CNBC reports: Walmart has started giving store-level associates body cameras to wear as part of a pilot program at some of its U.S. locations, CNBC has learned. Body cameras and the footage they gather are commonly advertised as a way to prevent shoplifting, but Walmart intends to use the tech for worker safety — not as a loss prevention tool. …

Axios reports: President-elect Trump’s lawyers claim they have evidence of misconduct by a juror in his New York hush money trial that should lead to the first ever felony conviction of a former U.S. president being tossed out. It’s Trump’s latest bid to overturn the conviction and was made public after the judge who oversaw the trial rejected his request …

The journal Science reports: A 2020 paper that sparked widespread enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment was retracted today, following years of campaigning by scientists who alleged the research contained major scientific flaws and may have breached ethics regulations. The paper was pulled because of ethical concerns and methodological problems, according to a retraction notice. The paper in the …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Amid collapsing public confidence in U.S. courts, a federal judge has been found culpable of misconduct. The offense? Questioning the ethics of a Supreme Court justice. U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor published an essay in the New York Times arguing that the display of flags associated with President-elect Donald Trump’s MAGA movement at Justice Samuel …

Mediaite reports: RT, formerly known as Russia Today, shared a clip of Tucker Carlson’s interview with far-left economist Jeffrey Sachs on Tuesday, highlighting a moment in which Sachs argues the CIA was behind Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall. In the interview, Carlson repeated his talking point regarding whether or not he should oppose Assad. He noted that Americans are …

AM New York reports: A grand jury has indicted alleged Midtown assassin Luigi Mangione for the Dec. 4 murder United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson outside a hotel, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Tuesday. Two of the counts in the indictment were elevated as acts of terrorism or in furtherance of terrorism. Mangione, 26, remains locked up in Pennsylvania following …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday lost his attempt to dismiss one of the criminal charges he faces. Adams was indicted in September on bribery and other charges alleging he accepted illegal campaign contributions and bribes consisting of various forms of luxury travel. Adams sought to dismiss the bribery count, arguing the …

The Washington Post reports: President Joe Biden endorsed banning members of Congress from trading stocks, throwing his waning political capital behind long-running efforts to prevent lawmakers from profiting off of their unique access to market-moving information. Biden expressed his support for changing the requirements for lawmakers during an interview with Democratic political adviser Faiz Shakir for the advocacy journalism outlet …

The Associated Press reports: In a rare joint statement, the archivist and deputy archivist of the United States said Tuesday that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts, as Democrats press President Joe Biden to act unilaterally on its ratification before he leaves office next month. The five-decade push to amend …

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk and his rocket company, SpaceX, have repeatedly failed to comply with federal reporting protocols aimed at protecting state secrets, including by not providing some details of his meetings with foreign leaders, according to people with knowledge of the company and internal documents. Concerns about the reporting practices — and particularly about Mr. Musk, …

NewsNation reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is threatening to hold up a short-term funding package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid a government shutdown unless leaders in Congress agree to vote on amendments to offset the cost of new spending in the proposal. Paul has significant leverage to force colleagues to vote on …

The Hill reports: “To all the idiots who claimed the shooter was trans with no information whatsoever to believe that, f**k off. Your ignorance speaks volumes. Your hate is consuming your brains (or what’s left of them),” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis) wrote early Tuesday on the social platform X, responding to a post by former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) that …

The Assembly reports: When Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson greeted his fellow members of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies over Google Meet last week, his screen name raised some eyebrows—and a few giggles. There at the bottom of his window was the online handle heard ‘round the world: minisoldr. Earlier this year, Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign came apart after an Assembly report …

Newsweek reports: Outrage ensued after Satanists were allowed to set up a holiday display at the Minnesota State Capitol this year. The Minnesota Satanists shared in a Facebook post over the weekend that they have their first-ever holiday display at the Capitol building in St. Paul, sparking a wave of criticism from Republicans toward Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat. Representative …

Bloomberg News reports: Jared Birchall, Elon Musk’s money manager and the head of his family office, is listed as the chief executive officer. Jehn Balajadia, a longtime Musk aide who has worked at SpaceX and the Boring Co., is named as an official contact. But they’re not connected to Musk’s new technology venture, or the political operation that’s endeared him …

CNN reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, justified the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and spread baseless conspiracy theories claiming the initial break-in was a false flag operation carried out by leftist groups disguised as Trump supporters. Four days after the Capitol riot, Hegseth appeared on a podcast hosted by former House Speaker Newt …

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports: U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, who was reelected to a second term by Florida 7th District voters in November, is under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee. On Monday the committee stated it had “extended the matter regarding” Mills that had been provided by the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent, non-partisan entity charged with receiving …

The Hill reports: House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like a sprawling omnibus — which they abhor — than a simple temporary funding measure. “It’s not a CR, which is a continuation of the budget. It’s turning into an omnibus,” Rep. Marjorie …

“I am the only Political Opponent in American History not allowed to defend myself – A despicable First Amendment Violation! Merchan took the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt, that, according to all Legal Scholars, including Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, David Rivkin, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia, and many others, is a …

Detroit’s CBS affiliate reports: The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled to uphold charges against two men accused of issuing robocalls to intimidate Detroit voters during the 2020 election. The court ruled there was enough evidence to show that the robocalls issued by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl were “intentionally false,” according to a news release. The decision comes after the …