Thune plans sweeping bill on the border, defense and energy in Trump’s first 30 days

Thune lays out plan for separate border and tax reconciliation bills

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) laid out an ambitious plan at the Senate Republican retreat Tuesday for Congress to move first next year on a budget reconciliation package that ...

The Hill - 13h

Congress faces shutdown dilemma that could mess with Trump's first 100 days

Congress faces a Dec. 20 deadline to avert a government shutdown and is expected to kick the funding fight til early 2025 when President-elect Donald Trump will be in office.

NBC News - 22h

Schumer to Thune: Fully vet all Trump nominees

Politico - 1d

Trump will take ‘nonstop’ action in first 100 days in office, top adviser says – live

Jason Miller says that Trump will take aggressive action on immigration and oil and gas drilling early into his second term. Notre Dame Cathedral will reopen in Paris on Saturday with incoming US ...

The Guardian - 13h

Forbes employees walk out on ‘30 Under 30’ list release day to protest salaries

Staff, walking out on day with big impact on operations as outlet releases trademark lists, says firm ‘dragging its feet’. The Forbes editorial staff, represented by the Forbes Union, organized a ...

The Guardian - 15h

Trump considering replacing Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary

This comes after President-elect Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attended a memorial for fallen law enforcement officers Tuesday in Florida.

CBS News - 5h

Streamer Kai Cenat earns millions, breaks Twitch subscriber record during 30-day livestream

Kai Cenat, a 22-year-old live streamer, completed a so-called subathon on Saturday, streaming 24 hours a day for the entire 30 days of November.

CNBC - 1d

Israeli military says Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone, the group's first attack since a ceasefire began

ABC News - 1d

Ex-Kansas Police Detective Found Dead on First Day of His Trial

Roger Golubski, who had been accused of raping and terrorizing Black women, was found dead on his back porch on Monday as his federal trial was set to begin.

The New York Times - 1d

Incoming House majority squeezed by Trump's planned appointments

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of a number of House Republicans to fill top posts in his administration is pulling from an already shallow bench.

CBS News - 1d

Trump's tariff threats create division between Canada and Mexico over security at borders

Threats by President-elect Donald Trump to impose U.S. tariffs on its immediate neighbors appear to have created a split between Canada and Mexico, after Canadian officials said problems with the ...

ABC News - 1d

Trump's defense pick, Pete Hegseth, faces new misconduct allegations

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, is facing new misconduct allegations after previous allegations of sexual assault. CBS News confirmed Hegseth was forced to ...

CBS News - 20h

Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is in peril in the Senate

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is in peril over allegations concerning drinking and his treatment of women.

NBC News - 11h

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary, on shaky ground

Pete Hegseth, a military veteran and Fox News personality picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as defense secretary, is facing headwinds on Capitol Hill amid allegations of sexual ...

CBS News - 9h

Trump considering replacing Hegseth as defense secretary pick according to newspaper reports

President-elect Donald Trump faces further problems as he tries to fill top government jobs. His pick to head the DEA has withdrawn from consideration and lawmakers are voicing concerns over his ...

NBC News - 29m

Kash Patel Has Plan to Remake the F.B.I. Into a Tool of Trump

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the F.B.I. has called for firing the agency’s top officials, shutting down its Washington headquarters and prosecuting journalists.

The New York Times - 1d

What we know about Trump's plans on foreign policy, tariffs

Tariffs for countries sending goods to the U.S. still appear to be part of President-elect Donald Trump's plans for his second term in the White House. CBS MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady ...

CBS News - 14h

Ex-Kansas police detective found dead on first day of federal civil rights trial

A white former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective was found dead Monday of an apparent suicide on the day his federal civil rights trial was set to begin for allegedly sexually abusing Black ...

NBC News - 1d

Ilona Maher on joining Bristol: ‘I feel like the first day of school. I’m nervous. But this is what I love’

The US sevens superstar is turning to 15s in Premiership Women’s Rugby and says she may use a sports psychologist to deal with the added scrutiny. The deal is signed, sealed and delivered. Ilona ...

The Guardian - 1d

Arctic could see its first ice-free day before the end of the decade: Study

The planet's northernmost ocean could experience its first day free of ice as early as 2027, a new study has found. While the three-year possibility remains extreme, the study authors determined ...

The Hill - 13h

Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on Nel, oil prices and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.

The Wall Street Journal - 12h

Trump's Defense pick, Pete Hegseth, faces new media report on alleged alcohol abuse, sexual impropriety

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of Defense, was investigated in 2017 for an alleged sexual assault.

CNBC - 1d

Trump’s DEA nominee withdraws from consideration just days after being picked

President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Tuesday he is withdrawing from consideration just three days after Trump made his nomination known. ...

The Hill - 11h

What Trump’s plan to end IRS ‘overstepping’ could mean for audits of rich people — and call hold times for everyone else

The incoming Trump team wants to change the IRS mentality from “we’re the tax police,” one expert said.

MarketWatch - 1d

Trump’s tax plans: Housing credits ‘in play,’ and there’s buzz over a short extension for expiring cuts

One veteran analyst is predicting that housing tax credits will get included in the GOP’s big tax package next year. Separately, some GOP lawmakers reportedly have talked about using the package to ...

MarketWatch - 1d

Trump’s economic plans may encounter a problem many Americans know all too well: Crushing debt

None of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for boosting domestic production have “a chance” unless this happens, says one economist.

MarketWatch - 14h

Trump says he's going to Paris in his first trip abroad as president-elect

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday announced plans to travel to Paris this weekend in what would be his first trip overseas since his November election win.

NBC News - 1d

Joe Biden’s selfish parting act

In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog

Financial Times - 22h

Meta’s Zuckerberg seeks ‘active role’ in Trump tech policies

Policy chief Nick Clegg says social media company ‘overdid it’ on content moderation, as it seeks to placate president-elect

Financial Times - 21h

PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own. If you were ...

The Guardian - 1d

Finnish police don't suspect criminal activity regarding damaged data cables in south of country

Finnish police says they do not suspect any criminal activity in connection with damage to two data cables running across the land border between Sweden and Finland

ABC News - 19h