At an event in DC, Nicki Minaj says she is Trump's "number one fan" and "that's not going to change, and the hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all." Trump joked: "I said, I'm going to let my nails grow, because I love those nails."

NEW from @CBSNews: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has faced internal scrutiny in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, sources familiar with the matter say, but Noem is expected to keep her job. www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-...

Scoop: Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint bringing charges against Don Lemon in connection with the church protest on Sunday, sources tell @camiloreports @SarahNLynch @MacFarlaneNews and me. @cbsnews.com

Trump has left Davos. Meanwhile, the locals are outside chilling in the sunshine.

SCOOP: Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, for impeding federal immigration agents, sources told @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

White House officials say María Corina Machado presented Trump with the real Nobel Peace prize medallion today—not a replica. The Nobel Peace Center says: "A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot." @cbsnews.com

Scoop: The frontrunner to oversee a new national counter-fraud push at the Justice Dept in the wake of revelations of massive public benefits fraud in Minnesota is Colin McDonald, a top official in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office, sources @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/fraud-c...

Trump confirmed CBS scoop from 2:30 am ET on US land strikes inside Venezuela. US oil companies will spend billions to fix the infrastructure "and start making money for the country," Trump said at Mar-a-Lago. US will essentially control Venezuela until "proper transition" can take place, he said

NEWS: Some U.S. servicemembers suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds and other injuries during Venezuela operation, per sources. All are in stable condition. No U.S. fatalities. via @ellee_watson and @JimLaPorta @cbsnews.com

🚨SCOOP from @cbsnews.com: Venezuela's Maduro was captured by Delta Force, the US military's elite special mission unit, sources tell me.

Scoop: Trump gave the U.S. military the green light to conduct land strikes in Venezuela days ago, U.S. officials told @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

🚨BREAKING via @CBSNews: President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela including military facilities, U.S. officials said, as the administration early Saturday ratcheted up its campaign against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro. via @JimLaPorta and me

Coming land strikes may be against specific people, and just in Venezuela, Trump says. "It's land strikes on horrible people that are bringing in drugs and killing our people...So it doesn't necessarily have to be in Venezuela--it's people that are bringing in drugs to our country, are targets."

Trump says he's giving a full pardon to Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters, who has been serving a nine-year sentence after she was found guilty on seven counts related to election interference

BREAKING via CBS: Oil tanker US seized was "Skipper," per sources. The operation started around 6am today and involved 2 helicopters with special operations forces--10 Marines and 10 Coast Guard--that launched from a US military vessel. 🚨Trump admin contemplating more missions like this, I'm told.

News: Trump will name the deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department to be the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, per sources. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-d...

Scoop: Trump has hired a new architect for the White House ballroom. The current one, James McCrery, will remain on the team, despite some clashes with the president, sources tell @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...

NEWS: Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect is Brian Cole, 30, of northern Virginia, per sources. Previous scoop on FBI clearing an innocent woman whose name was falsely tied to the case by amateur sleuths: www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jan... Today's breaking news via @cbsnews.com: www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pip...

Scoop: Military officials on Weds presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including land strikes, per sources. Hegseth, Caine at White House yday afternoon for briefings. No final decision made, two of the sources told @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...

Scoop: Some financial industry execs have been invited to dinner at White House tomorrow night with Trump, including Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman and JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, per sources. It comes a couple months after Trump hosted a dinner for tech CEOs on Sept. 4.  @cbsnews.com

Scoop: The secretary of state, treasury sec and White House personnel office director were sitting in a London restaurant during Trump's state visit. "All of a sudden this guy walks in," Rubio recalled. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, that's Mick Jagger.'" Tales from a roast: www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-r...

Scoop: Saudi Arabia is hosting a U.S.-Saudi investment summit Weds. Nov. 19 in DC during MBS's visit to meet with Trump, sources told @cbsnews.com

NEW: The proposal for a 50-year mortgage wasn't fully vetted by top Trump admin officials. One source said President Trump was lukewarm about idea but announced it “to get Pulte to shut up about it.”  www.cbsnews.com/news/50-year...

News: Apple calls out EU officials in a heated letter, arguing regulations have made its platform less safe. "risks to users on our devices will inevitably increase." It's latest complaint from a US co. about alleged overreach from EU's powerful digital laws. via CBS www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-b...

Scoop: Some White House ballroom contractors go underground. via @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/some-wh...

Scoop: US has organized a military operation in South China Sea meant to send a signal pushing back against China's expanding presence in region, sources told @CBSNews. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-sho...

The red and gray truck carrying bits of the East Wing crossed from DC into Maryland and exited the highway. It entered a scrap yard that sits next to railroad tracks...  @ArdenFarhi on the final resting place. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

LATEST: Portion of White House East Wing that is being knocked down as a part of ballroom project includes 1st lady’s office on 2nd floor and dozens of other workspaces. East Wing will be rebuilt. The theater, Booksellers Hall haven't yet been disturbed, but could be. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

News: Trump will receive the "Architect of Peace" award today from the Nixon Foundation. Among those who will be at White House to present it are Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia Nixon Cox, ex national security advisor Robert O'Brien, Jim Byron, the acting archivist of the US, sources tell CBS News

News: Nov. 18 is the date Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman will meet at White House, sources tell CBS News. Officials intend to have a signing event. MBS last at White House more than 7 years ago, although the two leaders met in May. www.cbsnews.com/news/mohamme...

Trump officials creating Bluesky accounts today to message to the left

Breaking: Donald Trump says he just commuted the sentence of George Santos in his federal fraud case.

INSIDE dinner to thank people/companies who gave $ for White House ballroom: Guest list included Nvidia's Ned Finkle, OpenAI's Greg Brockman. After meal of Beef Wellington and butterscotch ice cream, donors mobbed Trump. In Congress, Mark Takano introducing two bills www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

Scoop: A Gaza stop was discussed but that has now officially been ruled out, sources tell me. It's still fluid but the peace deal travel plan is for President Trump to go to Israel and Egypt on Sunday/Monday. He likely will not overnight in the Middle East. @cbsnews.com

“We need you to approve a post on Truth Social soon so you can announce deal first," said the note Rubio handed to Trump, per photo by AP's Evan Vucci

Antifa "is just as sophisticated" as Hamas, MS-13, Tren de Aragua, ISIS, Hezbollah, @Sec_Noem said. Noem said Antifa's advanced networks have "infiltrated our entire country and we're seeing them play out with their tactics from city to city, and how they have built out their funding mechanisms."

TRUMP says he might head to Middle East this weekend. Final negotiation with Hamas "seems to be going well" on Gaza.

"What I'd heard so far was that they think it was likelier an accident, but that's not official yet," Stephen Miller tells me at the White House when asked if he has heard a cause of the fire at South Carolina judge's Diane Goodstein's home.

Scoop: The head of a presidential library resigned this week after a tug-of-war with the Trump admin over a sword and gift selection for King Charles, sources told @CBSNews.  www.cbsnews.com/news/sword-t...

Scoop: The press secretary is back in the press secretary's office in White House. Karoline Leavitt is reclaiming the roomy space with a fireplace that Taylor Budowich occupied until he left the admin this week. Leavitt will take over some duties that Budowich handled, along with Steven Cheung.

Scoop: The post of United Nations ambassador isn't a Cabinet position, sources familiar with the matter told @CBSNews, as Trump signals the decreased importance of the U.N. to his administration. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-n-amb...

Minutes before Charlie Kirk shot, he posted: "Utah Valley University is FIRED UP and READY for the first stop back on the American Comeback Tour." Kirk was speaking to students from an outdoor tent. A university alert said a single shot was fired, suspect in custody www.cbsnews.com/amp/live-upd...

Poland said Wednesday that, along with NATO allies, it had scrambled warplanes to shoot down multiple Russian drones that entered its airspace during Moscow's latest attack on Ukraine.

Scoop: Two-armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US warship today--a show of force, @JimLaPorta and @charliecbs report. The USS Jason Dunham is among a flotilla of U.S. ships dispatched to target criminal organizations and narco-terrorism. @cbsnews.com

News: Military members forced out for refusing Biden-era covid vaccine mandate but allowed to return to service by Trump have been frustrated by what they describe as a slow, arduous process. Sources told @cbsnews.com Pentagon is considering speeding up that process. www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...

BREAKING: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say.

After a day of golf at his course in Sterling, Virginia, President Trump was back at the White House Sunday evening looking out over the rooftop of the West Wing, apparently continuing his strategizing for renovation/construction on the grounds.

Scoop: Putin gave Trump envoy Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces. The gesture by Putin, known for mind games, was likely meant to raise unhelpful questions www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-a...

Scoop: Kennedy Center Honors could see some changes under Trump www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ken...

Trump plans to announce a pact for peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia at White House Fri, per sources. The pact, 1st ever inked between the 2 heads of state, comes as US seeks to deepen ties with the 2 countries, with energy production and transit as key attractions www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...