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US President Donald Trump declares fentanyl and its precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction, mobilising federal agencies to combat trafficking — an approach some compare to a modern Opium War.

Late-night hosts also discussed a horrific news weekend and the president’s strange Christmas story about snakes

Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's chief of staff, slammed Vanity Fair over a sprawling report revolving around 11 interviews with her throughout the administration, calling it a "disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history."

In a resurfacing clip from April, Donald Trump casually rewrote the history of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He quite literally blamed Ukraine for being the aggressor, and sneered at President Zelenskyy for trying to defend his country. The talking points aren’t just wrong, they’re straight out of the Kremlin’s playbook.

At the White House Christmas Reception on Sunday, Donald Trump spent several minutes boasting about a grand new triumphal arch for Washington. Except he kept calling it an arc, probably because he wants to name it “Arc de Trump.” The mistake was small, but the symbolism was unmistakable.

In a twist in Donald Trump's defamation case against the Pulitzer Prize Board, the board has sought his psychiatric and other medical records in discovery.

Her critics would prefer a lesser-known candidate who can concoct a bipartisan pitch. But the Dallas congresswoman believes she’s starting “on second or third base.”

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.28% and slid to a 2.25-month low. The dollar is under pressure from today's Fed-friendly US economic reports on Nov payrolls, Oct retail sales, and Dec S&P manufacturing activity that bolster the outlook for the Fed to keep easing monetary policy....

"They don't want other people saying these kinds of things, so they're trying to shut people up," Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said Tuesday.