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CNN — Welcome to the new Washington of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The president-elect and the world’s richest man combined Wednesday to smash a short-term spending compromise orchestrated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the government open until early in Trump’s new term. The stop-gap measure is packed with nearly $100 billion … Read more
A 15-year-old who killed two and injured others in a shooting at a Christian school in Madison on Monday had two handguns with her, though police believe she used only one of them in the attack, the city’s police chief told the Journal Sentinel Wednesday evening. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said Natalie Rupnow, a … Read more
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., while speaking at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., called out House Republicans for breaking a bipartisan agreement to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown, accusing them of hurting everyday Americans across the country. On Wednesday, House GOP leaders scrambled to search for a backup plan after … Read more
Elon Musk, self-described “First Buddy” of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown. The move was a direct challenge to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who rolled out the sweeping plan on Tuesday night. Now, it appears Musk has successfully killed the stopgap measure in … Read more
CNN — President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on Wednesday sharply criticized a deal to fund the federal government negotiated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, undermining support for the plan across Capitol Hill just days away from a shutdown deadline. Trump and Vance slammed the bill for including what they see as … Read more
The Supreme Court issued an unusual order on Wednesday morning, announcing it will hear a case deciding the fate of TikTok on a fast-tracked schedule. The case, known as TikTok v. Garland, asks whether a federal law potentially banning TikTok, which President Joe Biden signed in April, violates the First Amendment. The law would ban … Read more
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Wednesday that he had sent money to his girlfriends, and that he “probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have” when he was younger. Gaetz, who was President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice as the next U.S. attorney general, made the comments on social media minutes after multiple … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday rebuffed the Biden-Harris administration’s response to recent drone sightings in New Jersey, decrying how federal authorities have given no clear answers to Congress on their origin. In a Fox News appearance, Johnson agreed that the White House, and more broadly the U.S. government, does not seem concerned about … Read more
The 15-year-old who shot up a Wisconsin Christian school killed a substitute teacher who was covering for another educator who had gone on vacation this week, according to a parent. Natalie Rupnow gunned down the substitute, another teenager and wounded five others before taking her own life in a mass shooting at the Abundant Life … Read more
Police search for motive in Wisconsin school shooting, and more headlines – CBS Minnesota Watch CBS News The Madison community is rattled by the shooting at a Christian school that took the lives of a student and a teacher, plus more of the day’s top stories. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for … Read more