The 7

Tuesday briefing: Trump legal challenges; Elon Musk’s OpenAI bid; Eric Adams; rising flu cases; winter storms; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Trump’s tariffs; federal worker resignation deadline; Elon Musk; Super Bowl blowout; Kendrick Lamar; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Trump and federal workers; Russell Vought; NCAA transgender ban; missing Bering Air plane; Super Bowl; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: Federal worker resignation offers; Trump and Gaza; transgender athletes; Workday layoffs; bird flu; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal; Elon Musk; USPS and China; Sweden shooting; winter storm; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Trump’s tariffs; USAID and Elon Musk’s targets; Netanyahu’s U.S. visit; microplastics; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Trump’s tariffs; Elon Musk; D.C. plane crash updates; Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: D.C. plane crash updates; Trump fact check; Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel; Ebola; non-opioid painkiller; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: D.C. plane crash; Guantánamo Bay detention camp; RFK Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard hearings; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Trump’s federal worker ‘deferred resignation’ offer; RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing; bird flu; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Federal grant freeze; Trump’s tariffs; DeepSeek and Nvidia stock; Auschwitz survivors; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Trump and Colombia standoff; Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem; Los Angeles fires; Super Bowl LIX; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Trump’s executive orders; Elon Musk; Pete Hegseth; Los Angeles wildfires; Oscar snubs; NFL playoffs; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: Trump’s interview with Sean Hannity; Laken Riley Act; Hughes Fire; coffee and tea cancer study; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons; Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy; Prince Harry tabloid settlement; winter storm; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Trump’s inauguration speech and executive orders; presidential pardons; winter storm; Ohio State; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Trump’s inauguration and executive order plans; Biden pardons; TikTok ban; cold weather; NFL schedule; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Biden commutes more sentences; Kristi Noem confirmation hearing; David Lynch; SpaceX; Nintendo Switch 2; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: Gaza ceasefire; Biden’s farewell address; Trump’s plan to ‘save’ TikTok; Pam Bondi; red dye No. 3; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Senate confirmation hearings; Los Angeles winds; Trump’s ‘External Revenue Service’; Neil Gaiman; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Jack Smith’s Trump report; Los Angeles wind forecast; Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing; dementia study; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Los Angeles fires’ death toll; Steve Bannon and Elon Musk; TikTok ban or sale; NFL playoffs; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Los Angeles fires; Trump sentencing; Carter funeral; TikTok ban hearing; La Niña; Notre Dame football; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: Los Angeles fires; Trump investigations; how to watch Jimmy Carter’s funeral; snow forecast; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Los Angeles fires; Trump’s Greenland and Gulf of Mexico comments; Meta fact checks; winter storm; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Kamala Harris certifies Trump’s victory; Justin Trudeau; Tibet earthquake; bird flu death; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Congress to certify Trump’s victory; winter storm snow forecast; Golden Globes; NFL playoff bracket; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: New Orleans attack updates; U.S. Steel; House speaker vote; Jan. 6 pipe bomb video; daylight saving; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: New Orleans attack; Cybertruck explosion; Liz Cheney; lake-effect snow forecast; Justin Baldoni; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Treasury hack; Jimmy Carter’s state funeral; norovirus outbreaks; cold weather forecast; and moreRead today's briefing.

Monday briefing: Jimmy Carter funeral plans; Jeju Air crash; deadly tornadoes in the South; red dye No. 3; and moreRead today's briefing.If you’re not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Israeli strikes on Yemen; Trump’s economic policies; Kazakhstan plane crash; California storms; Hudson Meek; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

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Tuesday briefing: Matt Gaetz report; Trump eyes Greenland and the Panama Canal; Santa Cruz Wharf collapse; IRS checks; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Biden commutes federal death sentences; Trump and Musk; Germany Christmas market attack; Blake Lively; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Government shutdown deadline; Fani Willis; Luigi Mangione; drone ban; Amazon and Starbucks strikes; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: Government shutdown deadline; Elon Musk; Pelicot trial verdict; bird flu outbreak; murder hornets; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Madison school shooting suspect; Luigi Mangione; Trump vs. the Des Moines Register; New Jersey drones; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Wisconsin school shooting; Igor Kirillov; Trump hush money case; Elon Musk; National Film Registry; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Kamala Harris’s future; UnitedHealthcare CEO; Tropical Cyclone Chido; Kirstin Blaise Lobato exoneration; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Inspector general’s Jan. 6 report; Trump and grocery prices; Travis Timmerman; Geminid meteor shower; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: Kash Patel’s plans; Luigi Mangione’s past; Hannah Kobayashi; Bill Belichick; New Jersey drones; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Luigi Mangione’s background; Mitch McConnell; Franklin Fire; Infowars; monarch butterfly; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: What to know about Luigi Mangione; Pete Hegseth; Netanyahu on trial; Golden Globes nominations; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Assad’s ouster in Syria; Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview; Jay-Z lawsuit; college football; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Friday briefing: Potential targets of Donald Trump; UnitedHealth CEO shooter; College Football Playoff; Notre Dame; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Thursday briefing: UnitedHealthcare CEO killing; Pete Hegseth; French government collapse; bitcoin price; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Wednesday briefing: Martial law lifted in South Korea; transgender rights at the Supreme Court; online shopping record; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Tuesday briefing: Hunter Biden’s pardon criticized; California special session; Hannah Kobayashi; cucumber recall; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.

Monday briefing: Hunter Biden’s pardon; Kash Patel and Christopher Wray; Syrian civil war; lake-effect snow; and moreRead today's briefing.If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.