Zuckerberg wears $900,000 watch to announce end of Meta fact checks  —  Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth about $900,000 in a video explaining his company's decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the U.S.  —  Play Video

Cannon temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe  —  Two Trump employees charged alongside him in the classified documents case separately asked Judge Aileen Cannon to block the release.  —  The federal judge in Florida who dismissed the case against Donald Trump …

Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland with a message from his dad: 'We're going to treat you well'  —  President-elect Donald Trump told residents of Greenland that “we're going to treat you well” as his oldest son visited the mineral-rich Danish territory that's home to a large U.S. military base …

Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers … President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $20 billion foreign investment to build new data centers across the United States.  —  Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder …

Melania Trump Documentary Scores Massive Amazon Payday  —  It's 2025, and even the Walt Disney Co. is kissing Donald Trump's ring.  But it's still stunning that Amazon is paying a whopping $40 million to license the Brett Ratner-directed Melania Trump documentary.

Trump's one-bill two-step perplexes GOP senators  —  GOP senators are questioning the president-elect's commitment to “one powerful bill.”  —  If Donald Trump thought he was settling the GOP's most important strategy dispute, Senate Republicans are not getting the message.

Biden admin finalizes rule to ban medical debt from credit reports … - The CFPB estimates that for Americans with medical debt, the new rule could raise their credit scores by an average of 20 points.  — “People who get sick shouldn't have their financial future upended,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in the press release.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96  —  Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died.

FIRE to defend veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer in Trump lawsuit over outlier election poll  —  “Punishing someone for their political prediction is about as unconstitutional as it gets,” said FIRE Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere.  “This is America.  No one should be afraid to predict the outcome of an election.

Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force  —  The layoffs will affect employees across The Post's business operations, not its newsroom.  —  The Washington Post has started laying off roughly 4 percent of its work force, the company said on Tuesday, as the newspaper struggles to stem millions of dollars in annual losses.

Scoop: Senate Dems delay Tulsi Gabbard nomination … - Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is balking at GOP requests to hold a hearing for Gabbard early next week, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversations.

How Democrats should talk about Trump's corruption  —  “There's really a need for a whole new set of reforms,” Noah Bookbinder says.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Donald Trump is the most brazenly self-dealing president in history.  He's surrounded these days by an obscene cast of billionaires …

Statement by Press Secretary Ernesto Apreza on Vice President Harris' Travel to Singapore, Bahrain, and Germany  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Singapore, Bahrain, and Germany from January 13 to January 17.  —  On January 15, the Vice President will meet with leaders in Singapore and visit Changi Naval Base.