Why I'm quitting the Washington Post  —  I've worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist.  I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I've never had a cartoon killed …

📝 The Readback: Four years of Punchbowl News  —  THIS IS A PREVIEW! … Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week - a quick roundup of all our scoops, analysis and Capitol Hill insight you won't find anywhere else.

President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  Today, President Biden named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  —  The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions …

Trump calls for New York judge to be disbarred after hush money conviction advances  —  President-elect Trump in a weekend rant turned his ire on the New York judge who ordered sentencing to begin next week in his hush money case, calling him “the most conflicted judge in New York State history.”

The Militia and the Mole  —  Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.  He didn't tell police or the FBI.  He didn't tell family or friends.  The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day  —  The president-elect has boasted about the donations for his inauguration, library and political activities from those seeking favor or perhaps in some cases, atonement.  —  Since his victory in November …

Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger's Political Minifestos?  —  Over the last four days the bizarre Cybertruck fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas has run from comical interlude to possible terrorist incident to tragic suicide of another veteran of America's forever wars.

Driver who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas railed about ‘political grievances’ and domestic issues before suicide  —  Editor's Note: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.  In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Apple CEO Tim Cook personally invested $1 million in Trump's inauguration  —  In a bid to gain favor with the president-elect, Apple CEO Tim Cook has contributed $1 million of his personal finances to the inauguration fund.  —  President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20 …

Jimmy Carter's Funeral: See the Full Schedule of Events  —  The gestures of remembrance have all been selected to reflect the 39th president's rural roots and political career in Georgia and Washington, and his legacy of global advocacy.  —  Over the next six days, various dignitaries …

How the Democrats Lost the Working Class … The Democratic Party's estrangement from working-class voters was crucial to Donald J. Trump's victories in 2016 and 2024.Will Warasila for The New York Times  —  Democrats had just absorbed a crushing defeat in the 1994 midterm elections …

Some Democrats said to be open to backing RFK Jr.  —  A handful of Senate Democrats are said to be leaving the door open to voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the next Health and Human Services secretary.  —  As preparations for confirmation hearings begin to take shape …

Trump's tax cuts are about to unleash chaos on the Hill.  Here's how.  —  Republicans are likely to face deep divisions in assembling a plan before — and after — it hits the floor.  —  Washington is geared up for a big debate over trillions of dollars in tax cuts.  It's going to be long, slow and messy.

Trump is days away from having to confront the kinds of crises he's long been railing against  —  The president-elect is confronting a new year with a raft of challenges, from the attack in New Orleans to ongoing massive Chinese-linked hacks of critical systems.