New Orleans updates: 10 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ with pickup in New Orleans, local officials say  —  The driver remained at large after the Bourbon Street incident, police said.  —  Emergency vehicles are seen near Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

5 storylines to watch in 2025  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS — “10 killed, dozens injured on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as car plows into crowd,” by the Times-Picayune's Ben Myers: “Ten people were killed …

Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence  —  In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and warned against defiance of court rulings.  —  Judicial independence is under grave threat on several fronts …

Ukraine Forces a Halt to Flow of Natural Gas From Russia to Europe  —  A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew an agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory.  —  The flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia …

Stars Flee Jeff Bezos' Paper for Steve Jobs' Widow's Mag  —  OUT WITH THE OLD...  The Washington Post is taking more blows after losing 200,000 subscribers when its owner stopped it endorsing Kamala Harris.  —  SHOP WITH SCOUTED  —  J.Crew's Semi-Secret Factory Sale Is Not to Be Missed

‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect  —  Timothy Snyder says world's richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White House  —  Allies and aides to Donald Trump should be increasingly concerned by Elon Musk's proximity …

Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.  Asked about it as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I'll be there.”

F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm  —  Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.  —  A Virginia man was arrested this month with what federal prosecutors described …

US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters  —  The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target American voters with disinformation ahead of this year's election.

For Jimmy Carter, faith was inseparable from politics and life  —  Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs.  —  In his inaugural address in January 1977, President Jimmy Carter spoke …

The Other President Whom Trump Is Pushing Aside  —  Only one historic site bears the name of America's 22nd and 24th president—and it's no Monticello.  —  The Grover Cleveland Presidential Library and Museum occupies a one-story building in Caldwell, New Jersey, behind the house …

Eggs, guns, gym memberships: Which new laws are going into effect in 2025?  —  Kinsey Crowley Tom Ackerman Rebecca Powell C. A. Bridges Mark Robison Charles DunlapUSA TODAY NETWORK  —  As we turn the corner into 2025, federal policies are destined to change when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

Chris Sununu still believes the GOP is bigger than Donald Trump  —  The four-term New Hampshire governor discusses the state of the Republican Party and his future plans as he leaves office.  —  Donald Trump remade the GOP in his image.  Chris Sununu doesn't think it'll stick.

Ukraine Says It Downed Russian Helicopter With Sea Drone For First Time  —  Ukraine claims that for the first time one of its sea drones has downed a Russian military target in the air during a day of intense attacks by both sides as the war edges closer to its three-year anniversary.

C-SPAN cameras to return to House chamber in January … - The high level of public engagement with that behind-the-scenes access led to a push to allow the independent news organization to be granted permanent permission to freely film the inside of the chamber.