House Republicans have an exodus problem. More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decision to leave their seats at the end of the term, and the number is expected to grow in the coming weeks as lawmakers visit their families for the holidays, complicating Republican efforts to fend off a blue wave and keep their slim majority...

NATO chief Mark Rutte warned Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that "we are not going anywhere" after talks between the Russian president and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff failed to reach any agreement. Rutte, speaking at a NATO meeting in Brussels, warned against Russia's "increasingly reckless behavior" as he urged allies to invest at least five percent of their GDP in defense spending. "Putin believes he can outlast us," he said, before pointing to the treaty members' support for Ukraine as proof the Russian leader is "wrong." Rutte also praised President Donald Trump's efforts, calling him "the only one person in the whole world who is able to break the deadlock."...

California U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat representing the Los Angeles area, filed an ambitious new bill on Wednesday which would redirect billions put aside by the Trump administration to fund its immigration crackdown toward helping Americans become homeowners. "My intention with this bill is to tackle one of the biggest crises that our country is facing, which is the housing affordability crisis," Gomez told Newsweek in a phone interview. "And at the same time doing that by taking that $175 billion anti-immigrant slush fund that Trump put into his One Big Beautiful Bill and using that money to lower the cost of housing for everybody in the country....

The Justice Department alleged in a letter to the Senate on Wednesday night that Democrat megadonor and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has funneled dark money through his network to benefit two U.S. senators who portray themselves as crusaders against such unaccountable contributions...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell filed paperwork Wednesday to run for Minnesota governor. While the paperwork doesn't certainly mean he is running, Lindell said he is 98% sure he is. The CEO filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Disclosure Board to run as a Republican against Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN)...

Authorities in Europe and the U.S. have closed or restricted many Christmas markets amid security concerns, moves that have followed years of terrorist attacks. Although many mainstream outlets reject claims that there are mass full-scale closures of these markets, restrictions made by officials are leading larger markets to adapt, while leaving smaller markets in the dust...

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