As Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy make sweeping promises to cut $2 trillion dollars of federal spending, senior House Republicans have raised concerns with GOP leadership that efforts to cut wasteful federal spending will put the party on a collision course.

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Author: Annie Grayer, Pamela Brown

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was grilled by the incoming chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee on “billions” of U.S. dollars sent to Taliban.

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Author: Danielle Wallace

Republican senators fear that the narrow House GOP majority in next year’s Congress could rain chaos on President-elect Trump’s agenda and are pushing to finish up work on the overdue annual approp…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

Republicans in the state legislature gave an ally control over the state’s elections board, rewrote ballot-counting rules and chipped away at the power of the incoming Democratic governor.

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Author: Patrick Marley

A bill that strips power from North Carolina’s Democratic governor became law on Wednesday after state Republicans voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) veto in a 72-46 supermajority vote i…

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Author: Sarah Fortinsky

Mike Johnson has an explanation for why the Republican majority is so thin – and it’s misleading and cynical

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

The North Carolina House voted Wednesday to override Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that will restrict the powers of the incoming governor and other Democrats, clearing the way for the legislation to become law.

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Author: Arit John

Bannon has advocated for raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations

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Author: Ariana Baio

Trump had signaled his intent to fire the veteran official and replace him with firebrand Kash Patel

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Patel has long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

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Author: Alison Durkee

Donald Trump appointed Christopher Wray to the role back in 2017, during his previous term in the White House. But the president-elect has said he intends to appoint loyalist Kash Patel when he begins his second term in January.

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Author: Sky News

In today’s edition … Biden administration uses final weeks to make regulatory additions … Financial technology leaders lobby Trump for pro-fintech regulators.

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Author: Leigh Ann CaldwellPatrick SvitekAlec Dent

The former Democratic congresswoman has been criticised for her views on Syria and Ukraine, which some experts say ‘follow the Russian playbook’

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Author: David Charter, Washington

Democrats have an unlikely ally in the traditional wing of the GOP when it comes to stifling some of Donald Trump’s nominees: The Senate.

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Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law – a move that comes in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump opposing the measure.

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Author: Clare Foran, Brian Stelter

Wray was expected to step down or face being sacked by Donald Trump, who wants Kash Patel to run the agency

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Author: @ChrisJStein

Their remarks show a changed attitude among the GOP toward Trump’s cabinet picks, writes Eric Garcia

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Author: Eric Garcia

Elon Musk’s net worth has reached $400 billion, according to Bloomberg, making him the first to ever reach that level of wealth.

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Author: Ramishah Maruf

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify to a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on Wednesday on the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending a long dispute with the panel weeks before the end of his term.

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Author: Patricia Zengerle