Trudeau expected to announce resignation before national caucus meeting Wednesday  —  ////Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, three sources said Sunday, as the Prime Minister faces a caucus revolt and dismal public opinion polls …

Kash Patel Believes the FBI Planned January 6th  —  His embrace of this wild conspiracy theory should disqualify him from leading the bureau.  —  “WHAT WAS THE FBI DOING PLANNING January 6th for a year?”  —  Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to serve as FBI director …

Thune has privately told Trump that Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed as Defense Secretary, sources say  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately told President-elect Donald Trump that he believes Pete Hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense, according to three sources.

Paper Cuts  —  The Washington Post is expected to lay off dozens of staffers this week, Status has learned.  —  Layoffs are expected to rock The Washington Post this week, according to people familiar with the matter. … One person familiar with the matter said that the cuts will be deep, impacting many dozens of employees.

Brennan presses Homan on Trump administration's deportation plans  —  CBS News's Margaret Brennan pressed President-elect Trump's new border czar Tom Homan on the next administration's mass deportation plans.  —  Homan joined Brennan on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where he was asked …

As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity  —  Shame is what keeps us in check, or at least it should.  It certainly used to.  Trump, devoid of shame, has gone to great lengths to eviscerate that societal check.  —  On the eve of Donald Trump's election certification …

N.Y. Judge's Ruling Shows How Legal Issues Will Follow Trump Into Office  —  Donald Trump may not face a penalty for his conviction in the hush-money case, but he could still be the first felon to be president — and civil proceedings against him continue.  —  As President-elect Donald J …

Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.  —  President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced.  —  To hear President-elect Donald J. Trump tell it, he is about to take over a nation ravaged …

Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden is signing  —  President Joe Biden on Sunday plans to sign into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions …

No, Jeff Bezos is not “obeying in advance”  —  Ann Telnaes, a giant of the editorial cartoonist world who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001, has resigned from The Washington Post after the paper killed a cartoon she submitted depicting Post owner Jeff Bezos (among others) negatively.  Telnaes explains:

Director Brett Ratner, marginalized after ‘#MeToo’ allegations, will direct Melania Trump documentary  —  The News  —  The director and producer Brett Ratner, forced out of Hollywood at the peak of the #MeToo movement, will direct a documentary about First Lady Melania Trump for Amazon, the studio confirmed Sunday.