Dec 18 Watch 5:56 Trump tells GOP to reject funding bill that would avoid a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat Not even 24 hours after congressional leaders released a 1,500-page bill that would keep the government funded for the next three months, the threat of a shutdown at the end of this week is back. Republicans in Congress are being… Continue watching
Dec 18 Trump demands renegotiations in bipartisan budget deal days before shutdown deadline By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump delivered a probable death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on Wednesday, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats and increasing the risk of a government shutdown right before Christmas. 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 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 17 Watch 5:29 Electoral College meets to officially cast votes for president By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Ali Schmitz The election may have ended over a month ago, but Tuesday marks the day Donald Trump’s victory becomes official. Across the country, hundreds of presidential electors gathered in their states to cast their Electoral College votes, an often ceremonial but… Continue watching
Dec 17 WATCH: Harris tells students to ‘stay in the fight’ after election By Chris Megerian, Associated Press The remarks Tuesday to students in the Maryland Corps service year program were her most extensive since her concession speech. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 7:22 ABC News settlement with Trump raises concerns about press freedom in his 2nd term By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan President-elect Trump settled a defamation lawsuit with ABC News for $15 million. That suit followed a segment in which George Stephanopolous inaccurately said Trump had been found liable for raping writer E. Jean Carrol when in fact, he had been… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 5:40 How CEOs of major companies are trying to gain favor with Trump By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins During a press conference Monday, President-elect Trump discussed how CEOs and business leaders from Wall Street to Silicon Valley are rushing to meet with him and build personal relationships in the weeks before his inauguration. Trump took note of just… Continue watching
Dec 16 7 takeaways from Trump’s 1st news conference since his reelection By Michelle L. Price, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed doubts… Continue reading
Dec 16 Supreme Court declines appeal from Peter Navarro, the former Trump aide set to return to White House after prison term By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court has turned back an appeal from Peter Navarro, the former Trump White House official who is set to return in his second term after serving prison time on contempt of Congress charges. Continue reading