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1:55 PM ET, December 21, 2024

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The Hill:
Live updates: Biden signs funding bill; Questions move to Johnson  —  President Biden has signed legislation passed by Congress on Friday to prevent a government shutdown, as qustions shift to Speaker Mike Johnson's future.  —  The government-funding legislation was approved …
Discussion: DCReport.org
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Biden signs government funding bill, averting shutdown crisis  —  The move formally ends the impending shutdown crisis after Congress passed the bill.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill on Saturday, formally averting a shutdown crisis after Congress passed the bill.
Politico:
Playbook: Shutdown?  Averted.  Crisis?  Delayed.  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FOOD FOR THOUGHT — “The ABC Settlement Doesn't Mean the Press Is Caving to Trump,” by Ankush Khardori: “There were good legal reasons for the network to avoid a trial.”
Eric Levitz / Vox:
House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump's power
Axios:
House passes 11th-hour bill to avert government shutdown
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 …
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 …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Biden secures 235th confirmed judicial appointee, one more than Trump  —  Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden secured his 235th appointment to the federal judiciary on Friday, narrowly surpassing President-elect Donald Trump's first-term tally by one with a record number of women and people of color named to the bench.
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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Senate approves 235th judge of Biden's term, beating Trump's tally
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
New York Times:
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”  —  Last summer, as the release of “It Ends With Us” approached, Justin Baldoni, the director and a star of the film, and Jamey Heath …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
Hitting Home for the Holidays: A Jump in Egg Prices  —  Costs have soared again amid a bird flu outbreak, bringing renewed attention to the fact that while inflation is cooling, prices are still elevated.  —  Americans stocking up on holiday cooking essentials may be greeted with an unwelcome surprise …
Discussion: The Hill and Reuters
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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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