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'No help from me': House Dems vow they will no longer 'save' Speaker Mike Johnson

A federal government shutdown was avoided late Friday when outgoing President Joe Biden signed into law a last-minute funding plan. A shutdown appeared likely after some bills that Speaker Mike Johnson supported failed in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Axios' Andrew Solender, however, House Democrats are "sending an early warning signal" to Johnson that he " shouldn't count …

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Mozambique on edge as judges rule on disputed election

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Tension was mounting in Mozambique Monday with judges about to rule on its disputed election, with the opposition leader vowing "chaos" if the ruling party is confirmed as the winner in a standoff that has already claimed at least 130 lives. "The Constitutional Council's ruling will lead Mozambique either to peace or chaos," Mondlane said in an online address, promising …

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23 hours, 31 minutes ago

Experts stunned by report of GOP rep allegedly found in dementia facility

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Rep. Kay Granger had been "missing" for several months, before The Dallas Express staff writer Carlos Turcios reported Friday that the newspaper allegedly discovered the Republican lawmaker's whereabouts. Turcios reported, "According to Ms. Granger’s roll call vote page, Grangers last vote was on July 24th, 2024," and when the newspaper tried contacting the Lone Star state lawmakers' Texas and DC …

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Dalit Vote Battle Heats Up Between BJP, Congress

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New Delhi: Behind the ongoing political battle over the alleged insult of B.R. Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark in the Rajya Sabha gave the Opposition an opportunity to whip up anti-BJP sentiments among the Dalits, the objective is clear — the Congress wants to further consolidate the 4 per cent Dalit votes it gained in the last general election …

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1 day, 23 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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US House Of Representatives Passes Legislation To Prevent Government Shutdown

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The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passed legislation to prevent a midnight government shutdown on Friday, defying President-elect Donald Trump's call to approve trillions of dollars in new debt. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer posted on X that he is “confident” the Senate will vote to avert a shutdown and hopes “to get it passed as soon as possible.” The legislation …

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Trudeau's Power Wavers As Key Ally Withdraws Support After Cabinet Reshuffle

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chances of staying in power seem shaky after a major cabinet reshuffle on Friday. According to the Associated Press, Trudeau said his government is preparing for Donald Trump and his threat to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products after a meeting with his new Cabinet. Marc Miller, the immigration minister and a close friend …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year

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A California Democrat gave Republicans a piece of his mind following a vote Friday night on a temporary spending bill, echoing a profane sentiment felt by millions of Americans: "Get your s--- together." The House voted at the 11th hour to temporarily fund the government with a new bill following the collapse of their own revised bill, which became necessary …

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Top House Republican makes major prediction for next year — even as colleagues less sure

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise predicted Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson would hold on to his job when the next Congress convenes in January – but he still has a tall order to win over a majority of member votes. Tensions rose on Capitol Hill after Wednesday’s collapse of the spending bill prompted suggestions that Johnson should be replaced as …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

US Senate clears bipartisan spending bill, narrowly avoids government shutdown

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The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the-wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The late-night vote capped a frantic week that saw President-elect Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk defeat an initial bipartisan deal, throwing Congress into disarray. House Speaker Mike Johnson …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

'Stopped them from blowing up the debt ceiling': Dem jabs GOP as House OKs spending bill

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Rep. Jamie Raskin took a moment to cheer Friday night on the steps of the Capitol following a much-anticipated vote in the House on what turned out to be a contentious back-and-forth on a spending bill to avert a holiday shutdown. Raskin jabbed his GOP colleagues, telling reporters he wanted to take a moment to "appreciate the fact that we've …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

New spending bill to avert government shutdown passes House

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A last-ditch effort to temporarily fund the government and avert a shutdown passed the House on Friday, a sigh of relief for millions of federal workers whose paychecks were thrust into uncertainty during the holidays. The latest attempt at a funding bill comes after lawmakers scrambled to update the spending bill this week following House Republicans' failure to pass a …

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'You can't govern': CNN anchor confronts GOP lawmaker ahead of vote on spending bill

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Attempts by Rep. Mike Lawler to shift blame on the looming government shutdown on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats provoked a testy exchange from a CNN host who immediately called out the lawmaker – and his Republican colleagues. He's the sitting president of the United States, nobody has heard a word from Joe Biden or the White House, and …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

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LOS ANGELES — California regulators have approved a controversial proposal to delay the closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which forced thousands of families from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted 4-0, with one commissioner recused, to approve a judge’s proposed …

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‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

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Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reportedly plans to bring a third spending bill to the House floor for a vote on Friday morning, just hours before an increasingly likely federal government shutdown at midnight. RELATED: ‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘Unified’ Against Reworked Funding Bill More Favorable to Trump Thursday evening, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans were warned they needed …

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US Spending Bill Backed by Donald Trump Fails To Get Republican Support At Congress Risks Govt Shutdown Amid Christmas 2024 Rush

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A spending bill supported by Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives on Thursday, as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect. The vote exposed deep divisions within Trump's Republican Party, which could resurface next year when the party takes control of the White House and both chambers of US Congress. Trump had pressed lawmakers to resolve pending issues …

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3 days ago

Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet as resignation calls mount and new election threat looms

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TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chances of staying on in power have become more tenuous after the opposition party that backed his government for years announced it will vote no confidence in the government when Parliament resumes. “In exactly one month the new president will inaugurated and we are preparing Canada to face that,” Trudeau said in his …

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'Let it shut down': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'nothing good is coming' in funding fight

Raw Story

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson failed Republicans, and that "nothing good is coming" next. Greene, a top ally to Donald Trump, took to X ahead of the weekend to weigh in on the ongoing government funding battle. Greene, who has floated Elon Musk as a potential replacement for Johnson, explained her motives for …

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Scholz dismisses Musk’s assertion that only a far-right party can ‘save’ Germany

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BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany,” but said that freedom of opinion “also goes for multibillionaires.” Germany is expected to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s …

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Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

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U.S. lawmakers were racing Friday to prevent a government shutdown due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk sabotaged a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the lights on well beyond Christmas. Conservatives immediately voiced frustration over the add-ons in the 1,547-page text and Musk -- Trump's incoming point man on government spending cuts -- spent Wednesday …

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3 days, 3 hours ago

‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘unified’ against reworked funding bill more favorable to Trump

Raw Story

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has crafted a replacement spending bill to prevent a government shutdown at 12:01 AM on Saturday. "A pretty clean test is coming of Trump's sway with Republicans," reports Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman, referring to how many in the GOP will vote for the bill. Politico columnist Jonathan Martin earlier Thursday called the debt ceiling increase a …

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3 days, 5 hours ago

House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: A day before a potential government shutdown, the House resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan Thursday to fund operations and suspend the debt ceiling, as Democrats and dozens of Republicans refused to accommodate his sudden demands. In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the lawmakers failed to reach the two-thirds threshold …

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'Bunch of spoiled kids': MAGA lawmaker defends 'no' vote on his own party's spending bill

Raw Story

A MAGA Republican who joined more than 30 of his fellow party members in voting against a GOP spending bill to fund the government — and avert a holiday shutdown — said that while he feels for the people affected by the vote, "collapsing the government" and "acting like a bunch of spoiled kids" wouldn't do anyone any good. Rep. …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

'No-go': House Republican doubles down on defying GOP's 'reckless' spending bill deal

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A defiant Rep. Chip Roy doubled down on his opposition to the GOP's revised spending bill, which was shot down during a Thursday evening House vote. Responding to Trump's attack that Roy is "ambitious," Roy retorted, "I'm ambitious to make sure that we actually cut spending." "I'm ambitious to do what we said we would do, and I'm in support …

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'No help from me': House Dems vow they will no longer 'save' Speaker Mike Johnson

Mozambique on edge as judges rule on disputed election

Experts stunned by report of GOP rep allegedly found in dementia facility

Dalit Vote Battle Heats Up Between BJP, Congress

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

US House Of Representatives Passes Legislation To Prevent Government Shutdown

Trudeau's Power Wavers As Key Ally Withdraws Support After Cabinet Reshuffle

Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year

Top House Republican makes major prediction for next year — even as colleagues less sure

US Senate clears bipartisan spending bill, narrowly avoids government shutdown

'Stopped them from blowing up the debt ceiling': Dem jabs GOP as House OKs spending bill

New spending bill to avert government shutdown passes House

'You can't govern': CNN anchor confronts GOP lawmaker ahead of vote on spending bill

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

US Spending Bill Backed by Donald Trump Fails To Get Republican Support At Congress Risks Govt Shutdown Amid Christmas 2024 Rush

Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet as resignation calls mount and new election threat looms

'Let it shut down': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'nothing good is coming' in funding fight

Scholz dismisses Musk’s assertion that only a far-right party can ‘save’ Germany

Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘unified’ against reworked funding bill more favorable to Trump

House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

'Bunch of spoiled kids': MAGA lawmaker defends 'no' vote on his own party's spending bill

'No-go': House Republican doubles down on defying GOP's 'reckless' spending bill deal