — Former President JIMMY CARTER will lay in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol from Jan. 7 through the morning of Jan. 9, congressional leaders announced yesterday.

Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor and influential newsman, dies at 76  —  Aaron Brown, the renowned CNN anchor who gained prominence for his coverage of the September 11 attacks and his pivotal role in shaping the network's evening news format, died Sunday at 76, his family said.

China Hacked Treasury Dept. in ‘Major’ Breach, U.S. Says  —  The department notified lawmakers of the episode, which it said was linked to a state-sponsored actor in China.  —  A state-sponsored actor in China hacked the U.S. Treasury Department, gaining access to the workstations …

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South Korea court issues arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon … - South Korean police announced earlier this month they were investigating Yoon for possible insurrection and he has through his lawyers denied the allegations.  — Yoon could face life in prison or the death penalty …

Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1  —  The prisoner, who was repatriated to Tunisia, was never charged.  His transfer is part of a Biden administration push to further reduce the dwindling detainee population at the wartime prison.

Biden World Thinks He Should Have Stayed in the Race.  What Are They Smoking?  —  SHOULD JOE BIDEN HAVE STAYED in the 2024 presidential race?  Would he have done better than Kamala Harris did?  —  The latest version of this fantasy showed up in Saturday's Washington Post story about Biden's legacy and regrets.

In a war between tech bros and core MAGA, the winner is easy to spot  —  They are a selfish bunch who have shown time and again that what interests them most is themselves.  —  The spiteful bickering in recent days between Donald Trump's Silicon Valley enablers and his MAGA acolytes …

UnitedHealth's Army of Doctors Helped It Collect Billions More From Medicare  —  The biggest Medicare Advantage insurer presented physicians with checklists of potential diagnoses; 'I didn't think I was obese'

The Atlantic Beefs Up Politics Coverage Under Trump  —  The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.  —  As news organizations gear up to cover President-elect Donald J. Trump's return to the White House, The Atlantic is going big to cover the story.

Americans Love to Hate the State.  But Do They Really Want This?  —  President-elect Donald Trump's picks for many of the top cabinet positions in his upcoming administration are unorthodox, to say the least.  In some cases, it would be hard to think of of people less qualified for their proposed jobs.

Pentagon Appeals Court Upholds Plea Deals in Sept. 11 Case  —  The three-judge decision appeared, at least for now, to put plea proceedings for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two others back on track to take place in early January at Guantánamo Bay.  —  A Pentagon appeals panel …

US imposes sanctions on entities in Iran, Russia over election interference  —  The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the U.S. election this year.  —  The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said the entities …

Beijing unveils plans to boost driverless vehicle use in capital  —  China's capital Beijing passed new regulations on Tuesday to encourage autonomous driving technology in the city, with authorities planning to eventually allow driverless public buses and taxis.

How Trump's tariffs could impact the pharmaceutical market  —  President-elect Trump's plan to enact heavy tariffs on certain imports could affect the prices and availability of pharmaceutical drugs in the U.S.  —  Trump has floated 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as expanded tariffs on Chinese imports.

The Ground Is Shifting in American Politics.  Here's What I Saw on the Trail.  —  Politics Editor David Siders has been traveling the country to chronicle how American politics is shifting from the ground up.  Here's what some of the people he visited are thinking heading into 2025.

The MAGA Honeymoon Is Over  —  Silicon Valley and the nativist right worked together to elect Trump.  Now the infighting has begun.  —  Elon Musk spent Christmas Day online, in the thick of a particularly venomous culture war, one that would lead him to later make the un-Christmas-like demand …