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What Drove Politics in 2024
Playbook: “As we say goodbye to 2024, a whipsaw of a political year, it’s worth stepping back in a newsletter obsessed with what’s driving the day and reflecting about what…
Stocks on Pace for Best Two Years in a Quarter-Century
Wall Street Journal: “U.S. stocks roared to another blockbuster showing in 2024. Few expect such a torrid advance in the year to come. The S&P 500 has climbed 24%, notching…
Muriel Bowser Says She Had ‘Great Meeting’ With Trump
Donald Trump has often cast Washington, DC, as an urban hellscape, but the city’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, said she had a “great meeting” with the president-elect on Monday and came…
Pentagon Releases Guantánamo Detainee Held Since Day 1
“The Pentagon on Monday repatriated a Tunisian detainee who was brought to the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the day it opened, was never charged at the war…
Inside the Craziest Congress in Recent Memory
NBC News: “The most expensive House primary in history. A stunning coup to unseat a sitting speaker. The frenzied battle to succeed him. A public campaign by congressional Democrats to…
Top Trump Aide Orders Nominees to Stop Posting
“President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles sent a message Sunday ordering nominees to refrain from any posting on social media as Senate confirmation hearings are scheduled to start…
The Future of the Democratic Party
The Atlantic: “Donald Trump’s reelection should put an end to two progressive illusions: The first of these illusions is the notion that identity is political destiny; the second is the…
Mike Johnson Holdouts Persist After Trump Nod
“House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is not out of the woods in his fight to retain his gavel, even after receiving a crucial endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump,” Axios reports….
Top Prosecutor in D.C. to Resign
“Matthew Graves, the top federal prosecutor for the District, announced Monday that he was resigning his post as U.S. attorney days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office,” the Washington Post…
Quote of the Day
“I’m keeping the door open to many possibilities, but right now, all I can say is this: I’m not going anywhere. I’m just getting started.” — Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO),…
The Partisan Difference in Political Scandals
Jonathan Bernstein: “The other thing worth emphasizing when these stories come up is that there is now almost certainly a partisan difference, with Republican politicians more likely to commit criminal…
Treasury’s Elite Bond Dealers Struggle to Handle Debt
“It was once the club every Wall Street institution wanted to join: the elite network of primary dealers who serve as gatekeepers of the world’s biggest and most influential bond…
Where Is Russia Finding New Soldiers?
New York Times: “Now, still desperately seeking sufficient manpower to maintain pressure on Ukraine, Russia has expanded recruitment even more. Men (and women) no longer have to be convicted of…
Warrant Issued for South Korea’s Impeached President
“A South Korean court approved an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-Yeol on Tuesday morning local time,“ Axios reports. “The warrant related to Yoon’s brief martial law declaration this…
Taliban Says Won’t ‘Escalate’ After Hitting Pakistan
“Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, which launched strikes on Pakistani military posts over the weekend, said it won’t escalate the situation but warned it will retaliate if attacked again,” Bloomberg reports. Save…
Biden Exits Believing He Could Have Won
Wall Street Journal: “On one hand, Biden is an 82-year-old lion in winter who fills his public and private meetings with war stories from a long career and reminders of…
Democratic Senator Calls for DNC ‘War Machine’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is calling for DNC delegates to consider how the Democratic Party’s infrastructure can support a “war machine” to lead attacks against Republicans, Politico reports. Said Whitehouse:…
House Ethics Closes Probe Into Two Republicans
“The U.S. House Ethics Committee on Monday closed its investigations into allegations that Reps. Ronny Jackson and Wesley Hunt misused campaign funds, clearing the Texas Republicans of wrongdoing,” the Dallas…
Elon Musk Has Camped Out at Mar-a-Lago
New York Times: “Mr. Musk has been using one of the cottages available for rent on Mr. Trump’s property at Mar-a-Lago, the former Marjorie Merriweather Post home in Florida that…
China Hacked Treasury Department in ‘Major’ Breach
“A state-sponsored actor in China hacked the U.S. Treasury Department, gaining access to the workstations of government employees and unclassified documents,” the New York Times reports. “The announcement comes after…
