Speaker Mike Johnson scrambled to avoid a government shutdown, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk blew up his first deal and a floor vote on a slimmed-down alternative failed package failed. What will be the final outcome? Plus, in a blow to the Democrats’ strategy of lawfare, Fani Willis is disqualified from Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia. 

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After a bipartisan agreement was reached to keep the government funded until mid-March, Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s criticisms killed the deal, put Congress on the precipice of a government shutdown, and undermined Mike Johnson's leadership as House Speaker. What do Musk and Trump want? 

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A blizzard of federal judicial confirmations by Chuck Schumer, “unretirements,” and a possible presidential veto are all part of a plan to keep Donald Trump from appointing judges himself. Despite claims it is the President-elect who is upending norms, Democrats are busy breaking precedents when it comes to the judicial system. This as Joe Biden nears breaking Mr. Trump's first-term record for judicial confirmations. 

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With Donald Trump giving union workers credit for his victory, the GOP is rebranding itself as the party of the blue-collar worker and labor unions. But with this new outreach comes promises and policies with high price tags, including the Social Security Fairness Act, which would reward $200 billion to government union workers. So is this break from traditional conservatism worth it, and what more policies and costs are in the wings? 

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2024 was the year that saw Donald Trump win, Kamala Harris lose, Joe Biden quit and Elon Musk make his way to Capitol Hill. Who else were the big winners and losers of the year, and what's on the 2025 horizon? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with radio talk show host and former CIA officer Buck Sexton about what led Donald Trump to victory, the self-created problems of the mainstream media and why the border crisis may dominate the news in the coming year. 

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Widespread sightings of unidentified aerial objects is the talk of New Jersey and New York, and even President-elect Trump has an opinion about what's going on. Biden officials say there's nothing to worry about, but why don't people believe them?   

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As Congress races to avoid a government shutdown before Christmas, Republicans begin to argue about their best approach next year for passing President Trump's agenda. Sen. John Thune wants to use a first reconciliation bill to pass the GOP's top priorities, while reserving a second reconciliation bill for tax reform. Others want the tax bill first or suggest doing it all at once.

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What can conservative politicians learn from Liz Truss’s tumultuous time as the United Kingdom’s shortest-serving Prime Minister? Paul Gigot speaks with documentary filmmaker Michael Pack and WSJ Opinion columnist Joe Sternberg about ‘The Prime Minister vs. The Blob: Liz Truss’s 44 Days in Office,’ a new documentary that examines the economic and political forces behind her fall.

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Police say the suspect had a manifesto and wrote comments about the "parasitic" healthcare industry, after arresting him for allegedly killing insurance executive Brian Thompson in New York. Plus, Elizabeth Warren calls the public response to the shooting "a warning," but are the problems in U.S. healthcare caused by too much free-market influence, or not enough of it?

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What will be the priorities in a Republican Senate in new leadership, and how will it handle Donald Trump's nominees and the president's expansive agenda? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) about the GOP's immediate goals of expanding border security and energy production, the debate over a reconciliation strategy, and what he's learned from incoming members of the Trump administration about the plan for the next four years.  

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