Dec 18 Supreme Court to consider if states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. Continue reading
Dec 18 WATCH: Fed Chair Powell holds news conference following quarter-point interest rate cut By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Federal Reserve signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation. Continue reading
Dec 18 Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments over law that could ban TikTok in U.S. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices said Wednesday they will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. Continue reading
Dec 18 House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The House Ethics Committee has voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz. Continue reading
Dec 18 Senate passes defense bill raising troop pay, stripping trans medical coverage for children of service members By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorize significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion. Continue reading
Dec 18 Poll finds Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans By Thomas Beaumont, Sarah Parvini, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press Elon Musk's attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America's most powerful politician and its richest businessman. Continue reading
Dec 18 Polls show Americans conflicted on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances By Amanda Seitz, Linley Sanders, Associated Press New polling shows Republicans hold an overwhelmingly positive view of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and most approve of President-elect Donald Trump's decision to put Kennedy in the incoming administration. Continue reading
Dec 18 Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid, avoiding government shutdown By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters. Continue reading
Dec 17 Palestinian lawsuit accuses State Department of giving Israel a pass on military aid and human rights By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied that his agency has a double standard when it comes to Israel and enforcing a 1997 law barring military support in cases of gross human rights abuses. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 5:20 Congress working on budget deal to avoid government shutdown, fund hurricane relief By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat Congressional leaders should be ready to go home for the holidays. Instead, they are staring at another government funding deadline and scrambling to make it. The deal coming together could have much larger implications, but lawmakers have not yet released… Continue watching