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Up First briefing: Gaza hospitals can't function; Biden will meet with China's Xi

Gaza's largest hospitals have stopped working amid ground fighting and fuel shortages. The leaders of the U.S. and China plan to meet in California this week for their first in-person talks in a year.

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‘Curveball like no other:’ Johnson’s rise has K Street trying to keep up - Roll Call

Rep. Mike Johnson's short congressional career means lobbyists are scrambling to find a conduit to influence the new speaker.

Roll Call

Mike Johnson's "biblical” economics

Author Katherine Stewart on how Mike Johnson ended up with so much power

Salon

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The White House and some Republicans pan Johnson's 2-part plan to avoid a shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson's temporary spending plan has already been met with opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.

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Israel-Hamas War: What political consequences for Joe Biden?

On November 5, 2024, Americans will go to the polls to elect their next president. Traditionally, foreign policy doesn’t weigh much on the outcome of a American presidential election, but might the return of violence in the Middle East reverse this old trend?

The Conversation

US House speaker proposes two-step package to avoid partial govt shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2.

France 24

Johnson offers up two-tiered stopgap funds plan - Roll Call

GOP speaker proposes to extend spending for some agencies to mid-January and others into February as a partial shutdown deadline nears.

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Democrats and Republicans Sidestep Tensions In Their Parties: The Kiplinger Letter

The country may be stuck with a closely divided House and a closely divided Senate for the foreseeable future.

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Senate stopgap plan might extend to January, jettison war funds - Roll Call

Senate leaders are now actively considering a stopgap funding measure that runs through Jan. 19 and leaves out emergency spending for wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Roll Call

Trump legal team expresses hope classified documents trial will not start in May – as it happened

Federal judge Aileen Cannon turned down request to move trial start date but delayed evidence deadlines that increase likelihood of eventual postponement

The Guardian - US

Speaker Johnson navigates 'mission impossible' to avoid shutdown, without clear plan

Congress has a week to avoid a government shutdown. But the new speaker is facing familiar GOP divisions trying to pass his party's own spending bills and still hasn't decided on a short term bill.

WEKU

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024

Experts say a right-wing campaign has cast efforts to combat rumors and conspiracy theories as censorship. As a result, they say, the tools to tamp down on election falsehoods have been scaled back.

WEKU

Government Shutdown Deadline Redux: How Could You Be Affected?

A new government shutdown is looming, which would impact many different government services.

Kiplinger

With government funding running out soon, expect more brinkmanship despite public dismay at political gridlock

Much of the news coverage of the discussions and negotiations aimed at averting a government shutdown on Nov. 17, 2023, relies on pundits and their unnamed sources, on leaks, speculation, wishful thinking and maybe even the reading of tea leaves. The Conversation tapped an expert on congressional behavior, Northwestern University…

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The Guardian - US

Republicans beware: hostility to abortion stands to haunt Trump’s party in 2024

The party-induced demise of Roe may keep the Republicans from returning to power for another four years

WEKU

Democrats zero in on Speaker Johnson in effort to flip House control

Johnson plays key political role raising money and driving campaign strategy as speaker. Democrats say the new speaker's policies make him an issue, but his low national profile could make that hard.

Roll Call

House GOP eyes trans care as newest battleground issue - Roll Call

As 2024 approaches, GOP lawmakers are focusing on transgender care as an issue that they hope will energize their base.

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Why are US Republicans pushing for aid to Israel but not Ukraine?

Experts say a fractured Republican Party is increasingly turning away from Ukraine in favour of support for Israel.

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Moore tapped for House leadership vacancy caused by Johnson promotion - Roll Call

Rep. Blake Moore of Utah, was elected vice chair of the House Republican conference Wednesday, succeeding now-Speaker Mike Johnson.

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, is a gender extremist

Gender conservatism does not tend to attract as much notice as the other pillars of the far-right ideology, but it is central to the Republican ideology

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel roasts House speaker Mike Johnson over his father-son porn habits

‘It is possible to be too close with your children,’ Jimmy Kimmel mocked the new House speaker

Roll Call

Forecast for security spending remains cloudy - Roll Call

The forecast for U.S. national security funding is cloudy with just days until a potential shutdown showdown.

Roll Call

Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to add privacy protections to surveillance law - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of lawmakers rolled out legislation Tuesday that includes privacy protections for certain surveillance information.

Salon

Mike Johnson and son monitor porn intake

Johnson's use of a third-party app to keep himself and his son "accountable" could pose a threat to data security

Roll Call

House GOP zeroing in on two-step stopgap bill or January CR - Roll Call

House Republicans are aiming to reach a consensus this week on a stopgap funding measure that would get a vote next week.

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