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Congress to vote on short-term spending bill to avert government shutdown before holidays
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are under the gun to approve a short-term spending bill this week to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays. The continuing resolution has to be approved in the ...CBS News - 2d -
Trump says he plans to speak with RFK Jr. about potential end of vaccine programs
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to make the rounds on Capitol Hill this week as he seeks support from senators for ...CBS News - 2d -
Speaker Johnson faces 'complicated' decision on crucial Rules Committee chair
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling into a tricky — yet critical — decision over whom to appoint as the next chair of the House Rules Committee, a post that will set the tone for legislating ...The Hill - 2d -
Conservatives fall in line behind Mike Johnson ahead of speaker race
Johnson has been working diligently behind the scenes to solidify support.Politico - 3d -
UK hockey team retires Adam Johnson's No. 47 to honor player who died after neck cut
Adam Johnson made as big an impression off the ice as he did on it for the Nottingham PanthersABC News - 4d -
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi undergoes hip replacement after sustaining injuries in Europe
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement surgery in Germany after sustaining an injury during a congressional trip to Luxembourg, a spokesperson said on Saturday.NBC News - 4d -
Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi in hospital after injury on overseas trip
The former House speaker suffered an unspecified injury while on an official trip to Luxembourg, her office says.BBC News - 4d -
Musk Accuses SEC of Pushing a Financial Settlement After Twitter Buyout Issues
The mercurial entrepreneur took to his own social media platform X—whose purchase attracted the regulator’s attention—to air his grievances.Inc. - 5d -
CBS News speaks with man who says he's just been freed from Syrian prison
A man identifying himself as Missourian Travis Timmerman tells CBS News he was liberated from a Syrian prison upon dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster.CBS News - 6d -
Elon Musk’s wealth just crossed $400 billion — now he can say he’s Rockefeller rich
Musk’s wealth pile represents a 1.5% chunk of U.S. gross domestic product, putting him on par with John D. Rockefeller.MarketWatch - 6d -
Musk faces early test of political power with online safety bill
Elon Musk’s eleventh-hour support for a child online safety bill is creating an early test of the tech billionaire and Trump ally’s influence on Capitol Hill. Musk over the weekend called for the ...The Hill - 6d -
Eagles stars Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown say relationship is 'good' after teammate suggests fissure
Philadelphia Eagles teammates Jalen Hurts and AABC News - 6d -
Bill Clinton indicates he hopes Biden doesn't issue preemptive pardons
"I hope he won't do that," the former president said on ABC's "The View."ABC News - Dec. 11 -
UFC news, rumors: Featherweight champ Ilia Topuria suggests he's done at 145; Nate Diaz faces battery charge
Topuria thinks another title could be in his futureCBS Sports - Dec. 11 -
A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world titleABC News - Dec. 11 -
A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world titleABC News - Dec. 11 -
Jeffries: No Dems will support Johnson for Speaker on House floor
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to keep his gavel in the next Congress after receiving glowing reviews from President-elect Trump. But if there is any kind of revolt from Johnson’s ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
Daniel Penny speaks out after subway chokehold verdict: ‘I was in a very vulnerable position’
Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran at the center of a New York City subway murder trial, spoke out for the first time after a jury found him not guilty, noting that at the time of the incident he was ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
LGBTQ advocates ask leadership to torpedo Kids Online Safety Act
Advocates for the LGBTQ community asked Democratic congressional leaders to reject the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), arguing Monday that it could stifle access to important information online. In ...The Hill - Dec. 10 -
Speaker Mike Johnson versus the Constitution
Allowing the appointment of officers who cannot be counted on to disobey unconstitutional orders destroys the Framers’ scheme for preserving democracy.The Hill - Dec. 10 -
Johnson needs Dems to pass a stopgap spending bill. Here's what they want.
Given his thin margins in the House and conservatives who tend to always oppose short-term funding fixes, he will almost certainly need to get House Democrats on board.Politico - Dec. 9 -
C.J. Gardner-Johnson embodied Philadelphia when he didn't come off field after injury: 'You gotta kill me'
Gardner-Johnson was in obvious pain in fourth quarter, but kept playingCBS Sports - Dec. 9 -
Bill Belichick "very surprised" he hasn't heard from NFL teams
Former Patriots (and, a long time ago, Browns) coach Bill Belichick made headlines last week by making a connection to the vacancy at North Carolina.Yahoo Sports - Dec. 9 -
Allen throws long TD passes to Shakir, Johnson as Bills try to battle from behind
The Bills' defense is having issues with the Rams, but Josh Allen is doing his part.ESPN - Dec. 8 -
President Biden speaks after regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapsed
President Biden said the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under President Bashar Assad is a "fundamental act of justice" after decades of repression. Mr. Biden spoke from the White House ...CBS News - Dec. 8 -
Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates
Elon Musk was the largest donor in the 2024 election cycle, spending at least $277 million to back President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates.CBS News - Dec. 6 -
DOGE's Musk, Ramaswamy want Congress to pass huge spending cuts. That's a tough sell
Congress' enthusiasm for smaller government is tempered by the difficulty of agreeing on what to cut.CNBC - Dec. 6 -
'Oppenheimer' actor speaks out after coming out as nonbinary: 'That's where I am now'
'Oppenheimer' actor Emma Dumont has come out as transmasculine and nonbinary; friends now call them Nick, but they plan to keep their 'work name.'Los Angeles Times - Dec. 6 -
Musk signals he won't use growing influence to go after competitors
Elon Musk indicated Friday that he will not use his growing influence in the Trump administration to hurt or seek revenge on his industry competitors. In a post on his social platform X, Musk ...The Hill - Dec. 6 -
Johnson woos his sharpest critics in preparation for Speaker vote
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is wooing his sharpest critics in the House GOP ahead of his official election for Speaker on the House floor, working to eliminate opposition and secure the strongest ...The Hill - Dec. 6 -
House torpedoes Democratic-led effort to release Ethics report on Matt Gaetz
House Republicans on Thursday torpedoed a Democratic-led effort to release the Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), sending the resolution back to the panel. The decision ...The Hill - Dec. 5 -
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk meet with Republicans to talk DOGE spending cuts
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy began swapping ideas in person with congressional Republicans about ways they could slash federal spending and regulations.NBC News - Dec. 5 -
Musk and Ramaswamy pitch spending advisory board to lawmakers on Capitol Hill
NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles, Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake and CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers join Meet the Press NOW to report on Elon Musk ...NBC News - Dec. 5 -
Mike Johnson and Elon Musk tell US federal staff to get back to the office
Republican House Speaker backs billionaire entrepreneur’s government efficiency driveFinancial Times - Dec. 5 -
Watch live: Johnson gives remarks ahead of meeting with DOGE heads Musk, Ramaswamy
Speaker Mike Johnson is holding a press conference ahead of GOP lawmakers' high-stakes meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who were tapped by President-elect ...The Hill - Dec. 5 -
Speaker Johnson on UK assisted dying bill: ‘Shameful day for the English-speaking world’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made an unusual criticism of domestic policy overseas in a "point of personal privilege" during a press conference, saying U.K. lawmakers voting to legalize assisted ...The Hill - Dec. 5 -
Ravens WR Diontae Johnson suspended one game by team just weeks after trade from Panthers
Johnson has just one reception during his tenure in BaltimoreCBS Sports - Dec. 5 -
Ravens suspend WR Diontae Johnson for 1 game after he refused to enter loss to Eagles
Johnson, who started the season with the Panthers, didn’t play a snap in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles.Yahoo Sports - Dec. 4 -
Bill Clinton Defends the Hunter Biden Pardon, but Suggests It Was Mishandled
The former president, speaking at the DealBook Summit, suggested that he understood the move but that he wished President Biden “hadn’t said he wasn’t going to do it.”The New York Times - Dec. 4 -
Eric Adams Suggests the Biden Pardon Proves He Was Also Targeted
The mayor has argued that he was indicted because he criticized border policies. He also said that he has rights that migrants do not because “the Constitution is for Americans.”The New York Times - Dec. 4
