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Story by Megan Liscomb

Though President Donald Trump has long insisted that other countries will pay the price for his sweeping tariffs, economists, business owners, and Americans who've experienced it say that Americans are the ones who will end up footing the bill.

So when Trump posted a warning on Truth Social early this morning saying he expects that tariff payments will soon "SKYROCKET," people naturally had a lot to say about it.

Here's what he said:
"Despite the massive amount of money being made by the United States of America, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, as a direct result of Tariffs being charged to other countries, the full benefit of the Tariffs has not yet been calculated in that many of the buyers of goods and products, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs in the short term, “STOCK UP” by purchasing far more inventory than they can use.

That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received.

These payments will be RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course. We are already the “hottest” Country anywhere in the World, but this Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before.

Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA. They couldn’t care less about us.
Story by Alexander Bolton

President Trump’s heated rhetorical attacks on Democratic lawmakers, whom he called out as “traitors” who deserve to be jailed, have left his Republican allies in Washington dumbfounded and skeptical about any bipartisan dealmaking at the end of 2025.

Republican lawmakers and strategists fear that Trump is undermining his own credibility and ability to get anything done before the midterm election.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said that Trump labeling his political opponents as traitors was “reckless” and “irresponsible.”

“If you take it at face value, the idea that calling your opponents ‘traitors’ — and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty — is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible,” Paul told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Other GOP lawmakers were quick to distance themselves from the president.

Initially, they could hardly believe Trump had threatened to toss prominent members of the Democratic Party in jail — a jarring comment even from a president who is known to post on social media without a filter.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) furrowed her brow incredulously when a reporter last week described to her Trump’s comments on Truth Social, in which he accused Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and a group of House Democrats of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Lesley Abravanel

The legislative assistant to North Carolina's Republican State Senator Norman Sanderson has been arrested for “willfully” and “maliciously” burning a house with two people inside in Raleigh, according to local affiliate Fox8 Raleigh.

The assistant, Diane Cook, 38, has been arrested and booked on a first-degree arson charge into the Wake County Detention Center. Fox8 says, "it is unclear how, if at all, Cook is connected to the people who live there."
A Texas church employee is accused of posing as an ICE agent in order to extort money from a massage spa therapist.
Story by Hugh Cameron

The American cattle industry continues to express frustration with Donald Trump and his administration for policies they say are undermining domestic profits and threatening the nation’s ranchers.

“Great job of destroying the United States Cattle industry,” Mo-Kan Livestock auction owner Jim Hertzog posted to X on Monday, mentioning both the president and Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins. Hertzog included an image displaying feeder cattle futures and showing across-the-board declines in contract prices for young cattle.

Why It Matters
Beef prices in the U.S. continue to climb to record highs—the beef and veal index were up 15 percent annually in the most recent inflation print—significantly outpacing broader price increases and adding to the financial woes facing consumers in late 2025.

However, proposals to address this from the administration—such as by importing large quantities of beef from Argentina—have drawn fury from America’s cattle ranchers. Farmers warn that this will undercut their domestic competitiveness and profits, while experts believe this will do little to resolve the primarily domestic factors driving up prices.
The president's vile language and investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly could have dangerous consequences
By Sabrina Haake

The news that came from across the Potomac on Monday was shocking: the Pentagon had launched an investigation into Mark Kelly, a combat veteran and Democratic senator from Arizona, after supposedly receiving “serious allegations of misconduct.”

Kelly was unfazed. “If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,” he responded on social media. “I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.”

Last week the senator, a prominent Trump critic, appeared with five other Democratic lawmakers in a video in which they reminded military members of their duty to disobey illegal orders. “This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens,” they said. “Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats coming to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad but from right here at home. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
Story by Leigh Kimmins

A wave of former Justice Department employees is reportedly leaving behind more than just empty seats, revealing a glimpse of life inside the Trump administration.

Farewell letters paint a portrait of an agency appearing to buckle under President Donald Trump’s second-term demands, with some insiders warning of “potentially irreversible damage,” according to Axios.

The Justice Connection, a network of DOJ and FBI alumni, has been collecting the notes from those who have walked out.

Contributors describe collapsing ethics, corrosive pressure, and a toxic workplace. Executive Director Stacey Young said in a statement that staff are “being asked to put loyalty to the president over the Constitution, the rule of law, and their professional ethical obligations.”
Story by Miles Klee

Since he acquired Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk has taken drastic steps to change the political climate of the platform, since rebranded as X. It began with the reinstatement of banned accounts belonging to prominent right-wing conspiracy theorists and extremists, which led to a sharp rise in misinformation and hate speech, some of it shared by Musk himself. He also had the app's moderation policies weakened, allowing such content to proliferate further. And he killed the original verification system, instead offering a subscription service in which users can boost their reach and receive payment in exchange for posts that drive engagement.

That last move incentivized a culture of provocation rather than conversation, with verified blue-check users spamming inflammatory comments and replies in order to reap as much attention as possible for higher payouts. As Musk allied himself with Donald Trump, MAGA influencers readily opted in to the system to push their agenda and troll liberals for financial gain. But while a number of these commentators were already well known, the vast majority were anonymous. Now, thanks to a feature update, it's clear just how many of these individuals don't even live in the United States.

Over the weekend, X's head of product, Nikita Bier, announced the rollout of "About This Account" profile pages, which provide details on when an account was opened, how often its handle has been changed, and where the owner resides. "This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square," Bier wrote on the site on Saturday. "We plan to provide many more ways for users to verify the authenticity of the content they see on X." To protect users in countries without free speech protections, he added, the company was implementing "privacy toggles to only show your region" as opposed to the exact country.
Story by Amudalat Ajasa

The Environmental Protection Agency is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more U.S. deaths.

On Monday night, the agency moved to vacate defense of the rule, which the Biden administration finalized last year, arguing that the previous administration did not have the authority to tighten it. That regulation imposed stricter standards on fine particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, including soot, which ranks as the nation’s deadliest air pollutant.

The agency argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the Biden-era rule was done “without the rigorous, stepwise process that Congress required,” according to the court filing. “EPA now confesses error and urges this Court to vacate the Rule before the area designation deadline of February 7, 2026.”

EPA press secretary Carolyn Holran said the Biden administration rule would cost “hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars to American citizens if allowed to be implemented.”

President Joe Biden’s EPA estimated that compliance could cost the industry up to $590 million each year.
Story by Sam Levine in New York

Donald Trump may have inadvertently pardoned any citizen who committed voter fraud in 2020 when he granted a pardon to Rudy Giuliani and other allies for their efforts to overturn the election, legal experts say.

The pardons of Giuliani and others who participated in the fake elector scheme earlier this month were largely symbolic since the federal government dismissed its criminal cases once Trump was elected. Many of those pardoned have faced criminal charges at the state level.

But, the federal pardon could wind up having a big effect on people like Matthew Alan Laiss, who is accused of voting in both Pennsylvania and Florida in the 2020 election. According to a federal indictment handed down in September, Laiss moved from Pennsylvania to Florida in August of 2020 and voted first with a mail-in ballot in Pennsylvania and then in person in Florida on election day. Both votes were for Trump, Laiss’s lawyers wrote in court documents. He has pleaded not guilty.

The case is still in its early stages. Last week, Laiss’s lawyers, public defenders Katrina Young and Elizabeth Toplin, argued that the charges should be thrown out because Trump had pardoned him.

They argued that Trump’s 7 November pardon was sweeping. It applies to any US citizen for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any state or state official, in connection with the 2020 presidential election.” And while it lists a number of people the pardon specifically applies to, it also says the pardon is not limited to those named.
Story by Adam Lynch

CNN reports the Pentagon is now looking at reducing the military rank and pension pay of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) over a video he participated in that urged troops to disregard illegal orders.

“It certainly is a downshift from yesterday when they were saying a court martial was in order,” said CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny.

“They are losing in the independent judiciary, but inside the administration is a place where administration officials win because they control the rules,” Zeleny explained, adding the martial justice system is a “more favorable venue” for the commander-in-chief.
Story by Carl Gibson

President Donald Trump may have signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, but his FBI has reportedly been hard at work keeping certain parts secret ahead of their release.

That's according to a recent Bloomberg article, which reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly allocated nearly $1 million in overtime pay to agents in an operation known as the "Epstein Transparency Project," with some reportedly maligning the effort as the "Special Redaction Project." The initiative involved an estimated 1,000 FBI agents working out of a facility in Winchester, Virginia (Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark, previously said a "pretty good source" told him the DOJ was redacting the Epstein files in Virginia).

Bloomberg reported that between March 17 and March 22 of this year, the bureau spent $851,344 alone. Agents also clocked 4,737 hours of overtime pay between January and July of this year, poring through the DOJ's remaining evidence pertaining to the deceased sex trafficker.

Agents specifically spent their time on “search warrant execution photos,” “street surveillance video" and aerial footage, as well as documents relating to the investigation into Epstein’s death in prison in 2019. The administration is currently working on a 30-day deadline to release the files under the legislation Trump signed into law earlier this month.
Story by Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY

A judge dismissed the Georgia state criminal election fraud case against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants Nov. 26 at the request of a prosecutor.

Peter Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, said in a motion filed in the Fulton County Superior Court that he believes declining to prosecute the case any further would best "serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality" in the case.

The decision comes after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose office brought charges against Trump and several other co-defendants, was disqualified from the case as a result of a romantic relationship she had with another prosecutor.
Story by Austin Sarat

Donald Trump has a lot to be thankful for this week. On Wednesday, a Georgia prosecutor decided to drop criminal charges accusing the president of conspiring to overturn his 2020 defeat in the state. While good news for Trump, it was bad news for the rule of law and history itself.

Peter Skandalakis’ decision not only lets the president get away with his outrageous effort at election interference in a critical swing state, but his rendition of what Trump did and why he did it muddies the historical record. As the New York Times noted, Skandalakis, who is the executive director of the state’s nonpartisan prosecutor council, “shredded the case originally brought by Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, taking it apart charge by charge in a 22-page filing.”

He did so in the face of a mountain of evidence that Trump’s conduct in the Peach State was particularly egregious. Not only did the president enlist a rogue’s gallery of co-conspirators to threaten state election officials, but early in January 2021, he also asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes that would reverse his defeat.

As Trump put it in an hour-long conference call to the secretary, “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state… So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.”

“There’s no way I lost Georgia,” Trump added. “There’s no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes.”

When Raffensperger resisted his entreaties, Trump threatened him. If he didn’t determine that thousands of ballots in Fulton County were cast illegally or destroyed, the secretary would be subject to criminal liability.

When Raffensperger refused, Trump warned, “You have a big election coming up, and because of what you’ve done to the president — you know, the people of Georgia know that this was a scam. Because of what you’ve done to the president, a lot of people aren’t going out to vote, and a lot of Republicans are going to vote negative because they hate what you did to the president.”
Story by Marita Vlachou

The New York Times on Wednesday defended one of its female reporters, Katie Rogers, who became Donald Trump’s latest target after co-authoring a piece exploring the president’s health and aging.

The article written by Rogers and Dylan Freedman, titled “Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office,” cited an analysis showing that the president has decreased his public appearances by 39% and has held a shorter schedule than he used to by this point in his first presidency. The report also noted that Trump has been spotted dozing off during meetings.

A senior member of staff at Campbell’s Soups has been put on leave after comments he was recorded making about his own company’s product. Martin Bally, vice president and chief information security officer, was recorded saying: ‘I don’t buy f****** Campbell’s products barely anymore, it’s unhealthy. Now that I know what the f*** is in it. Even a can of soup, I look at it… bioengineered meat.’

He was recorded by former employee Robert Garza when the pair met in November 2024 to discuss his salary, two months after he started working there. However, Garza – who is suing Campbell’s – said Bally went on an hour-long rant that was derogatory to the company and racist.
Story by John Bowden

Fani Willis’ effort to prosecute then-former President Donald Trump, alleging a coordinated effort to change the results of the 2020 election and keep himself in power, ended on Wednesday, the day before his first of four Thanksgivings he’ll celebrate as commander-in-chief once again.

The case against Trump and 14 other co-defendants collapsed in a heap after a prosecutor assigned to take over the case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked a judge to dismiss the charges, citing the unfeasible prospect of compelling a sitting president to appear in court and the small likelihood that the trial could still be mounted after he left office.

It marked the end of the last effort to hold Trump accountable, at least criminally, for the lawbreaking and corruption his enemies have long argued was a defining characteristic of the MAGA Republican president before his rise to power — and resulting from his efforts to cling to it after voters decided otherwise.

The book is now closed on any prosecution of Trump or any of his allies and supporters for the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob stormed the halls of Congress to seeking to halt the certification of the election. The statute of limitations will expire next year for any federal charges related to the violent attack.
Story by Marisa Laudadio

Jeffrey Epstein didn't hold back in a set of emails he exchanged with a former high-profile official in the Clinton and Obama administrations as he blasted two men he once considered allies — President Donald Trump and attorney Alan Dershowitz.

In one of the December 2018 messages, Epstein called Trump "borderline insane" and said Dershowitz was only "a few feet further from the border but not by much."

Fears Trump would 'do crazy things'
The ex-Cabinet official — economist Larry Summers, a former president of Harvard University who served as treasury secretary during President Bill Clinton's administration and director of the National Economic Council during President Barack Obama's White House tenure —  then asked Epstein, "Will Trump crack into insanity?"

Epstein replied, "I hope someone close to him gets indicted, but not sure, otherwise the pressure of the unknown will force him to do crazy things."

Other emails also revealed that just months before Epstein's 2019 arrest for trafficking, Summers was asking the predator — who died in a New York jail cell while awaiting trial — for advice about courting women.

These and many more exchanges between Epstein and his associates surfaced after the House Oversight Committee publicly released more than 20,000 documents obtained from Epstein's estate through a subpoena.
Story by Lydia O'Connor

President Donald Trump has been on a tear the past two weeks with vicious attacks on the people who get under his skin most: journalists.

While Trump has long had a fraught relationship with the press, his affronts lately have skewed highly personal and degrading toward female journalists, for whom he regularly reserves his most below-the-beltinsults.

His Wednesday morning screed took aim at New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, one of two journalists who worked on a Tuesday story about the president’s health, aging and reduced public appearances. Trump slammed her as “ugly.”

“Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out,” Trump wrote in his 300-plus-word rant on Truth Social.

Notably, Trump said nothing in his post about the Times’ Dylan Freedman, who co-bylined with Rogers and contributed to the story by analyzing Trump’s schedules and social media posts.
Alex Henderson

When Donald Trump, during one of his campaign rallies, declared, "I love the poorly educated," that type of populist-right messaging was a radical departure from pre-MAGA conservatism. Republicans, for decades, praised the ultra-rich as "job creators" and "exceptionalists" while attacking recipients of public assistance — from food stamps, now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) — as people who gamed the system.

Trump, now nine and one-half months into his second presidency, still paints himself as a populist. But Salon's Chauncey DeVega, in a biting article published on November 4, points to the interruption of SNAP benefits as a stark example of MAGA Republicans' indifference to hunger and poverty.

"Over the weekend," DeVega explains, "more than 42 million Americans did not receive their Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Tens of millions of children, the elderly, disabled and other vulnerable people now face a brutal fact: They don't have enough to eat…. Poverty and hunger are forms of structural violence that stunt lives, limit upward social mobility and raise the odds that a hungry child will one day end up in prison. They cause a range of physical, emotional and psychological harm, including shortened lives and death."

"Poverty," DeVega laments, is a "public police choice" — and MAGA Republicans, he says, are choosing to promote "poverty" as well as "hunger."
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