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Canadian ministers head to Palm Beach for talks with incoming Trump administration

Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers are visiting Palm Beach to talk border security and trade with the incoming Donald Trump administration as Trump threatens tariffs on all Canadian products.

Bolton on UN reform: Stefanik has ‘her work cut out for her’

John Bolton, President-elect Trump's former national security adviser, said that Trump's pick for ambassador to the United Nations, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), will have “her work cut out for her” when it comes to U.N. reform.  Bolton, now a vocal Trump critic, argued that one of the obstacles to successfully enacting reforms in the U.N....

4 dead in New Hampshire from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

Four people were found dead in a New Hampshire town on Christmas Day from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, according to local authorities. Wakefield Police Department responded Wednesday for a welfare check at 4:21 p.m. local time. At the address, they discovered that four victims, all adults, were dead, according to state fire marshal and police. ...

Canadian ministers head to Florida for talks with incoming Trump administration: report

Canada's new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly will travel to Trump's Florida residence to discuss the impact of tariffs on the nation's exports.

Gov. Hochul is the face of the MTA’s congestion-toll madness: Don’t let her fool you

Gov. Hochul rushed to squelch outrage over the MTA’s extra surge-pricing squeeze on Manhattan...

Haberman weighs in on GOP spending bill turmoil: ‘Not a great start’

The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman weighed in Wednesday on the recent turmoil faced by the GOP surrounding the government funding deal after President-elect Trump effectively torpedoed it. “But at the end of the day, as you said, it's now very uncertain what is going to happen,” Haberman told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source.”...

Trump says Georgia election interference ‘entirely dead’ with Willis disqualification

President-elect Trump on Thursday celebrated the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) from the election interference case against him, arguing it should be the end of the prosecution over his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. "The case has to be thrown out because it was started corruptly by an incompetent...

A toxic stew of grievance, violence and social media

It’s no wonder extreme ideas that used to be confined to the shadows now feel mainstream.

Jeffries dismisses Trump debt ceiling demand: ‘Hard pass’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed President-elect Trump’s demand to increase the debt ceiling, saying he was a “hard pass” on the idea. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the amount of your Social Security check,” Jeffries posted to Bluesky. “Hard pass.” On Wednesday,...

Elizabeth Warren backs Trump call to eliminate debt ceiling

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday supported President-elect Trump’s pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the debt ceiling. “I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate the debt limit and never again govern by hostage taking,” Warren said in a post on social platform X. Trump said Thursday that he would back getting rid of...

Greene blasts Johnson for ‘dirty swamp deals,’ keeping ‘everyone in the dark’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday over his handling of a continuing resolution to keep the government open. Johnson's bill was faulted by a number of House Republicans as well as key figures in President-elect Trump's orbit for including too many provisions backed by Democrats. Johnson needed Democrats...

Trump border czar: 100K beds, more ICE agents needed for deportations

Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s declared “border czar,” says he would need at least 100,000 detention beds and a significant increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to successfully undertake the president-elect's plans. Trump has pledged the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, but how he will pay for his plans has been an open...

DOGE shouldn’t unilaterally disarm if there’s room for reform

Having wrested the federal government away from big government advocates, DOGE should harness the bureaucracy it retains to enforce reform, not simply peremptorily discard it.

Neil Cavuto leaving Fox News

Neil Cavuto, a staple of Fox News and Fox Business programming for years, is leaving the network after nearly three decades. Fox News confirmed Cavuto's departure; his last day on air will be Thursday. Cavuto's contract with the network is up next week. A source familiar told The Hill the network offered a new deal,...

Lobbying World: Federalist Society taps new president

Sheldon Gilbert will be the next president and CEO of The Federalist Society on Jan. 2, 2025, succeeding Eugene B. Meyer and becoming only the second president of the influential conservative and libertarian legal organization in its 40-year history. Gilbert is currently senior lead counsel for strategic initiatives at Walmart and was previously vice president...

Most disagree with Trump plans to use military for deportations, issue Jan. 6 pardons: Survey

A majority of Americans disagree with President-elect Trump’s plans to use the military for mass deportations and his efforts to issue pardons to Jan. 6 rioters, a new survey found. According to the survey, conducted by the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, more than half of Americans oppose several of Trump’s recent statements....

Murder is bad

Murder doesn’t help raise awareness about important problems. Murder doesn’t start a national conversation. Murder doesn’t get justified — ever, for any reason — in a society with a moral compass and its priorities in order.

Ex-Pentagon official on drones: ‘Feds have gotta be more open’

"The federal government is not being honest with the American people," said Lue Elizondo.

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