Yahoo News reports: On Sunday, President-Elect Donald Trump unveiled Bo Hines as his pick for the executive director of a presidential crypto council. In 2022, Trump endorsed Hines for a House seat representing North Carolina’s 13th District. Hines, however, lost his bid to Democrat Wiley Nickel. Hines, an ex-football player turned political figure, will take part in the Presidential Council …

Reuters reports: Honda and Nissan are in talks to merge by 2026, they said on Monday, a historic pivot for Japan’s auto industry that underlines the threat Chinese EV makers now pose to the world’s long-dominant legacy car makers. The tie-up would create the world’s third-largest auto group by vehicle sales after Toyota and Volkswagen. It would also give the …

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Sunday that he intended to nominate Callista Gingrich, who served as his ambassador to the Vatican during his first term, as ambassador to Switzerland. Ms. Gingrich is the wife of Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a loyal Trump ally. At the Republican National Convention this summer, Ms. …

CBS News reports: Former Rep. Matt Gaetz was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, and to have purchased and used illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office, according to a final draft of a comprehensive investigative report obtained by CBS News. Those were among the findings of …

The Daily Beast reports: Katie Miller, a former Mike Pence press secretary who married the controversial aide Stephen Miller during Donald Trump’s first term, has been announced as the latest addition to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Trump revealed the move in a post to Truth Social on Sunday night, but stopped short of saying what exact role the …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel. “We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal,” he said. Panama’s conservative president José Raúl Mulino roundly rejected that …

“I watched him [Mike Johnson] make the number one priority of his Speakership funding Ukraine without any audit at all, at a time when the U.S. border was open, the United States itself was being invaded. And his priority was protecting the borders of a country whose language he doesn’t speak, he knows nothing about. It’s not the only country …

Axios reports: Trump indicated he wants Greenland under U.S. control as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for United States ambassador to Denmark on Sunday. Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip to Denmark after Danish officials said the autonomous territory that’s part of …

CBS News reports: President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The three inmates who didn’t get clemency are the convicted murderer in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the gunman at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, and the …

Variety reports: Piers Morgan is speaking out against the controversial audience response to a “Weekend Update” joke about Luigi Mangione. During last night’s “Weekend Update” segment, when host Colin Jost mentioned Mangione, the prime suspect charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the crowd immediately erupted into cheers, prompting figures like Morgan to criticize the show. While Jost …

“Republican senators, we, the voters of this movement, will not accept the answer that you voted for Joe Biden’s nominees like Lloyd Austin but refuse Trump’s. “Many have asked which perch I will be fighting from next. And some of you throughout this conference have even given me a few suggestions. “My fellow Floridians have asked me to eye the …

“For all of us standing before you today, I can proudly proclaim that the Golden Age of America is upon us! It is. It’s going to be a golden age. It’s going to be a golden age. “There’s a spirit that we have now that we didn’t have just a short while ago. Sadly, we didn’t have. Who the hell …

The Hill reports: President-elect Trump on Sunday rejected the recent dubbing of tech billionaire Elon Musk as “President Musk” by Democrats. “No, he’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said at conservative group Turning Point’s “America Fest” in Phoenix, Ariz. “And I’m safe, you know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.” Democratic …

“We have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels as if Elon Musk is our prime minister! And I spoke with Elon a couple of times this week. I think many of us — well, unelected – but he has a voice. And I think a large part of that voice is a reflection …

CNN reports: This time around, sources said, Ivanka Trump’s advice to her father is likely to stay under the radar. A source familiar with her thinking said that if Trump chooses to weigh in and have influence during her father’s second term, “It’s never going to be something that people are going to see publicly.” For his part, Kushner is …

“Liz Cheney has been exposed in the Interim Report, by Congress, of the J6 Unselect Committee as having done egregious and unthinkable acts of crime. At the same time, however, she helped the Democrats lose the Election by giving her support – She is so unpopular and disgusting, a real loser!” – 34-times convicted felon and accused rapist Trump, posting …

The Associated Press reports: Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries. …

Politico reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday distanced himself from a top NYPD official whom he previously promoted and defended, following new graphic sexual assault allegations. “The allegations are extremely concerning and alarming,” Adams told reporters Saturday. “The police commissioner is doing a full review of all personnel, but she’s also doing a full review of this …

The Daily Mail reports: Three sources told DailyMail.com they had been made aware of the Bezos wedding taking place on December 28. One well-connected member of the Aspen community said that the Amazon founder arrived with his entourage on a private jet into the city’s airport on Saturday. The rumor in town – as yet unconfirmed – is that Bezos …

The Daily Beast reports: Chris LaCivita [photo], who helped lead Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, called Lord Peter Mandelson “an absolute moron” after learning that the incoming U.K. ambassador to the U.S. once said Trump was “little short of a white nationalist.” In a post on X, LaCivita condemned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s choice to replace Dame Karen Pierce, which …