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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.
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump's power — Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. — This week's installment of the long-running saga, “House Republicans cannot govern,” will soon be forgotten. Elon Musk's decision to blow …
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Washington Post:
8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion — Research for children's health, a crackdown on junk fees, pay hikes for lawmakers and more were jettisoned from the legislation. — The House of Representatives approved legislation Friday to keep the government funded …
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Washington Post:
Trump's claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities
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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Mike Johnson's magic debt ceiling promise
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Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
Republicans Own This Government Shutdown S—t Show
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Meet the 38 Republicans Who Defied Trump on the Spending and Debt Deal
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say — The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court. — Justice Clarence Thomas failed …
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Associated Press:
New ethics inquiry details more trips by Clarence Thomas paid for by wealthy benefactors — Investigation by Senate Democrats found that Thomas accepted gifts and travel worth more than $4.75m since 1991 — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of supreme court ethics details …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Senate Dems' report on SCOTUS ethics inquiry decries “culture of misconduct” — Judiciary Dems' majority staff report calls for Congress to act given that “the justices have allowed ethical misconduct to persist for decades.” — For the past 20 months, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Democrats …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court's ‘ethical crisis’ as investigation concludes — With Republicans about to take control of the Senate, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee issued a report detailing alleged ethical lapses by justices. — WASHINGTON — A lengthy investigation …
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Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Senate approves bill to expand Social Security to millions of Americans — Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans passed the U.S. Senate early Saturday and is now headed to the desk of President Biden, who is expected to sign the measure into law.
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The Hill:
Live updates: Senate approves Social Security bill, prevents shutdown — Just as the government funding deadline arrived early Saturday, Congress passed an interim plan to prevent a shutdown after a chaotic few days and nights in Washington. — President Biden is expected to sign the funding bill later on Saturday.
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The Hill:
House passes bill to avert government shutdown after whirlwind funding fight — The House approved legislation to avert a government shutdown hours before the deadline Friday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration after a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate confirms Biden's 235th judge, beating Trump's record — It's an important milestone for Joe Biden as he tops his predecessor Donald Trump's total number of judicial nominees confirmed before handing the White House back over to him. — WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate confirmed …
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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Senate approves 235th judge of Biden's term, beating Trump's tally
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Kate Connolly / The Guardian:
Outrage as Elon Musk claims ‘only AfD can save Germany’ — German health minister calls US billionaire's intervention weeks before election ‘undignified and problematic’ — Elon Musk has caused outrage in Berlin after appearing to endorse the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland.
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Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk Applauds the German Neo-Nazi Party
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Gary Legum / Wonkette:
Elon Musk Boosting German Fascists, What Could Possibly Go Wrong
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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk endorses far-right Alternative for Germany party in upcoming election
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
He's anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration — Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who's pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US — Curtis Yarvin is hardly a household name in US politics.
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Weighs Commuting Sentences of Death Row Inmates — Amid pleas from religious and civil-rights groups, president is considering whether to convert death sentences to life without parole — WASHINGTON—President Biden is considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all …
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Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir / Bloomberg:
Iceland's Social Democrats Reach Deal for New Government — Three-party coalition vows prudent budgets, war on inflation — Referendum on resuming EU entry talks seen before 2027 — Iceland's new ruling coalition agreed on a platform of budget restraint to fight inflation …
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump's ‘stunningly unqualified’ diplomatic team shapes up at breakneck speed — Trump is hardly the first US president to introduce miscast nominees, but he has nominated ambassadors at a rate not recalled in recent memory — They seem an unlikely, almost motley, crew of emissaries.
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