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The Canadian PressMPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against
OTTAWA — MPs have voted to approve an additional $21.6 billion in government spending.
- The Hill
Opinion - 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 Canadian Press
Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans teed up a vote this week on bipartisan legislation to gradually expand by 66 the number of federal judgeships across the country. Democrats, though, are having second thoughts now that President-elect Donald Trump has won a second term.
- The Canadian Press
Liberal government survives third Conservative non-confidence vote
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's latest attempt to topple the minority Liberal government in a non-confidence vote failed on Monday, thanks to the New Democrats.
- HuffPost
Trump Names Price For Avoiding All Environment Regulations: $1 Billion Or More
The president-elect offers his spin on permitting reform as Congress debates legislation.
- CBC
Liberals won't keep promise to immediately repeal carbon adjustor
In the first major reversal of a Liberal election promise, the Holt government will not be repealing the so-called "Higgs carbon adjustor" — one of its signature affordability commitments — by the end of this year.The Liberals promised during the recent provincial election campaign to "immediately remove" the adjustor, and introduced legislation to do so the day after their speech from the throne in November. The adjustor is a mechanism that a 2022 Progressive Conservative bill added to the Ener
- Associated Press
Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results
While the election was over a month ago, voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily the final word. Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are moving to undercut the authority of the incoming Democratic governor, Republicans in Missouri are taking initial steps to reverse voter-approved abortion protections, and Democrats in Massachusetts are watering down an attempt by voters to hold the Legislature more accountable. The actions following the Nov. 5 election continue a pattern that has accelerated in recent years and has been characterized by critics as undemocratic.
- The Hill
Johnson says new GOP agenda will be ‘very aggressive beginning right out of the gate’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a Fox News interview that aired Monday that his party’s new agenda will be “very aggressive beginning right out of the gate.” “Special Report” anchor Bret Baier questioned Johnson about a report from The New York Times about the House Speaker soon having to deal with a miniscule…
- United Press International
Senate GOP blocks PRESS Act that would give journalists more protections
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas blocked a bipartisan bill, that would have given journalists more protections under federal law, after Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon asked for unanimous consent Tuesday.
- The Hill
Hawley vows to block any CR containing stripped-down radiation compensation funds
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) vowed Tuesday to block any continuing resolution funding the government that only reauthorizes the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) for parts of Utah. In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Hawley blasted rumors of a CR that will reauthorize RECA, a 30-year-old law that expired over the summer, but with coverage…
- The Hill
Congress races toward fast-approaching government shutdown deadline
Congress has just 10 days until government funding is set to run out, and lawmakers don’t have a deal to keep the lights on during the holidays. Members on both sides of the aisle expect the government will stay open past the Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. But negotiators are keeping their colleagues guessing about how…
- The Canadian Press
McConnell falls and sprains wrist after GOP luncheon, colleague says he is 'fine'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon on Tuesday, the latest in a series of medical incidents for him in recent years.
- The Canadian Press
GST break would cost Ottawa $2.7B if provinces with HST asked for compensation
OTTAWA — The federal government's GST holiday would cost as much as $2.7 billion if provinces with a harmonized sales tax asked for compensation, the parliamentary budget officer said on Monday.
- The Hill
Biden to tout economic legacy in Tuesday speech
President Biden will deliver remarks Tuesday afternoon touting his economic agenda and making the case that it has been more effective than the kinds of tax cuts likely to be implemented by the incoming Trump administration. Biden will deliver what a White House official described as a “major address on his economic legacy” at the…
- People
Powerful GOP Congressman's Daughter Dies in Her Sleep Less than a Month Before He Is Set to Retire
Many politicians and lawmakers offered condolences to Texas Rep. Michael Burgess upon the news of his daughter Christine's death
- CNN
After Trump’s reelection, Democrats bail on bipartisan bill that would create new federal judges
President Joe Biden and key Democrats have come out against a once broadly bipartisan bill that would create 63 new permanent judgeships now that President-elect Donald Trump would be the one to fill 22 of them.
- The Daily Beast
Kimberly Guilfoyle Out of the Picture as Don Jr. Appears with New Squeeze
Donald Trump Jr. was spotted in Palm Beach with a new girlfriend on Saturday, the Daily Mail revealed with new photos. Trump Jr., 46, was pictured with Bettina Anderson, 38, a Palm Beach socialite, on Monday night. Trump Jr. is still engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, 55, but his romance with Anderson is reportedly an “open secret” in the Florida town. Anderson also shared a birthday message from the future first son on her Instagram stories. “Many Have Said You’re Aging Out But I Think You’re Perfe
- HuffPost
CNN Anchor Announces Shock Exit On The Air That's Effective Immediately
It's been "an honor to have been in your homes," the departing cable news host said in a surprising farewell.
- The Daily Beast
Marjorie Taylor Greene Russian Pipe Bomb Hoax Kills Innocent Woman
A woman is dead after police in Georgia received an email from a Russian IP address claiming the sender had left a pipe bomb in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mailbox. A police officer with the bomb squad who was driving to meet his colleagues at headquarters hit another car, killing its driver, the Rome Police Department said in a press release. “I’m heartsick right now,” Greene wrote in a post on X.
- Reuters
Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way,' Russian Deputy FM tells NBC News
The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad. "He is secured, and it shows that Russia acts as required in such an extraordinary situation," Ryabkov told NBC, according to a transcript on NBC's website.