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Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

By MEG KINNARD
Dec 19, 2024 1:53 pm - Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on the job without pay — just ahead of the holidays.
Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump and others

By KATE BRUMBACK
Dec 19, 2024 9:07 am - A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain.
Tariff threats cast a shadow over US reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Dec 19, 2024 8:57 am - The U.S. increasingly relies on Canadian crude oil to meet domestic demand and that relationship faces potential strain amid the threat of tariffs from President-elect Donald Trump.
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

By JON GAMBRELL
Dec 19, 2024 5:12 am - A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.
A government shutdown looked unlikely. Then Elon Musk took to X.

By Faiz Siddiqui, Jacob Bogage, Jeff Stein and Tony Romm
Dec 18, 2024 7:41 pm - Congressional leaders had lined up on Tuesday to approve a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown — before Elon Musk, President-elect Donald Trump’s “first ...
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Dec 18, 2024 7:15 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike...
House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO
Dec 18, 2024 2:55 pm - The House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican who was President-elect Donald Trump's first choice for attorney general could be made public in the coming days.
Russia says suspect detained in the killing of a senior general in Moscow

By The Associated Press
Dec 18, 2024 7:05 am - Russia's security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow.
Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 18, 2024 6:37 am - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation.
What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

The Associated Press
Dec 18, 2024 6:33 am - NEW YORK — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, Big Tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s M...

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