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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republican Plan to Avoid Shutdown Fails in the House  —  Where Things Stand  — The House rejected a new Republican proposal to avert a shutdown, a day after President-elect Donald J. Trump torpedoed a spending deal that House Speaker Mike Johnson had struck with Democrats.
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USA Today:
‘President-elect Musk’: Elon's influence on display in government spending fight  —  Musk began posting on X against a stopgap government spending bill on Wednesday well before Trump weighed in against the legislation.  —  Zac Anderson Josh MeyerUSA TODAY  —  Hours before Donald Trump blew …
Associated Press:
Pentagon warns that a government shutdown will cost troops their pay over the holidays  —  Republicans' decision to abandon a congressional spending plan will cost troops their paychecks over the holidays unless some agreement is reached before Friday's deadline to prevent a government shutdown, the Pentagon warned.
Politico:
Playbook: Do Trump and Johnson want a shutdown?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A FUN ONE — “The Worst Political Predictions of 2024,” by Zack Stanton, featuring predictions from ROB REINER, ARI FLEISCHER, President JOE BIDEN's advisers …
Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
The GOP Is Treating Musk Like He's in Charge  —  This week, the world's richest person solidified his influence over American politics.  —  Yesterday, a tantrum from the world's richest person swayed events in Congress.  First, Elon Musk launched a blizzard of X posts denouncing …
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
NY Democrat: ‘Elon Musk has Donald Trump in a vise’  —  Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday suggested Elon Musk is the one directing the Trump administration, not President-elect Trump, pointing to the tech entrepreneur's leading position in opposing the governent stopgap measure.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans fume over ‘fiasco’ in House  —  Senate Republicans were left fuming Thursday over what they called the dysfunctional “s— show” and “fiasco” they witnessed in the House as two proposals to fund the government through Christmas failed this week.
Rolling Stone:
Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk's Meddling  —  The House GOP has been in a state of chaos after the billionaire led a campaign to kill a bipartisan funding bill  —  Less than 48 hours before defaulting and triggering a shutdown, Congress is still scrambling …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Johnson says plan C reached to avert shutdown, vote expected  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation.  —  “Yeah, yeah, we have a plan,” Johnson said Friday morning as he entered the Capitol.
Washington Post:
How every House member voted on the failed attempt to avoid a shutdown
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump team affirms he's leader of GOP amid ‘President Musk’ barbs
Discussion: Salon, BizPac Review, IJR and Townhall
Politico:
Trump-backed funding bill fails as government shutdown looms
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
New GOP Spending Plan Bombs In House Vote After Musk, Trump Torched Original Plan
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House Republicans agree on Plan B government funding bill with Trump's debt limit increase
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Spending Deal Debacle Threatens Johnson's Tenuous Hold on His Job
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
More student loans canceled in Biden's final round of forgiveness before leaving office  —  The Biden administration is canceling federal student loans for another 55,000 workers through an existing program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness.  The Education Department's announcement …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Cancels Nearly $4.3 Billion in Public Worker Student Debt
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Student Debt Cancellation for Public Service Workers
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Axios and UPI
Alexander Hurst / The Guardian:
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state - it's time we reined him in  —  He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws.  We mustn't make the mistake of playing nice with the world's richest bully  —  Elon Musk is, more or less, a rogue state.
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Here's What Could Happen in a Government Shutdown  —  With a funding deadline approaching, workers are bracing for the possibility of a disruptive holiday season, which could include longer wait times for travelers.  —  There have been more than 20 gaps in federal government funding since 1976 …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
Reuters:
Elon Musk gives nod to German far-right party as election looms  —  U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, set to join President-elect Donald Trump's administration, waded into Germany's election campaign on Friday, calling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the country's saviour.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
House GOP drops PBM reforms in scaled-down spending bill  —  House Republicans have abandoned language to rein in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry from a new government funding bill released late Thursday.  —  Leaders earlier this week agreed to PBM reforms as part of a sweeping health package …
Discussion: STAT
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Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
READ: Republicans' revamped ‘plan B’ spending bill
Discussion: NewsNation
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Media vs. reporting … We are also the government," Donald Trump Jr. tweeted yesterday to his 13 million followers.  — MAGA's online army now can assess “information rapidly & pressure our representatives to act in a manner that actually represents what we want,” Don Jr. added.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
More Americans Favor Quick End to Russia-Ukraine War  —  Republicans back less U.S. support for Ukraine, while Democrats favor at least a continuation of current level of support  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are divided about evenly over whether the U.S. should continue to help Ukraine win …
Discussion: Semafor
Rosemary Westwood / NPR:
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots  —  A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.  —  Instead, they were told …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Joe.My.God.
Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
Many Videos That Purport to Show Drones in New Jersey Likely Show Planes, Visual Analysis Finds  —  Here's why it's hard to distinguish objects in the night sky.  —  This shaky footage of a seemingly anomalous object, filmed by Kevin Anton flying northbound over Morris Plains, N.J. …
 
 
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The Texas Tribune:
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Politico:
A MAGA power play roils Senate GOP campaign groups
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