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Appropriations blame game — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill full from Thanksgiving break and, among other things, got back to work on funding the government before the current CR expires on Dec. 16. Highlights from this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses include House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House…

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: No surprise that trust in Supreme Court has slipped

Public trust in the Supreme Court has dropped sharply, a Gallup poll found this fall. It’s hardly surprising, given an array of recent factors involving the justices, their opinions and supporters.

Tribune News Service

Spare me the fake Republican shock over Trump’s dinner with Nick Fuentes and Ye

It was a dinner that raised the question: If you three are here, who’s watching hell? The self-serving and seemingly oblivious condemnations have poured in.

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Trump mocks ‘loser’ Mitch McConnell after reprimand over Fuentes meeting

Trump says senate minority leader wouldn’t have won in Kentucky ‘without my endorsement’

The Independent UK

US Senate passes bill protecting same-sex marriage

House must now pass legislation as Democrats hurry to get it Biden to sign into law before Republicans take over the chamber

The Guardian - US

Trump calls McConnell "loser for our nation" after he condemns Fuentes dinner

McConnell had said that anyone who meets with antisemites or white supremacists is "highly unlikely to ever be elected president."

Axios

GOP leaders McCarthy, McConnell condemn Nick Fuentes, whose path to hate started in Chicago suburbs

Nick Fuentes was condemned Tuesday by the top two Republican leaders in Congress, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy — though McCarthy continued to defend President Donald Trump for meeting with him.

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Photo of Biden with ‘miserable’ Republicans sparks amusement: ‘This should be the White House Christmas card’

‘This should be the White House Christmas card,’ wrote one amused Twitter user

The Independent UK

Without naming Trump, McConnell repudiates dinner with white supremacist

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that any person associating with people espousing anti-Semitic views is unlikely to be elected president.

Tribune News Service

Republican leaders denounce Trump's dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view "are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States."

WEKU

House, Senate negotiators set to meet on omnibus funding

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and top appropriators are set to meet as early as Wednesday to work through differences on a potential omnibus spending agreement, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

McConnell, McCarthy divided on response to Trump dinner with white nationalist

McCarthy falsely claimed Trump condemned Fuentes, who often promotes racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Axios

McConnell: Anyone meeting with antisemites "highly unlikely" to be president

"There is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy," he said.

Axios

Coulter trashes Trump: "He is so done"

“They've been saying, 'It's 2016, again' through three losing election cycles," Coulter complained

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WEKU

Biden urges Congress to avert a rail strike

President Biden warned that congressional action was likely needed to avert a rail strike. His remarks came as bipartisan House and Senate leaders met to talk about legislative priorities.

Roll Call

House, Senate negotiators set to meet on omnibus funding - Roll Call

The prospects of a lame-duck omnibus remain murky as Republicans and Democrats have not reached a topline spending agreement.

Tribune News Service

GOP leaders, potential 2024 rivals silent after Trump's dinner with white supremacist

WASHINGTON — Many of Donald Trump’s potential 2024 rivals and some top Republicans have fallen silent on the former president’s dinner with a notorious white supremacist, illustrating the party’s continuing struggle to escape his grasp.

Salon

The Dunkirk election: Hey, we survived

Democrats learned important lessons and developed crucial new strategies. They survived — but they didn't win

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The Texas Tribune

New Congress will feature few leadership roles for the many Texans in the U.S. House

Texans will chair some powerful committees in the House, but their roles in top leadership elections last week were more often as anti-establishment voices than contenders.

The Independent UK

Georgia runoff: Why one Senate seat is crucial for Democrats

Democrats have secured their majority in the Senate for the next two years

The Independent UK

GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections

McClatchy Washington Bureau

After another missed majority, McConnell stares into more conflict with Trump, conservatives

WASHINGTON — The last time Mitch McConnell wrestled back a Republican Senate majority was in 2014, when the GOP picked up a modern record of nine seats during the second midterm of Barack Obama’s presidency.

Tribune News Service

Rick Scott didn’t flip the Senate for Republicans, then he lost to McConnell. Now what?

TAMPA, Fla. — Rumblings about the political ascension of U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, the head of the Senate GOP’s 2022 campaign arm, have been in the air for months.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz confirms he will seek a third term in 2024

Speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, the Texas Republican said he would seek reelection, but he also did not rule out running for president.

The Guardian - US

Trump campaign announcement deepens Republicans’ civil war

Republicans are now soul searching over how they lost a very winnable Senate and bracing for two tumultuous years in the House – and many blame Trump

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