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'Man of the Year' or man of their wallets?
20 hours, 4 minutes ago

'Man of the Year' or man of their wallets?

Raw Story  

— Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Bargain: Buying the White House, One Regulation at a Time. Now it appears that Musk’s $277 million investment in purchasing the White House for Donald Trump is about to pay off big, as Reuters reports: “The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to …

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'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk
23 hours, 17 minutes ago

'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk

Raw Story  

Sen. Markwayne Mullin attacked Hunter Biden when asked about billionaire Elon Musk's outsized role in influencing President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party. "We're going to bring in Elon Musk and allow him to help us see what we aren't being able to see," Mullin told host Shannon Bream, referring to the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency. "The Shanghai plant …

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'Blindsided' and 'furious' Trump turned Elon Musk loose on House leadership: insider
1 day, 1 hour ago

'Blindsided' and 'furious' Trump turned Elon Musk loose on House leadership: insider

Raw Story  

According to a deep dive into how House Speaker Mike Johnson managed to get most of his caucus and Donald Trump to agree on a budget package that kept the government working until March, the Washington Post is reporting that Johnson "blindsided" the president-elect by also negotiating with Democrats. That, in turn, led Trump to prompt billionaire adviser Elon Musk …

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US Congress approves spending extension, avoiding shutdown
1 day, 12 hours ago

US Congress approves spending extension, avoiding shutdown

Deccan Chronicle  

The US Senate passed a spending measure early on Saturday, ensuring that federal government funding will continue through mid-March, the New York Times reported.The 85-to-11 vote came shortly after the midnight deadline, preventing a potential government shutdown that would have disrupted services and services just before the holidays.The bill, which was also approved earlier in the House, provides USD 100 …

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Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?
1 day, 14 hours ago

Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom’s recent appearance at Redding’s Lassen College was part of a stepped-up focus on the red reaches of California. In promotional materials, the governor’s office describes the program as a “bottom-up strategy for creating good-paying jobs and regional economic development.” The plan follows lengthy consultation with locals in 13 parts of the state and aims to streamline programs and …

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Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office
1 day, 14 hours ago

Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump, shown at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2023, is stocking his Cabinet with Floridians. The nation under President-elect Donald Trump will look far more like Trump’s adopted home state of Florida, after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris by painting her as an out-of-touch California liberal. “These are all folks born and raised in our state and are …

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Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat
1 day, 14 hours ago

Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom made a splashy announcement on a nationally televised morning show. Wiener’s proposal, which was first reported by the New York Times, would nullify and supersede all constitutional convention applications previously put forth by the Legislature. Mehta Stein described the possibility of such a convention as a “Pandora’s box for our Constitution” that would create “the opportunity for forces …

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Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up
1 day, 14 hours ago

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Salon  

Would it not be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another? — Bertolt Brecht It took just over three weeks for top aides on the Kamala Harris campaign to appear on "Pod Save America" and, as a HuffPost writer put it, suggest they'd been doomed all along by a fossilized sense “that there just wasn’t much …

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Trump's spending fight: What it means for the next four years
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1 day, 14 hours ago

Trump's spending fight: What it means for the next four years

India Today  

WASHINGTON: 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. Charlie Kirk, the prominent conservative activist, wrote on X that Trump “is already running Congress before he takes office!” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he had …

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Shutdown crisis reveals challenges for Speaker Johnson's leadership
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1 day, 14 hours ago

Shutdown crisis reveals challenges for Speaker Johnson's leadership

India Today  

WASHINGTON: One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one. “Ultimately, and let’s be honest, that’s going to be — a large portion of that — will be up to Donald J. Trump.” And yet, Johnson was able to buy time, convincing Trump he would meet the president-elect’s …

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Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect
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1 day, 14 hours ago

Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect

Al Jazeera  

Statements come amid criticism of Musk’s involvement in budget negotiations, outsized role in Trump transition. United States President-elect Donald Trump has pushed back on the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to billionaire Elon Musk, who has taken an outsized role in the president-elect’s transition into the White House. “He wasn’t born in this country.” The South African-born Musk …

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What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years
1 day, 18 hours ago

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

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — 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. A Coast Guard patrol boat cruises near Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home, in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Share Share Copy Link …

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Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel
1 day, 19 hours ago

Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one. Johnson’s shaky grip on the gravel Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, are listen during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate …

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GOP lawmakers now face job danger from 'Musk Republicans' in 2026: ex-RNC official
1 day, 22 hours ago

GOP lawmakers now face job danger from 'Musk Republicans' in 2026: ex-RNC official

Raw Story  

During a discussion with the president of the House Majority PAC which is aiming at retaking control of the House from the GOP in 2026, former RNC head Michael Steele said there is a looming civil war coming in the Republican Party at the same time due to the machinations of Elon Musk. With the Democratic campaign strategist Mike Smith …

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'I think he's done': Speaker Johnson's future uncertain following gov funding 'chaos'
1 day, 22 hours ago

'I think he's done': Speaker Johnson's future uncertain following gov funding 'chaos'

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — As Congress careened toward a Saturday midnight deadline to pass a government funding bill, legislators exclusively told Raw Story Friday that party leaders were negotiating through the “chaos” created by President-elect Donald Trump and his allies who sunk a deal that House Speaker Mike Johnson spent weeks brokering — making his future as House leader unknown. Rep. Jerrold …

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'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda
2 days, 11 hours ago

'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda

Raw Story  

Rep. Jamie Raskin warned CNN's Jim Sciutto that Republicans could very well slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare in the next Congress — but Sciutto wanted to know what exactly Democrats plan to do about it. "So let's talk about what comes next, because Republicans in their private meeting, they made a handshake agreement to cut $2.5 trillion …

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US: House approves funding bill hours before govt shutdown deadline
2 days, 12 hours ago

US: House approves funding bill hours before govt shutdown deadline

Deccan Chronicle  

Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.Johnson insisted Congress would "meet our obligations" and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the …

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'Rubber-stamped absolute zealots': GOP senator melts down as Biden breaks Trump record
2 days, 13 hours ago

'Rubber-stamped absolute zealots': GOP senator melts down as Biden breaks Trump record

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden surpassed President-elect Donald Trump's judicial nominee record on Friday, leading to a chorus of cheers from Democrats in Congress — and a forceful boo from at least one firebrand Republican. He's set to depart office after appointing one Supreme Court justice, 45 appeals court judges, 187 district court judges and a pair of International Trade Court judges, …

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'Got a little dark and swampy': MAGA lawmaker reacts after House OKs spending bill
2 days, 13 hours ago

'Got a little dark and swampy': MAGA lawmaker reacts after House OKs spending bill

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively told Raw Story that she isn't at all concerned about tech billionaire Elon Musk's interference with the legislative process that caused a government shutdown threat and days of chaos as Republicans scuttled a bipartisan continuing resolution. "What we're seeing right now is this, really, time in politics where people can get direct feedback …

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'Bent to the will' of Elon Musk: Not all House lawmakers happy with spending bill
2 days, 14 hours ago

'Bent to the will' of Elon Musk: Not all House lawmakers happy with spending bill

Raw Story  

After a whirlwind of chaos this week that saw tech billionaire Elon Musk threaten Republicans into blocking a bipartisan funding deal to keep the government open, and the GOP failing to pass a stripped-down partisan version after dozens of their own members defected, the House finally passed a funding bill on Friday evening. The finished bill — which now heads …

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‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics
2 days, 14 hours ago

‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics

Al Jazeera  

In a new report, Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee call out alleged ethical lapses among high court justices. A report from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee has detailed new allegations about the “lavish gifts” justices on the United States Supreme Court received from donors. In their report, the Democrats slammed the Supreme Court’s chief justice, conservative John …

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Senate approves 235th judge of Biden’s term, beating Trump’s tally
2 days, 14 hours ago

Senate approves 235th judge of Biden’s term, beating Trump’s tally

LA Times  

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee mark the confirmation of 235 federal judges nominated by President Biden. President Biden secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency this month, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor’s total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump’s far-reaching first term, …

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“Who is in charge?”: Top Democrats criticize Musk’s role in government shutdown drama
2 days, 14 hours ago

“Who is in charge?”: Top Democrats criticize Musk’s role in government shutdown drama

Salon  

Prominent Democrats lambasted Elon Musk’s influence on negotiations to avert this weekend’s potential government shutdown, questioning his behind-the-scenes role in shaping Republican strategy. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said Musk’s involvement suggested he was “calling the shots for Trump and Republicans,” asking pointedly, “Who is in charge?” The criticism followed a turbulent week on Capitol …

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House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline
2 days, 14 hours ago

House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

New Indian Express  

The new 118-page package would fund the government at current levels through March and adds $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers. The federal debt limit expires Jan. 1, and Trump doesn't want the first months of his new administration saddled with tough negotiations in Congress to lift the nation's borrowing capacity. “Congress must …

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