Here’s the latest for Saturday, December 21st: Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown; 9-year-old among those killed in apparent attack on a Christmas market in Germany; A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv; Visitors greet the winter solstice in Egyptian city of Luxor.
The News Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have big plans starting in January. This week’s shutdown fight isn’t helping them with those — and foreshadows an extremely challenging 2025. Even if Trump’s party can avoid a government shutdown, an outcome that the president-elect didn’t seem to mind too much as he called for a […]
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listen during a Hanukkah reception at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are running out of time to avoid a partial government shutdown late […]
