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Where is Joe? White House pressed on Biden not speaking publicly ahead of shutdown
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Fox News, National

Where is Joe? White House pressed on Biden not speaking publicly ahead of shutdown

By Fox News A reporter pressed the White House Friday on why President Biden has not been speaking publicly as government shutdown is now just hours away.  “Why hasn’t President Biden said anything in the public about this? Don't the American people deserve to know why millions of federal workers could enter this holiday period without a paycheck?” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked Friday during her daily press briefing.  “All Americans need to know that Republicans are getting in the way here, and they are the ones who have created this mess. That's the reality. That's the fact,” she responded. “This is not the first time we've been here. And the president has had this approach before. He understands how Congress works. He's been around ...
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Luigi Mangione staying at same ‘barbaric’ NYC prison as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, whose lawyer is married to his lawyer
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National, New York Post

Luigi Mangione staying at same ‘barbaric’ NYC prison as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, whose lawyer is married to his lawyer

By Nicholas McEntyre | New York Post Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione spent his first night back in the Big Apple under the same NYC federal prison as disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The two inmates, who are both awaiting trials for their respective high-profile federal cases, are locked away at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Mangione was arrested on Dec. 9 over the suspected killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Trump calls for government to shut down ‘now’ as GOP preps 11th-hour vote
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Trump calls for government to shut down ‘now’ as GOP preps 11th-hour vote

By Josh Christenson | The New York Post President-elect Donald Trump blamed President Biden on Friday for the impending fiscal cliff-dive and suggested the government should shut down “now” — even as congressional Republicans are preparing an eleventh-hour push to approve short-term funding before midnight. “If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now, under the Biden Administration, not after January 20th, under ‘TRUMP,'” the incoming president declared around 8 a.m. Friday on Truth Social. “This is a Biden problem to solve, but if Republicans can help solve it, they will!” A few hours later, just after 10 a.m., Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) told reporters that the House GOP was preparing a package for a vote in the Rules Committee — which, if approved...
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White House aides finally reveal who really ran the country as Biden slid into mental incompetence
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National, The Daily Caller

White House aides finally reveal who really ran the country as Biden slid into mental incompetence

By Reagan Reese | Daily Caller With President Joe Biden’s time in office winding down, dozens of those close to his operations over the years told The Wall Street Journal how aides insulated the 82-year-old and handled his responsibilities as concerns of his fitness increased. President-elect Donald Trump’s domination of the news cycle since winning the 2024 election has allowed Biden to fade from the national politics scene. But since the 82-year-old dropped out of the presidential race, questions about his physical state, how long the president had been declining and how it was being handled, have remained unanswered. The WSJ interviewed nearly 50 people who have been close to Biden throughout his administration and they detail how staff handled cabinet officials, presidential resp...
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Political operative allegedly acted as illegal agent of China, got candidate elected to city board, DOJ says
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Political operative allegedly acted as illegal agent of China, got candidate elected to city board, DOJ says

By Greg Wehner  | Fox News A Chino Hills, California man has been arrested for allegedly working as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while also serving as the campaign manager for a local politician who was elected to office in 2022. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said 64-year-old Yaoning "Mike" Sun was arrested on Thursday and charged with acting as an illegal agent of China as well as conspiring with another man, Chen Jun, who was sentenced to prison in November for bribery and also acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. According to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday, Sun served as campaign manager for a Southern California politician who was n...
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House Republicans reach new plan to avoid shutdown after back-to-back defeats
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House Republicans reach new plan to avoid shutdown after back-to-back defeats

By Elizabeth Elkind  | Fox News House Republican negotiators have tentatively reached an agreement on averting a partial government shutdown at the end of Friday, sources told Fox News Digital. Two people familiar with discussions told Fox News Digital that the deal would include a short-term extension of this year's federal funding levels, disaster aid funding, and agricultural support for farmers – but under three separate bills. It would also involve an agreement to act on the debt limit next year as part of Republicans' planned massive conservative policy overhaul via a process called reconciliation. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Bill headed to Biden’s desk will give 14.5% raise to E-4 and below, 4.5% bump to others
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Military.com, National

Bill headed to Biden’s desk will give 14.5% raise to E-4 and below, 4.5% bump to others

By Rebecca Kheel | Military.com A 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members is on its way to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law after the Senate approved the annual defense policy bill on Wednesday. The Senate voted 85-14 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, easily finalizing the sweeping legislation despite a plea from advocates and some Democrats to take out language that will ban some health care for transgender children of service members. READ THE FULL STORY AT MILITARY.COM
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Air Force expands waivers for recruits with asthma, food allergies
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Air Force expands waivers for recruits with asthma, food allergies

By Riley Ceder | Military Times The Air Force has expanded medical waivers to cover asthma, food allergies and hearing loss in an effort to boost recruitment, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. The Air Force Recruiting Service’s Accessions Medical Waiver Division decided to expand tolerances after the Air Force whiffed on recruiting goals last year for the first time since 1999, division head Col. Ian Gregory told the magazine. Asthma, food allergies and hearing loss have the highest number of waiver requests for the service. The waiver tolerances went into effect Nov. 1 following Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Alex Wagner’s approval of the additions, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported. READ THE FULL STORY AT ...
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Rep. ‘Nostra’Thomas Massie predicted Speaker Johnson would bring Christmas spending bill, now first to say he’ll ‘vote for someone else’
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National, The Daily Caller

Rep. ‘Nostra’Thomas Massie predicted Speaker Johnson would bring Christmas spending bill, now first to say he’ll ‘vote for someone else’

By Adam Pack | Daily Caller Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie told reporters Wednesday that he will not be supporting Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s bid for another term as speaker. “I’ll vote for somebody else,” Massie told Politico on Wednesday. “I’ve got a few in mind. I’m not going to say yet.” The Kentucky Republican is a fierce critic of Johnson and has torched the speaker’s decision to partner with House Democrats on a massive spending bill right before the Christmas recess despite previously committing in September to not bringing a ‘Christmas omnibus’ to the floor. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER
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Report details cover-up of Joe Biden’s health: ‘Joe was senile from Day 1 of presidency’
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Daily Mail, National

Report details cover-up of Joe Biden’s health: ‘Joe was senile from Day 1 of presidency’

By KATELYN CARALLE and CHARLIE SPIERING | Daily Mail The White House tried to hide from the public Joe Biden's rapidly diminishing mental condition for his entire presidency, according to a bombshell report.   Biden's team hired a vocal coach, put other officials into roles usually occupied by the president, scrapped meetings on his 'bad days', and kept him at arm's length him from his own Cabinet members. An explosive investigation by The Wall Street Journal has exposed an extensive, deliberate and years-long cover-up that also saw the administration gaslighting those who dared to claim Biden's abilities had deteriorated since he was Barack Obama's vice president. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY MAIL
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