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.

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 …

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 …

Merchan subtweets John Roberts ahead of Trump's sentencing  —  The chief justice thinks intimidating judges is bad — some of the time.  —  👨‍⚖️ 🏛️ ⏳ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, independent political coverage will be more vital than ever in 2025.

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.

Transcript: Trump's Angry Rants to Media Show How Bad Things Will Get  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 8 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.

All signs point to Moody for Senate  —  Presented by Good morning and welcome to Wednesday.  —  Time is running short for Gov. RON DESANTIS' first big decision of 2025 — picking MARCO RUBIO's replacement in the Senate.  —  Asked on Tuesday if he's made up his mind, the governor said he still …

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 …

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 …

The Growing Push to Ban Renewable Energy in Oklahoma  —  There's a nascent, concerted effort to make Oklahoma the first state to ban new renewable energy projects.  And it's picking up steam.  —  Across the U.S., activism against wind and solar energy has only grown in intensity, power …

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.

Why and How to Hold John Roberts Accountable  —  I want to explain why and how to hold John Roberts accountable for Trump's corruption.  It is based on the following presumptions.  — Blaming Merrick Garland for Trump's reelection has required inventing facts about the timeline, which is why I argue it is conspiratorial thinking.

The View co-host Sunny Hostin's surgeon husband Emmanuel accused of insurance fraud in bombshell lawsuit  —  The long-time husband of The View co-host Sunny Hostin is starting the New Year under a cloud after being accused of federal insurance fraud.  —  Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin …

Lifeboat Capitalism  —  Some burn, some drown, and some make money either way.  —  The phrase “women and children first” may sound unforgivably patriarchal today, but the rule expressed a noble purpose when it was coined.  Namely, “In a disaster situation, we will not let the strong save themselves at the expense of everyone else.”

EU will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France says after Trump Greenland comments  —  The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland.

Trump is considering a national economic emergency declaration to allow for new tariff program, sources say  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency to provide legal justification for a large swath of universal tariffs on allies and adversaries …

The GOP Is Rewriting What It Means to Be a Person … It's a chilling fact that the Project 2025 playbook written for Donald Trump's administration is just a roadmap for the first 180 days.  But based on the contents of that manual, the MAGA movement's longer-term goals aren't exactly a mystery.