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Scoop: Jeffries' plan to kill the debt ceiling forever

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) is pursued by reporters following a news conference in the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol on December 19, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Mike Johnson's magic debt ceiling promise

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Schumer and Biden eclipse McConnell and Trump on confirming judges

S Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York, speaks at a Hanukkah event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on December 17, 2024.

Trump's coming House headaches

Musk endorses Germany's far-right AfD party

Elon Musk is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., while on the Hill to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," on Thursday, December 5, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

FAA expands drone flight restrictions into New York

A photo of a substation. The sky is blue in the background.

U.S. diplomats meet Syrian opposition leader in Damascus

The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, address a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024.

Fed's go-to measure shows cooling inflation in November

Fed chair Jerome Powell at the podium

MLK's daughter urges Americans not to tune out Trump's inauguration

Bernice A. King speaks on stage during day 2 of the 2024 Black Girls Dream Conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta.

From the Hague to Helena, climate court cases seek to spur action

Illustration of a hand plugging a smokestack with a gavel.
Dec 20, 2024 - Business

Scoop: Kara Swisher's long-shot Post bid

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Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Media vs. reporting

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Air travel is busier than ever

Dec 19, 2024 - Business

Starbucks union plans "escalating strikes" to start Friday morning

Illustration of a takeout coffee cup with fist designs on it

MAGA rebels kill Johnson and Trump's Plan B

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House rejects GOP funding bill in major blow to Mike Johnson

House Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a gray suit and walking through a sandstone hallway.
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