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11:20 AM ET, December 20, 2024

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Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
White House alerts agencies to prepare for shutdown; House GOP weighs next steps  —  The White House Office of Management and Budget alerted federal agencies Friday morning to prepare for an imminent government shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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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.
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Trump says any shutdown ‘is a Biden problem to solve’  —  The president-elect has insisted that any funding package include an extension, or elimination, of the debt limit.  —  President-elect Donald Trump worked Friday morning to foist the blame for any potential government shutdown onto …
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 …
Discussion: USA Today, NBC News and Alternet.org
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republican Plan to Avoid Shutdown Fails in the House
Washington Post:
How every House member voted on the failed attempt to avoid a shutdown  —  Opposes 235  —  Supports 174 Did not vote 20  —  Present 1  —  The House failed to fund the government in a vote Thursday evening, increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown beginning Saturday.
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Washington Post:
House GOP searches for new plan as government shutdown nears
USA Today:
‘President-elect Musk’: Elon's influence on display in government spending fight
Washington Post:
‘Co-president’ Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight
Politico:
Trump-backed funding bill fails as government shutdown looms
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.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump: ‘If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now’  —  President-elect Trump on Friday said that a government shutdown should start under President Biden's administration and not after he is sworn in next month.  —  “If there is going to be a shutdown of government …
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.
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.
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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 …
Associated Press:
Pentagon warns that a government shutdown will cost troops their pay over the holidays
U.S. Department of Education:
Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $4.28 Billion in Student Debt Relief for Nearly 55,000 Public Service Workers  —  Latest action brings approved relief to almost $180 billion for 4.9 million borrowers  —  The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of $4.28 billion …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Student Debt Cancellation for Public Service Workers
Discussion: Al Jazeera, New Republic, UPI and Reuters
Bloomberg:   Biden Cancels Nearly $4.3 Billion in Public Worker Student Debt
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.
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Nette Nöstlinger / Politico:
Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany's far right  —  Elon Musk is backing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), triggering an outcry in Berlin in the run-up to a critical snap election.  —  “Only the AfD can save Germany,” the billionaire X owner wrote on the platform on Friday …
Discussion: Mediaite and Bloomberg
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
Elon Killed the Budget Deal.  Cancer Research for Kids Was Collateral Damage.  —  THE DECISION BY REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP to scuttle a bipartisan funding deal on Thursday night has left lawmakers scrambling and others anxiously bracing for a government shutdown.
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Rolling Stone:
Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk's Meddling
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
House GOP drops PBM reforms in scaled-down spending bill
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.
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 …
The Guardian:
Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege  —  Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline - a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein - is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Mike Stone / Reuters:
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
U.S. Files Murder Charge Against Mangione That Could Bring Death Penalty
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Here's What Could Happen in a Government Shutdown
The Texas Tribune:
As landowners resist, Texas' border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas
Politico:
A MAGA power play roils Senate GOP campaign groups
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Top GOP pollster fired after financial mismanagement allegations
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