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24 hours that exposed a schism between Trump and Johnson and sent the government hurtling toward a shutdown

President-elect Donald Trump has long supported House Speaker Mike Johnson — hosting him on election night, bringing him to the Army-Navy college football game last weekend and backing him privately despite conservative complaints about the House’s actions.

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Author: Eric Bradner, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, Kayla Tausche, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene

House GOP pushes new proposal to avert shutdown, but uncertain it will pass

House Republicans are pushing a new proposal to avert a shutdown in an attempt to meet Donald Trump’s eleventh-hour spending demands, but it’s uncertain if it will pass after the president-elect sunk a bipartisan deal earlier this week, leaving Democrats frustrated and angry.

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Author: Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Clare Foran, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, Haley Talbot

What to Know About the Debt Ceiling as Trump Backs Eliminating It

Months before many officials in Washington — and investors in the bond market — anticipated, the federal debt ceiling has re-entered political discourse, after President-elect Donald Trump said Dec. 19 that he’d back getting rid of the cap entirely, more than a century after its creation. The limit has long been a tool of political leverage for the party in opposition, because of the dire consequences of any failure to either suspend or increase it.

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Author: Viktoria Dendrinou,Steven T. Dennis

Democrats urge end to trade deal investor protections as USTR denies secret talks

A group of 37 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the U.S. Trade Representative’s office to press ahead with efforts to weaken investment protections in U.S. trade agreements after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce alleged that the Biden administration was pursuing “secret” talks on the matter.

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Author: David Lawder