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6:35 PM ET, December 20, 2024

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Eric Levitz / Vox:
House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump's power  —  That bodes poorly for his agenda next year. … This week's installment of the long-running saga, “House Republicans cannot govern,” will soon be forgotten.  Elon Musk's decision to blow up a bipartisan agreement to keep …
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New York Times:
Transition Live Updates: House Approves Stopgap Funding Bill Hours Ahead of Shutdown Deadline  —  The new legislation would keep the government open but did not include the debt ceiling increase that President-elect Donald J. Trump had demanded.  It now goes to the Senate.  —  Here are the latest developments.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Musk Shows Trump That He's the New Chaos in Town  —  If you haven't seen the details, the meltdown on Capitol Hill went from bad to worse this evening.  Or awesome to awesomer, depending on your perspective.  Let's review.  Donald Trump wanted a smooth ride to January 20th.
Associated Press:
House GOP floats new plans to prevent government shutdown with just hours to go  —  Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
House plan to avert government shutdown passes vote without Trump's debt limit demand
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty
Discussion: Salon and Associated Press
Politico:
What we're watching: Republicans scramble on government funding
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Trump says any shutdown ‘is a Biden problem to solve’
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 …
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Politico:
House GOP picks new funding plan that will need wide Democratic support  —  House Republicans have landed on their fourth plan to fund the government: Relying on Democrats to pass a bill that doesn't include a debt limit measure pushed by Donald Trump.  House Republicans voted …
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
Elon Killed the Budget Deal. Cancer Research for Kids Was Collateral Damage.
Fox News:
House Republicans reach new plan to avoid government shutdown after back-to-back defeats
CNN:
Party City is going out of business  —  New York CNN —  Party City is closing down all of its stores, ending nearly 40 years in business, CNN has learned.  —  CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees Friday in a meeting viewed by CNN that Party City is “winding down” …
Fox News:
2 dead, many injured after man drives into German Christmas market in suspected terror attack: report  —  A festive Christmas market in Eastern Germany erupted into chaos after a car was driven into a group of people in the city of Magdeburg on Friday in a suspected terrorist attack.
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 …
New York Times:
‘It Will Be a More Robust Check on Trump Than the G.O.P. Congress’: Three Legal Experts on Trump 2.0  —  Kate Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Times Opinion columnist David French and Jack Goldsmith, a law professor at Harvard and a co-author of …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Newest GOP funding bill includes health extenders, but not PMB reform: Guthrie  —  The latest government funding proposal being assembled by GOP leaders likely will include some must-pass short-term extensions of health policies, even as the legislation drops much of the bipartisan health package negotiated earlier this week.
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
Discussion: Alternet.org, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone  —  Congress devised some positions to stay on during changes in administrations.  But Donald Trump has declared his intent to replace at least three.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved to install loyalists …
Financial Times:
Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told  —  US president-elect's closest foreign policy aides indicate he will continue arming Ukraine while pursuing end to war  —  Donald Trump's team has told European officials that the incoming US president will demand Nato member states …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Mail
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Arizona prosecutors seek access to trove of Trump allies' emails, texts  —  Prosecutors hope to review three months worth of communications from Trump allies who were charged for their efforts to subvert the 2020 election.  —  The Arizona prosecutors who charged some of President-elect …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
As Musk forces a shutdown, the Trump presidency is already collapsing into chaos  —  Lies, conspiracy theories and middle-of-the-night rants are no way to run a country.  —  They're baaaack.  —  Just six weeks ago, voters elected Donald Trump by the slimmest of margins in hopes that he would lower the cost of living.
Associated Press:
White House starts scrapping pending regulations, including student debt cancellation  —  President Joe Biden is abandoning his effort to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first step in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations …
 
 
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
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CNBC:
‘Tariffs all the way’: Trump says European Union must buy U.S. oil and gas in trade ultimatum
Allie Griffin / New York Post:
George Mason freshman, 18, busted for plotting attack on Israel's NYC consulate — as he was facing possible deportation
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Johnson says plan C reached to avert shutdown, vote expected
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump is not immune in NY case, and he's big mad about it
 

 
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