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Former FBI and CIA chief urges senators to sink Patel, Gabbard

William H. Webster, former FBI and CIA director, wrote a letter to U.S. senators urging them to reject President-elect Trump's choice of Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard to lead the FBI and national intelligence, respectively.

Trump tells EU to buy more American-made oil and gas or face ‘tariffs all the way’

President-elect Trump is threatening to tariff the European Union if they don't purchase more U.S. oil and gas to "make up their tremendous deficit."

Musk and Ramaswamy ignite MAGA war over skilled immigration and American ‘mediocrity’

Trump world warriors Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have ignited an intra-MAGA battle with their proposals to increase immigration visas for high-skill workers.

Democratic pols ditch Twitter after Elon Musk takeover, report shows

Democratic lawmakers have shown a sharp decline in X usage in the roughly two years since Elon Musk bought the company.

New York needs to restore its masking ban to combat antisemitism and other acts of hate

It's a top priority for New York civil-rights groups and also the Jewish community: restoring the state's common-sense ban on public masking.

Post-election, Team Biden finally slams a bogus claim about famine in Gaza

Team Biden is slamming a report that warns of famine in northern Gaza. What a difference an election makes. The report Monday by the...

How to assess a nominee to be deputy secretary of Defense

Business experience tends to be a necessary condition for success as a deputy secretary, though not all deputies had that experience and some had quite successful tenures.

Will the jury let Luigi Mangione get away with murder? 

To any would-be Mangione nullifiers, it would be far more honorable to just try to get out of jury duty altogether.  

The United States needs more disagreement on national security policy

U.S. policy on countering China is displaying worrisome elements of frictionlessness, which can lead to poor decisions and violations of constitutional rights, and the need for friction in policymaking is essential to strike the right balance.

Morning report — Norms shift on aging members of Congress

The revelation that Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) has been living in assisted-living facility is fueling scrutiny of aging public officials and conversations over how long it is appropriate to hang on to power. Granger missed every House vote after July 24, and she stepped down as chair of the House Appropriations Committee in March and...

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