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Third time’s a charm: At the 11th hour, on the third attempt, Congress passed a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown days before Christmas. The saga – which began when President-elect Donald Trump and his top lieutenants killed a bipartisan spending deal – illustrates the challenges congressional Republicans will likely face next year while attempting to govern with razor-thin majorities and an unpredictable incoming president.
Trump legal update: A New York judge ruled this week that Trump cannot claim presidential immunity to overturn his felony conviction in a state hush money case. But it may only be a temporary setback for the president-elect: Trump’s lawyers have requested the case be dismissed due to his upcoming inauguration.
The coconut tree that started it all: In a speech to young community leaders this week, Vice President Harris made a not-so-subtle reference to the memes and internet excitement that helped launch her presidential campaign. But the initial energy did not translate to support at the ballot box, and Harris fell short of where she needed to be with young voters, NPR’s Elena Moore reports.
What’s “the most beautiful word in the dictionary?” According to Trump this week: “tariff.” That’s standard Trump rhetoric on trade, but it also represents a stunning about-face for the Republican party. NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben examines how the party of free trade embraced a protectionist president.
Clock ticking on TikTok ban: The behemoth social media platform is asking the Supreme Court to block a federal law that could ban the app by a Jan. 19 deadline. Without a court-ordered freeze, the law would ban the app in the United States unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, agreed to sell it.
Tax credit rEVersal? Currently, drivers can access a federal tax credit worth up to $7,500 for buying or leasing an electric vehicle. But the incoming Trump administration has declared the tax credits wasteful spending, making their fate uncertain. That has some interested shoppers fast-tracking their EV purchases before Trump takes office. |
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Going Deeper: Politics & Public Health Clash in Louisiana |
A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.
Instead, they were told that department leadership had a new policy: Advertising or otherwise promoting the COVID, influenza or mpox vaccines, an established practice there, must stop.
Rosemary Winwood from member station WWNO brings us the story. |
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The Shot: Let the Games Begin |
The Florida Senior Games, that is.
Dozens of pickleball players, all over 50, took to the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus on a recent Tuesday morning to vie for a spot in the national Senior Games.
NPR host Juana Summers and her team were there for their series on active aging. When they asked for advice for anyone who hoped to pick up a paddle or begin a new sport, the answer was simple: Just start. |
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