9 min ago - Dec. 5, 2024, 10:39 PM EST / Updated Dec. 5, 2024, 11:08 PM EST HONG KONG — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that former Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., had agreed to be nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to China. “As a Fortune 5 ... (NBC News)

35 min ago - Thu 5 Dec 2024 16.50 EST Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2024 20.03 EST In the aftermath of the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, while Thompson’s colleagues grieve and politicians decry his murder, some online discussion has shown lit ... (The Guardian)

59 min ago - 11 hours ago House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) path to the speakership will run through President-elect Trump's home turf. Why it matters: The strategy (and math) are pretty basic for Jeffries, who needs to pick up just three seats in ... (Axios)

1 hr ago - Published 6:33 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2024 Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army Soldier and WikiLeaks whistleblower, joined a group of transgender rights activists staging a sit-in protest Thursday at a bathroom near Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) off ... (USA Today)

1 hr ago - Dec. 5, 2024, 6:22 PM EST WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, who is serving 22 years in prison on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, sparred with a federal prosecutor and a judge and refused to answer questions re ... (NBC News)

2 hrs ago - Dec 5th, 2024, 6:22 pm Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani are now asking for him to be slapped with “severe sanctions” for allegedly violating several court orders and repeatedly flouting his discovery obligations. On Thursd ... (Law & Crime)

2 hrs ago - Thu 5 Dec 2024 17.43 EST Nearly 100 former US diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have called for the Senate to hold closed-door briefings on Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence for her alleged &#1 ... (The Guardian)

3 hrs ago - 12/05/24 5:36 PM ET Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of Defense appears doomed despite his fiery declaration that he’s “not going anywhere,” Republicans on Capitol Hill told The Hill on Thursday. “I think most ... (The Hill)

3 hrs ago - Thursday 05 December 2024 22:04 GMT The think tank behind Project 2025, the conservative blueprint linked to President-elect Donald Trump, is launching an effort to back Trump's imperiled selection for secretary of defense in its latest attempt to wi ... (The Independent)

4 hrs ago - December 5, 2024 / 4:44 PM EST At least 364 pertussis infections were reported to health authorities last week, according to figures published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking the worst Thanksgiving week for whoopin ... (CBS News)

5 hrs ago - POLITICS Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg The world's richest man was likely the single largest individual political donor of the 2024 election. Elon Musk speaks during a rally for Donald Trump at M ... (Politico)

6 hrs ago - Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump The enormous spending from the world's richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition. Elon Musk on Thursday in Was ... (New York Times)

6 hrs ago - White House games last-minute strategy to bolster Ukraine, including $20bn in loans and sweeping sanctions on Russia Joseph Gedeon in Washington Thu 5 Dec 2024 20.01 EST The White House has gamed out a last-minute strategy to bolster Ukraine’s ... (guardian)

6 hrs ago - Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday that the federal cases against President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden and the New York hush money case against President-elect Donald Trump were both "politically motivated" and deserving of pardons. Biden ... (NBC News)

9 hrs ago - Following the murder of its CEO on Wednesday morning, United Healthcare removed a page from its website listing the rest of its executive leadership, and several other health insurance companies have done the same, hiding the names and photos of thei ... (404Media)

12 hrs ago - Thu, December 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM EST The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday it is pursuing a new rule that would force airlines to compensate passengers for long delays that are the airlines’ fault, including those caused by m ... (Yahoo! News/Huff Post)

12 hrs ago - House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday rejected a White House request to pass $24 billion in additional aid for Ukraine by the end of the year, saying any further assistance for Kyiv would be decided by President-elect Trump when he assumes office i ... (The Hill)

12 hrs ago - Thu 5 Dec 2024 07.00 EST Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2024 15.58 EST In 2020, Donald Trump signed an executive order against “race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating” which would have set the stage for sweeping attacks on diversity initiat ... (The Guardian)

13 hrs ago - 12/05/24 5:51 PM ET Eight Republican senators sent a letter to the top negotiators for the annual defense bill asking them to take out a provision that would require women to register for the Selective Service System (SSS), which compiles a registry ... (The Hill)

13 hrs ago - Dec. 5, 2024, 1:00 PM EST / Updated Dec. 5, 2024, 6:15 PM EST WASHINGTON -- House lawmakers voted Thursday against releasing an Ethics Committee report on an exhaustive, yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and co ... (NBC News)