Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) released a new video aimed at New York City business owners, urging them to consider moving to the south and saying Tennessee is open for business.
Trump Announces Deals on Certain Obesity Drugs
“Certain blockbuster obesity drugs will be available for as little as $149 per month and more Medicare enrollees will have access to them under two deals announced Thursday by the Trump administration,” CNN reports.
New York Times: “The Trump administration’s agreements with the drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly would save consumers and the government considerable money on Wegovy, Zepbound and two obesity pills that are expected to win regulatory approval in the coming months.”
Trump Gets Another Shot at Nullifying Guilty Verdict
“A path to dismissing President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction was reopened Thursday after an appeals panel revived his bid to move the case to federal court,” NewsNation reports.
“Trump wants to move the case out of New York state court so he can try to convince a federal judge that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling compels tossing the jury’s 34-count guilty verdict.”
Flight Cuts Could Hit Biggest Airports
“Transportation officials’ plans to slash traffic by 10 percent at 40 major airports because of the government shutdown could affect hubs across the country, including New York, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle and many other cities,” the New York Times reports.
GOP’s Shutdown Offer Includes Reversal of Mass Firings
“Republicans made a new offer to Senate Democrats Thursday in hopes of cutting a deal that would end the 37-day government shutdown and advance a package of three full-year spending bills,” Politico reports.
“The new offer arrived just ahead of a crucial closed-door lunch where Democratic senators will discuss the path forward. Republicans have thrown a new sweetener in the mix, according to two of the people — that they are willing to discuss rehiring federal workers who have been laid off during the shutdown as part of a deal to end it.”
Kash Patel’s Private Jet Problem Gets Worse
The Bulwark: “Facing criticism for taking a government jet to see his country-singer girlfriend perform at a wrestling match in Pennsylvania—then taking the jet to her home city of Nashville—he chose to fire a veteran FBI official in charge of the bureau’s planes. He then followed that by having the FBI instruct at least one flight-tracking website to stop sharing public data about his jet…”
“This was a lot. But, apparently, not enough to satiate the masses… And so Patel did what many men would do in a moment of great personal stress: He left town to lay low. On Friday, he flew to Fort Lauderdale, where his stay overlapped with the Great Gatsby–themed party hosted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. (It’s not clear if Patel attended.) Then, having already been dinged for taking his government jet to visit his girlfriend in Nashville, Patel did it once more…”
Senate Democrats to Huddle on Possible Shutdown Deal
“Senate Democrats spent Wednesday touting their big Election Day wins and President Donald Trump’s reaction. Today, we’ll find out whether that will derail bipartisan talks to end the 37-day-long government shutdown,” Punchbowl News reports.
“Democratic senators are scheduled to hold a special caucus meeting later Thursday. Senators and aides believe the session will determine whether enough Democrats will back an emerging deal to reopen the government and vote on a bill extending expiring Obamacare subsidies.”
Johnson and Jeffries Relationship Has Soured
CNN: “As the shutdown drags on, the changing relationship between Johnson and Jeffries may make it even harder for lawmakers to find a way out of the impasse, particularly if a deal to end the stalemate requires a compromise and each leader must make a difficult sell to their members.”
“The shutdown has also placed a spotlight on the frayed dynamic between Johnson and Jeffries. As the funding lapse has grown more painful for federal workers going without pay and millions of Americans who rely on critical social safety net programs, the two House leaders have sharpened their rhetoric and sought to cast blame on each other’s party for the failure to reopen the government.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“They’re gonna make DC a state and they’re gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They’re gonna pick up electoral votes. It’s gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I’m saying, they’ll most likely never obtain power.”
— President Trump, speaking to Republican senators.
Democrats Won Over Some Trump Supporters
Nate Cohn: “In the Trump era, Democrats have seemed to excel among the highly engaged, highly educated voters who predominate in low-turnout, off-year elections, only to struggle when more irregular and less educated voters flock to the polls in presidential years.”
“But on Tuesday, when Democrats won the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races by wide margins, it wasn’t simply because more Democratic-leaning voters showed up to the polls while more Republican-leaning voters sat out. The Democratic candidates also succeeded at winning over a modest but meaningful sliver of President Trump’s supporters, based on exit polls and authoritative voter file records.”
Officials Tell Congress No Imminent Attack on Venezuela
Trump administration officials told lawmakers that the U.S. is not currently planning to launch strikes inside Venezuela and doesn’t have a legal justification that would support attacks against any land targets right now, according to sources familiar with the briefing conducted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and an official from the White House’s Office of Legal Counsel, CNN reports.
Pelosi Plans to Retire in 2027 After 39 Years in Congress
Rep. Nancy Pelosi “announced on Thursday that she will retire when her term concludes in early 2027, ending a remarkable career in which she rose to become one of the most powerful women in American history,” the New York Times reports.
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“Sometimes, it’s good to touch the hot stove.”
— A Trump adviser, quoted by Axios, arguing that Republicans across the board need to wake up to political reality.
Jury Chews Over Fate of ‘Sandwich Guy’
A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating a verdict in the case against a man dubbed “sandwich guy” after he tossed a Subway footlong at a federal officer who was patrolling city streets on President Trump’s order, NBC News reports.
The Resistance Revitalized
“A half-dozen scattered elections did overnight what President Trump himself couldn’t do in 10 months: revitalized the Democratic resistance, instantly and profoundly,” Axios reports.
“Democrats are more likely to fight harder in Congress, donate more generously, protest more loudly, resist Trump’s policies more vigorously. They believe, for the first time since Trump won, they can stand up to the president and beat him.”
“This is an astonishing mood swing for a party seen as historically unpopular and ineffective heading into a small set of various elections scattered across the country.”
Layoffs Rise to Recession-Like Levels
“Layoffs accelerated in October, pushing 2025 job cuts to levels typically seen in recessions, according to newly released data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a private firm that tracks workplace reductions,” the Washington Post reports.
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