Trump launches meme coin, apparently makes more than $25 billion overnight … - It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously. … - His website bills it as “the only official Trump meme.”

Oracle Prepares to Start Shutting TikTok Servers Saturday Night  —  Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, have told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data on Saturday night as early as around 9 p.m. Eastern …

Shove the Presidency Down Trump's Throat  —  The most recent entry in the “good advice for Democrats” canon comes from occasional TNR contributor and Bulwark writer Jonathan V. Last, who wrote, “The job of the Democratic party comes in two parts.  First: Do not help Republicans.  Not in any way.

Marc Andreessen Seems to Think Hillary Clinton Was Actually President  —  The New York Times made a sneaky edit to its own transcript to make Andreessen sound more coherent. … Marc Andreessen, the billionaire tech investor who co-founded Netscape, has recently been making the rounds …

Trump's Targets Fear ‘Retribution’ He Promised in Second Presidency  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised to punish adversaries, particularly those involved in his prosecutions and the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Eric Lee/The New York Times

North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed.  Years Earlier, That's How He Voted.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.

A List of Those Who Could Be in Line for Trump's ‘Retribution’ … Supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump outside Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla., in December.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised at times to use the vast powers …

Trump Just Handed Steve Bannon a Big Weapon in His War With Elon Musk  —  Republicans may not know it yet, but they're in the process of handing Steve Bannon a powerful weapon to wield in his war with Elon Musk over visas granted to high-skilled immigrants.  This could further divide …

House conservative defies Johnson over remote voting for new moms in Congress  —  GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he — as a pro-family champion — should back her push to allow new mothers to vote remotely for six weeks while they are recovering from birth.

Trump hires fed-firing mastermind  —  James Sherk, who was behind Trump's push to make it easier to fire federal workers, is set to return to the White House.  —  President-elect Donald Trump is bringing back a senior White House official who led his first-term push to make it easier to fire civil servants.

Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows  —  Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies …

Canada Prepares for Trump Tariff Threat With Three-Stage Plan  —  Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.  —  Orange juice from Florida.  Whiskey from Tennessee.  Peanut butter from Kentucky.

Trump Told Advisers He Wants to Visit China as President  —  The possibility of a visit to China comes as Trump has threatened to impose stiff tariffs on Chinese imports  —  WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to travel to China after he takes office …

Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers  —  Trump's policy makers will be overseeing the industries that they run and own.  —  Money in U.S. politics is nothing new, but the scale of crass intervention in 2024 by mega-billionaire donors through super PACs was unprecedented.

Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday - report  —  Administration to send 100 to 200 officers to city on day two of new presidency, Wall Street Journal reports  —  Donald Trump's incoming presidential administration plans to launch a large immigration raid in Chicago …