The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor. n.pr/4jf8ukf

Breaking news: Moderate House Republicans join Democrats to force a vote on ACA subsidies, which are likely to expire. Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to allow a vote, provoking the strongest rebellion among Republicans from swing districts to date.

In a closed-door hearing, the former special counsel defended his decision to charge Trump in classified documents and 2020 election cases. https://cnn.it/3MH1ale

The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions.

The public display of loyalty from Trump and his inner circle — in part, a coordinated counterattack meant to limit the fallout, one aide said — stood in sharp contrast to the internal feuds, staff turnover and public infighting that defined much of the president's first term. https://cnn.it/48WSdeV

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers – now more than one in ten current members – who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026. n.pr/48IgpTr

A disruptive, wide-reaching winter storm has knocked power from more than 500,000 customers in the Northwest. The storm is expected to spread across the Rockies and Plains into Thursday.

Donald Trump’s reclassification of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction is a public-relations tactic, one expert tells @willgottsegen.com in The Atlantic Daily:

Former special counsel Jack Smith testified privately to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, aiming to dispel Republican efforts to frame his federal prosecutions of President Trump as unjust and political.

With tariffs unpopular and prices still high, President Trump has repeatedly teased the promise of tariff rebates and large tax refunds next year. But he has not devised a detailed plan, and the GOP in Congress must approve the expensive policy.

Breaking News: The Senate approved a $900 billion defense policy bill, clearing legislation to authorize new weapons and technology, with measures to reassert some congressional oversight of military operations. Trump is expected to sign the bill into law in the coming days.

Breaking news: At least two senators have placed holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to serve as the Coast Guard’s commandant after the service downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.”

The full statement about the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner by several of their close friends: https://cnn.it/3MExjK8

Trump’s decision to end a student loan repayment program has left 8 million Americans facing changing loan terms. “This is a policy choice by the Trump administration to make it worse for everybody.” From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: trib.al/dNgvD4M

Dr. Mehmet Oz’s ability to reach an audience is undisputed. But he now faces a test of whether showmanship and affability can win over public support as he guides major Medicaid changes and oversees soaring costs of Affordable Care Act plans.

Patriot Front, a White supremacist group, has been quietly building a 124-acre compound in the mountains of east Tennessee, where they train members and host fight clubs. https://cnn.it/44rpU6V

Across the conservative spectrum, a steady drumbeat of commentators have warned that President Trump’s coalition is weakened, and the party is headed for defeat in November’s midterm elections.

Nothing says racism, cruelty, hatred and weakness combined in one quite like the orange felon removing all free access to National Parks on federal holidays that honor black people whilst giving free access on his own birthday. He should’ve been sent to jail forever.

Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks. They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.

What is going on here?

The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.

The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko

Despite the heavy ongoing controversy, right-wing media continue to praise Trump's legally dubious boat strikes in the Caribbean which killed at least 83 people.

The Trump administration has set forth a national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. n.pr/3KiaCut

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has distanced himself from the fallout of the U.S. military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, which killed 11, as Adm. Frank M. Bradley has come under scrutiny. Here’s what to know about him:

Aiming to give Republicans an extra House seat in 2028, a Trump-aligned nonprofit has put $4.35 million toward supporting a proposed ballot measure that would repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law.

You have to hand it to Melania Trump for these decorations ... slate.trib.al/aLA5SJX

For the first time in a decade, no hurricanes made landfall in the US this year. However, we won’t always be this lucky, and when the next disaster hits, a FEMA gutted by Trump will not be equipped to respond. From Kenny Stancil: trib.al/4dTp8sK

The quiet calm of a weekday morning in a Woodbridge, Virginia, neighborhood was suddenly interrupted by a loud siren, two Humvee-style vehicles and a group of SWAT-like figures in camouflage, rifles trained on a house. https://cnn.it/4ahpwvF

Thrust into the spotlight, former Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter has taken on a new high-profile role: one of the primary opponents of Trump’s war on federal workers. On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in her case.

"And for Trump, calling affordability a scam is doubly strange because it's the very issue that helped propel him back to the White House," writes Matt Egan | Analysis https://cnn.it/4pJfEz8

Breaking News: The Supreme Court agreed to review a landmark dispute over the constitutionality of President Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

The Supreme Court announced it will hear a case on the legality of President Trump’s birthright citizenship ban, a high-stakes review that could redefine who is considered an American.

FIFA President Gianni Infantini used the World Cup draw to bestow a made-up award, the FIFA Peace Prize, to Donald Trump, a president inflicting violence both at home and abroad. @edgeofsports.bsky.social and @julesboykoff.bsky.social take a look at this absurd, risible act. https://bit.ly/44ThjtN

Unlike many of his contemporaries, billionaire Jeff Yass is driven almost entirely by his commitment to promoting vouchers and other school choice programs. Here’s how one of the richest people on the planet uses politics to press his pet issue:

A federal judge in Florida ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and other records in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, paving the way for the public release of those documents. https://cnn.it/44a2qTG

Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could have put U.S. troops and national security at risk with the Signal chat, the Pentagon’s top watchdog concludes. The Atlantic’s staff writers report:

The Trump administration will announce a rollback of fuel efficiency rules for cars and trucks. With weaker rules, car companies will “make more gas guzzlers,” said Dan Becker of the Center for Biological Diversity.

@nickturse.bsky.social has been breaking stories on the Trump administration's boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, including the double-tap strike of September 2 for which Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recently come under fire.

The president said in a social media post that the Democratic lawmaker had been targeted by the Department of Justice for “bravely” speaking against former president Biden's border policies. (via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social)

A Supreme Court ruling against President Trump's tariffs could force his administration to pay back a substantial portion of the roughly $200 billion it has collected in duties since the start of the year. Some companies aren’t waiting to try to secure a speedy and substantial payout.

Legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, Pete Hegseth’s former Fox News colleague, says it gives him “no pleasure to say” that the defense secretary must be prosecuted for war crimes.

Breaking news: The Pentagon’s top watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols meant to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the messaging app Signal.

Since 2018, Trump has repeatedly made a point of promoting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's denials on the Khashoggi scandal — often emphasizing the crown prince’s words over the findings of the US intelligence assessments. A timeline of some of Trump’s remarks: https://cnn.it/3K85poR

Donald Trump’s baiting and deflecting over the Epstein files has left him insisting that the investigation is both “too tedious to merit discussion” and also the “nuclear bomb that will destroy the entire Democratic Party,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:

We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No president since Clinton has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

Breaking News: President Trump signed a bill calling on the Justice Department to release files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, but with significant exceptions. Follow live updates: nyti.ms/484IDWJ

Breaking news: President Donald Trump said that he has signed a bill directing the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, documents fervently sought by his political opponents and members of his political base.

The House unanimously moved to repeal a controversial provision in the government funding law that allows senators to sue the Justice Department for up to $500,000 when their phone records are seized without their knowledge. https://cnn.it/49uLwCS

President Donald Trump announced that he plans to host New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Friday in the Oval Office, the first face-to-face meeting for the two politicians since Mamdani was elected earlier this month. https://cnn.it/44lcvNv