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What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years​

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, STEPHEN GROVES, JILL COLVIN and JOSH BOAK
Updated 7:08 PM CST, December 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown.

The president-elect successfully pushed House Republicans to jettison some spending, but he failed to achieve his central goal of raising the debt limit. It demonstrated that despite his decisive election victory and frequent promises of retribution, many members of his party are still willing to openly defy him.

Trump’s decision to inject himself into the budget debate a month before his inauguration also showed that he remains more adept at blowing up deals than making them, and it foreshadowed that his second term will likely be marked by the same infighting, chaos and brinksmanship that characterized his first.

“Stay tuned. Buckle up. Strap in,” said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., a senior appropriator.

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Congress avoids a shutdown but leaves 'a big mess' for Trump and Republicans in 2025

Another funding bill. A debt limit extension. Major party-line bills on immigration and taxes. Nominations. Trump tried to push Congress to take the debt ceiling off his plate but failed.
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Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.
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‘Curious if I’m on that list?’: Kash Patel’s potential targets fear his tenure as FBI director

Donald Trump's choice for FBI director has used claims of secret plots to fuel his rise in Trumpworld. Now, he could lead investigations of Liz Cheney and scores of others.
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Trump threatens to demand return of Panama Canal if ‘ridiculous’ passage fees continue - Washington Examiner

Trump slammed the "complete 'rip-off' of our Country" by Panama through the "ridiculous" fees being charged to those who need to pass through the canal.
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Durbin uses new report to accuse Justices Thomas and Alito of violating disclosure laws | CNN Politics

A top Senate Democrat on Saturday accused conservative Supreme Court justices of violating federal disclosure laws in a lengthy report that caps a monthslong investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee and comes weeks before Republicans take control of the chamber.
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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.
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How CEOs are trying to be like Musk and curry favor with Trump | CNN Politics

When Spotify CEO Daniel Ek spoke by phone with Donald Trump, he came prepared.
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What's in the approved government funding bill

After days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill, the House passed its funding bill to prevent a government shutdown Friday night.
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Lara Trump says she's removing herself from consideration to be Florida senator

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator.
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Trump has claimed his victory was a mandate. Washington’s realities are already challenging that | CNN Politics

Donald Trump has yet to arrive in Washington, but he is already confronting the limitations of his electoral mandate.
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Kari Lake says she has no intention of turning Voice of America into "Trump TV"

Kari Lake, a former broadcast journalist who unsuccessfully ran for governor and for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, is President-elect Donald Trump's selection to lead Voice of America.
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Biden signs bill that averts a government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Trump’s core demand in the negotiations.
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Suspect in Germany auto attack that killed 5, injured 200 self-identified as Islamophobic and anti-immigrationist

The suspect has been identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen. Police have not cited a motive, but a minister confirmed that the suspect was “clearly Islamophobic.”
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Trump's top advisers explain why Trump picked Vance: 'Torch-carrier' - Washington Examiner

Advisers Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio said that J.D. Vance's selection as Trump's running mate was a move for the future.
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Trump's plan to end daylight savings: Will 4:30 a.m. be the new American daybreak?

President-elect Donald Trump announced he'd like to turn out the lights on daylight savings time, which could profoundly impact the warm-weather life of every American.
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Trump taps 'Apprentice' producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.
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Senate passes bill to stop shutdown, sending it to President Biden's desk

Congress managed to pass a short-term spending bill through both chambers after going through three different versions of it.
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