President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance sharply criticized a deal to fund the federal government until March 14 that was negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson, undermining support for the plan just days away from a shutdown deadline. CNN's Manu Raju provides more details, and experts join Wolf Blitzer’s panel on The Situation Room to discuss.

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Former health insurance company executive Wendell Potter speaks to CNN’s Jake Tapper about what he witnessed as a health insurance executive that made him quit. #cnn #news

Former deputy assistant attorney general Harry Litman reacted to the House GOP’s report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney should be prosecuted by the FBI for her role in probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

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After House Republicans released a report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney should be prosecuted by the FBI for her role in probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Cheney issued a statement in response. CNN’s Lauren Fox reports and a panel of experts discuss.

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President-elect Donald Trump has long suggested he would try to prosecute his political opponents, and House Republicans delivered him a new opening through a report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney should be prosecuted by the FBI for her role in probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. #CNN #News

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz conceded that his previous behavior that is at the center of a House Ethics Committee report was “embarrassing, though not criminal.” In a post on X in response to CNN’s reporting that the committee has voted to release the report, Gaetz emphasized that he was “FULLY EXONERATED” by a separate Department of Justice probe. #CNN #News

Russia said it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a remotely detonated bomb planted in an electric scooter outside his apartment building. #CNN #News

The father of the 15-year-old Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter posted a photo of his daughter, Natalie Rupnow, at a shooting range in August. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe discusses the significance of the picture and the shirt Rupnow was wearing at the shooting range. #CNN #News

CNN's Sara Sidner speaks with Thomas Giuffra, the attorney representing three men who have filed lawsuits against Sean "Diddy" Combs and accused him of sexual assault. Lawyers for Combs have denied the allegations saying, “Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone—adult or minor, man or woman.” #CNN #News

The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. The report is now expected to be made public after the House’s final day of votes this year as lawmakers leave Washington for the holidays, those sources said. CNN’s Alayna Treene and Manu Raju report. #CNN #News