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SCOOP: Speaker Mike Johnson recently cautioned the White House that most House Republicans don’t have an appetite for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. The message from Johnson, in a phone call with administration officials, came as President Trump’s advisers

New: The so-called government shutdown didn't shut down government spending. wsj.com/livecoverage/s… via @wsj

“At my age, you make new friends, or you don’t have any friends,” Charlie Munger during in his last, eventful years. wsj.com/finance/invest…

Can anyone stop millions of Americans' enhanced health-insurance subsidies from disappearing next year? Centrist Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is working on it. Latest from @wsj Siobhan Hughes Link in comments.

New: Anduril Industries has fast become one of the hottest defense-tech startups, promising to deliver hardware and software that will usher in a new era of autonomous warfare. But WSJ found that its hardware and software have run into setbacks. wsj.com/politics/natio… (1/1)

A clean run of two or three tons of cocaine can a $100,000 payday for the pilot of a speedboat. That may be incentive enough to keep trafficking, despite the US's airstrikes. “The ocean is very big, very big,” one pilot told me. "This doesn't end." wsj.com/world/americas… The Wall Street Journal

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine w/drew hinshaw Joe Parkinson benoit faucon Thomas Grove wsj.com/world/russia/r…

In 2026, Beshear will be spending a fair bit of time around Democratic donors sipping Kentucky bourbon and other cocktails as he raises money for the DGA. Asked his three favorite bourbons, he diplomatically answers: “The one in my hand.” wsj.com/politics/andy-…

Some goofball refereeing in #USAITA

Rep. Elise Stefanik, a top Trump ally, criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson, calling him an ineffective leader who is losing control over the GOP conference headed into the midterm elections via Olivia Beavers wsj.com/politics/elise…

NEW: GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik is sharing her most critical remarks of Speaker Johnson yet, arguing that he is an ineffective leader who is losing control over the GOP conference headed into the midterm elections. “He certainly wouldn’t have the votes to be speaker if there was a

In @wsj interview, Stefanik heavily criticizes Speaker Johnson. “Whereas Kevin McCarthy was a political animal, Mike Johnson is a political novice and boy does it show, with the House Republicans underperforming for the first time in the Trump era.” Story by Olivia Beavers

New: Rep. Byron Donalds, a close ally and friend of Cory Mills, sought to distance himself from Mills. “The allegations against Cory, to me, are very troubling. I'm concerned about him. I hope he gets his stuff worked out and cleaned up, but it has to go through ethics. And he

So: There's a thing every year where a number of gunshot victims from years past die from complications from their injuries, and based on FBI guidance, those deaths would be added to total for the year the death occurred, instead of the date of the original incident...

When Eddie crushes Clark’s light bulbs with a huge bag of dog food at wal-mart — so good. #christmasvacation

TIL #christmasvacation