Democrats rage as Johnson restricts their ability to oust him … - “This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common ground,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, said of the rules change in a statement.

Trump and MAGA Are Desperately Trying to Pin New Orleans Attack on the Border  —  The attacker was an American, but that hasn't stopped the right from claiming Biden's immigration policies are responsible … Trump responded to the attack on Wednesday by suggesting that Shamsud Din Jabbar …

The man who died in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion was an active-duty US Army soldier, officials say  —  The person who died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, officials said Thursday.

Live updates New Orleans attacker acted alone, FBI says  —  FBI on New Orleans attack: ‘This was an act of terrorism’  —  The man who plowed a rented pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans early New Year's Day is believed to have worked alone, an FBI official said in a news conference Thursday.

10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts  —  Extending the expiring 2017 tax cuts could add $5 trillion to the national debt; Trump and GOP lawmakers are are considering these policies to offset that cost.  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans …

Liz Cheney Is Among 20 Chosen to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal  —  Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes.  —  President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal …

I Was Wrong About the 2024 Election.  Here's Why.  —  I thought Kamala Harris would win.  I was wrong.  While I'm sure we Democrats can argue that the loss wasn't a landslide or take a little solace in our House performance, the most important thing for us now is to face that we were wrong and take action on the prevailing “why.”

Free Speech Lover Elon Musk Defends Petty Way He Censored His Critics  —  Technocrat billionaire Elon Musk finally owned up Wednesday to restricting his critics' X accounts.  But the self-described “free speech absolutist” doesn't see anything wrong with it.

Texas sues to impose bigotry on the rest of the country  —  Donald Trump and JD Vance spent the 2024 election spewing the most rank transphobia, a tactic that should have made them pariahs but instead helped win them the presidency.  Even though they haven't taken office yet …

The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography  —  If you've studied First Amendment law, it's impossible not to experience déjà vu while reading the briefs in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a Supreme Court case the justices will hear on January 15 about online pornography.

Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don't seem to care  —  Why the GOP is unwilling to prevent infant abandonment  —  Abortion bans don't just kill women.  They kill babies.  This is evident in the data, which shows a dramatic rise in the state's infant mortality after Texas banned abortion.

FACT SHEET: President Biden Recognizes Fuller Story of Pacific Islands Heritage  —  Today, President Biden is taking action to recognize the cultural heritage of the Indigenous Peoples and communities of the Pacific Islands by renaming the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument …