The Guardian - 10 hours 30 min ago
Musk's role in government shutdown drama could be a preview of role he plays for incoming president next year Donald Trump 's relationship with Elon Musk is showing no signs of fraying, even after at times he appeared to eclipse the president-elect's influence as he bullied House Republicans into paring down their bipartisan spending deal to avert a government shutdown with just hours to spare. The move by Musk to detonate the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb by demanding that...
Mother Jones - 11 hours 35 min ago
"So where’s my German friends?" Donald Trump asked a fawning Mar-a-Lago crowd on Election Day, before flashing a grin and a thumbs up for a photo with a group of young men. The German friends in question: Fabrice Ambrosini, a former politician forced to resign after a video surfaced of him doing a Hitler salute; […]...
Financial Times - 12 hours 30 min ago
The Liberal PM is losing broad support, faces a possible no confidence vote next month and is being trolled by Donald Trump...
ESPN - 12 hours 57 min ago
President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender athletes as part of an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from retooling them to achieve his own aims.
Newser - 13 hours 1 min ago
President Biden secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency on Friday, 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, when he filled three seats on the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...
The Guardian - 13 hours 30 min ago
Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who's pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US Curtis Yarvin is hardly a household name in US politics. But the "neoreactionary" thinker and far-right blogger is emerging as a serious intellectual influence on key figures in Donald Trump's coming administration in particular over potential threats to US democracy. Yarvin, who considers liberal democracy as a decadent enemy to be dismantled, is intellectually influential...
NBC News - 13 hours 31 min ago
Restrictions on gender-affirming care proposed by Republicans in Congress and President-elect Donald Trump could be devastating for transgender youths, doctors say, especially for teens with eating disorders.
Newsweek - 13 hours 43 min ago
All of Biden's picks will serve lifetime appointments, meaning they will serve to protect his legacy when Trump takes office.
The Independent - 14 hours 6 min ago
President-elect's former campaign chief hit out at Keir Starmer's choice for UK ambassador to the US...
Slate - 14 hours 46 min ago
The House of Representatives exploded while trying to fund the government.
Newsweek - 14 hours 47 min ago
President-elect called for any in his party who "bring the mess of the Debt Limit" into his administration to face primaries.
Newsweek - 15 hours 31 min ago
Elon Musk, once a supporter of President Barack Obama, now backs President-elect Donald Trump, reflecting a political shift shared by many Americans.
NBC News - 15 hours 31 min ago
Congress averted a government shutdown during the holidays but lengthened Donald Trump and Republicans' to-do list for 2025 and previewed potential chaos.
The Independent - 17 hours 7 min ago
Putin says he is open to talks with Donald Trump, saying we will have things to discuss'...
Newsweek - 17 hours 25 min ago
The bill's passage comes after President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk scuttled an earlier bipartisan deal.
Daily Signal - 17 hours 30 min ago
Following Donald Trump‘s election victory in November, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, convened a special session of the California Legislature to "Trump-proof" the state. At... Read More The post California's Downfall Funded by George Soros and the Cartels,' Former Democrat Claims appeared first on The Daily Signal .
Slate - 17 hours 31 min ago
Buying the US presidency has never been so blatant.
The Guardian - 19 hours 25 min ago
Measure averting government shutdown did not include demand by president-elect to raise debt ceiling The US Senate has approved a stop-gap funding measure to avert a government shutdown shortly after a midnight deadline with a bill that defied Donald Trump's demand for a debt-limit suspension. The legislation next goes to Joe Biden's desk for his signature. The Senate passed the bill in an 85 to 11 vote, hours after an overwhelmingly bipartisan 366-34 vote in the House. It was passed 38...
ABC News - 20 hours 44 min ago
With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House has approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt lim...