Trump makes a blizzard of news, shows restraint at presser, even while slamming the media

I’m not thrilled that Donald Trump has renewed his attack on the “corrupt media.” Fresh off his $15-million victory over ABC and George Stephanopoulos, Trump yesterday sued the Des Moines Register and gold-standard pollster Ann Selzer over a bad survey. She projected him losing by 4 points, and he won the state by 13 points….

A hunter in Virginia died after a bear in a tree was shot, fell on him: authorities

A Virginia man was killed when a bear shot out of a tree by one of his hunting partners fell on him, according to state wildlife officials. The incident happened on Dec. 9 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, according to a statement from Virginia’s Department of Wildlife Resources. A hunting group had been tracking the bear…

Mass shooting near Maryland funeral home leaves 1 dead, 9 injured

A mass shooting near a funeral home in Baltimore County, Maryland, left one person dead and nine others injured Tuesday night, county officials said.  Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said officers responded to reports of shots fired on Loch Raven Boulevard at around 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The scene was near Johnson Funeral Home…

Spate of health scares and violent threats highlight growing vulnerabilities for lawmakers on Capitol Hill

Members of Congress are vulnerable. They’re not super men and women. They are of flesh and bone like anyone else. A series of unconnected events in recent days spoke to the vulnerabilities of those who work on Capitol Hill as health scares impacted three well-known Congressional figures. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell during…

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Vance will likely be 2028 front-runner, but RNC chair ‘excited about the bench that we have’

With former president and now President-elect Donald Trump unable to run again for the White House in 2028, Vice President-elect JD Vance appears to be the heir apparent to the America First movement and the Republican Party’s powerful MAGA base. But even though the 40-year-old Vance will be considered the front-runner in the next GOP…

Virginia Gov. Youngkin calls for end to taxes on tips ahead of legislative session

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is pushing to eliminate taxes on tips ahead of the commonwealth’s next legislative session. This proposal would return an estimated $70 million annually to the pockets of Virginia workers, Youngkin’s office said Monday in a press release. An end to taxes on tips could help more than 250,000 people…

Trump threatens more lawsuits against media as ABC to pay $15 million to settle case

Donald Trump said yesterday at a Mar-a-Lago news conference that he would take a couple of questions.  By the time he finished speaking, he had gone on for an hour.  Trump made news on a dozen topics, a reminder of the freewheeling approach in which even among journalists who can’t stand him, the incoming president…

Government agencies say joint investigation into drone sightings reveals no threat: ‘We recognize the concern’

Government agencies issued a joint statement on Monday on the ongoing investigation into the mysterious drone sightings reported across the country, mostly in New Jersey and the mid-Atlantic region, over the past few weeks. In the statement penned by the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense,…

Chief of Russia’s nuclear defense forces killed by explosive device in Moscow

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, and his assistant were killed during an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia’s Investigative Committee said the explosive device was placed in a scooter near a residential apartment block on Ryazansky Avenue and triggered remotely, according to The Associated Press. Russian…