Trump speaks with Justice Alito amid push to halt criminal sentencing  —  Alito spoke to Trump to recommend an ex-clerk for a job in his administration.  —  President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Biden Has Presidential Immunity.  He Should Use It.  —  1. Shiny Objects  —  I want to talk about all of the Trump insanity.  I want to talk about his insistence on “taking” Greenland.  And the Panama Canal.  And making Canada a U.S. state.  And renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

Lack of water from hydrants in Palisades fire is hurting firefighters, Caruso says  —  As wildfires raged across Los Angeles on Tuesday, crews battling the Palisades blaze faced an additional burden: Scores of fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades had little to no water flowing out.

Poking Fun at Trump, Mexico's President Suggests Renaming the U.S.  —  President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico also said Donald Trump was ill-informed when he said Mexico was “essentially run by the cartels.”  —  Mexico's president rejected several of President-elect Donald J. Trump's assertions …

Ozempic, Legos and Hearing Aids: What Trump's Greenland Plan Could Hit  —  Putting tariffs on Denmark unless it cedes the island of Greenland could hurt access to a few key products, including popular medicines.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened tariffs on many countries for many different reasons.

Johnson: Reconciliation path likely decided by Thursday  —  Republicans appear close to settling on a strategy for passing President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping border security, energy and tax agenda.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a brief interview Wednesday evening that House …

House Republican bill would pave way for Trump to acquire Panama Canal for US  —  Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been pushing over the last several weeks.

Hawaii Gov: RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Misinformation Left Dozens Of Kids Dead In Samoa  —  The Senate is poised to make “an absolute life-or-death decision” in confirming Kennedy as HHS secretary, warned Gov. Josh Green, who is also a physician.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green …

In exclusive sit-down, Biden reveals his biggest regret and the compliment Trump gave him  —  Interviews like this one have been rare in Biden's tenure.  He has held fewer news conferences and individual sessions with reporters than any president since at least Ronald Reagan.

Prepare to Be Shocked: Los Angeles' Fire Chief Is a DEI-Obsessed ‘LGBTQ’ Woman Who Wasted Millions  —  In perhaps the most unexpected, shocking revelation to come out of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, it turns out their Fire Chief is an “LGBTQ+” woman who is obsessed with DEI.

Trump transition considering D.C.-area showcase immigration raid in first days of administration  —  The raid under consideration would target immigrants allegedly living in the U.S. illegally at a workplace in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.  —  The incoming Trump administration …

Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship  —  In early December I got the kind of tip we've been getting a lot over the past year.  A reader had noticed a post from someone on Reddit complaining about a very graphic sexual ad appearing in their Instagram Reels.

Watchdog group accuses RFK Jr. of voter fraud  —  The former independent candidate faces scrutiny over an address he used to vote in New York.  —  With less than two weeks before Donald Trump is sworn in as President, his pick to lead Health and Human Services is facing a new legal challenge — over alleged voter fraud.

Capitol Police arrest man with machete amid Carter visitation and ahead of Trump meeting  —  Washington — Capitol Police said officers arrested a man with a machete and other knives on Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol Visitor Center.  —  The arrest comes hours ahead of President-elect …

Japanese Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty to Nuclear Materials Trafficking, Narcotics, and Weapons Charges  —  For Immediate Release  —  Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, today to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials …

Threatening Canada  —  Trump posted this last night on Truth Social.  —  A lot of people went off on him.  A lot of other people chided those people for chasing a bright shiny object and ignoring important things, like Senator Majority Leader John Thune's claim he has the votes to confirm …

Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News town hall in advance from person inside network, new book says  —  New York CNN —  President-elect Donald Trump's team was given the questions asked by Fox News anchors at an Iowa town hall last January in advance by someone inside the network …

Body of hostage Youssef Ziyadne found in Gaza  —  The IDF confirmed Ziyadne was discovered in an underground tunnel in Rafah adding that it discovered “findings relating to Youssef's son.”  —  Israeli security forces have discovered the body of hostage Youssef al-Ziyadne, 53, in the Gaza Strip, his family was told on Wednesday.

The gravity of a GOP election challenge in N.C.: ‘Invites incredible mischief’  —  Why the North Carolina state Supreme Court allowing the case to proceed two months after the election is so extraordinary.  —  When Republican Richard Dietz was running for the North Carolina state Supreme Court in 2022 …

Powerful Labor Group Joins A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ahead of New Trump Era  —  A marriage between the service employees union and the A.F.L.-C.I.O. could better equip organized labor to deal with a less-friendly administration.  —  Two prominent labor groups are joining forces in an attempt …

Elon Musk's Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight  —  Given Musk's role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.  —  Co-published with City Cast Las Vegas

Palisades Fire  —  Unified Command: CAL FIRE San Bernardino-Inyo-Mono Unit, Los Angeles County Fire Department, Los Angeles City Fire Department and Los Angeles Police Department  —  Southeast of Palisades Drive, Pacific Palisades  —  Evacuation Orders  —  Immediate threat to life.

Top DOJ officials may have tried to sway 2020 election to Trump: Watchdog  —  Justice Department officials who served under President-elect Trump's first administration may have influenced the 2020 presidential election through intentional media leaks targeted at Democratic state governors …

Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced  —  Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples  —  The 2024 “winners” of the annual Shkreli awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples …

New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction  —  Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday.  “Huge rivers like the Amazon can appear mighty …

Ex-FBI informant behind fake Biden-Ukraine bribery allegations sentenced to 6 years in prison  —  The disgraced former FBI informant who falsely accused President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden of taking a $10 million bribe from Ukraine was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison, according to court records.