“The White House worked to hold together the Gaza peace deal on Monday as American officials said they were increasingly concerned that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, could dismantle the U.S.-brokered agreement,” the New York Times reports.
Trump Nominee Stalled by Criminal Probe
“The White House paused the judicial nomination of former Florida Deputy Attorney General John Guard due to his involvement with a charity linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis that’s under criminal investigation,” Axios reports.
Republicans Broach Longer Stopgap Bill
“When House Republicans first passed a stopgap spending bill last month, it was written to give Congress a seven-week window to come to a long-term deal on government funding,” Politico reports.
“With the government shutdown now running into a fourth week, that original Nov. 21 deadline is looming fast — and numerous Republicans acknowledged Monday a new, longer stopgap bill will be needed.”
Thune Wants Trump to Pull Nomination
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he hopes the White House withdraws Paul Ingrassia’s Office of Special Counsel nomination, after reports on texts that showed him making racist remarks to fellow Republicans, Politico reports.
Said Thune: “He’s not gonna pass.”
NOTUS: GOP senators ready to dump Trump nominee with self-proclaimed “Nazi streak.”
GOP Lawmaker’s Mistress Set Herself on Fire
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) “allegedly had an affair with a senior aide who later died after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire,” the Daily Mail reports.
“Regina Aviles, 35, poured gasoline over herself before becoming engulfed in flames at her home on September 13 in Uvalde, Texas – about two hours west of San Antonio.”
Trump Doesn’t Think Ukraine Can Win
“President Trump cast doubt on Ukraine’s ability to defeat Russian forces, backing off an earlier upbeat assessment as he looks to bring the war to an end and prepares for another meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the coming weeks,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “I don’t think they will, but they could still win it. I never said they would win it. I said they could win. Anything can happen.”
James Comey Moves to Dismiss Case
Former FBI director James Comey asked a federal judge to dismiss the criminal case against him, calling it a vindictive prosecution driven by President Trump’s long history of personal animosity toward him, the New York Times reports.
GOP Lawmaker Says Democrats ‘Hate the Military’
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) accused Democrats of hating the military and serving for purely political reasons, the New York Times reports.
Said Perry: “They hate the military. That’s only a credential that they get when they want to run for office. They join the military, they serve a little bit, they get the credential and then they run for office and wear the uniform and say, ‘Look at me — I support America.’ But let’s face it, all their votes say they don’t support America.”
Trump Nominee Says He Has a ‘Nazi Streak’
Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” Politico reports.
Appeals Court Says Trump Can Send Troops to Portland
“A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led locales,” Reuters reports.
Trump Hunts for Ways to Pay Air Traffic Controllers
“The Trump administration is exploring ways to pay air traffic controllers while the federal government is shut down,” Politico reports.
“It’s part of the Trump administration’s effort to control the most visible or politically fraught impacts of the shutdown, which is now entering its third week. Though so far flight delays due to staffing problems at control towers have been sporadic and isolated, a rash of illnesses in the right place at the right time could send delays across the nation soaring and ramp up political pressure on politicians to act.”
Trump Adviser Says Shutdown Likely to End This Week
Top White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Monday predicted the government shutdown is “likely to end sometime this week,” CNBC reports.
He suggested Democrats were waiting to vote to reopen the government until after this weekend’s nationwide “No Kings” protests against President Trump.
Mike Johnson Embraces House Freedom Caucus
“If you wanted a sense of how this shutdown is hardening Republicans’ views and creating unity in an otherwise fractured House GOP, Speaker Mike Johnson held a news conference with two leading members of the House Freedom Caucus this morning,” Punchbowl News reports.
“HFC Chair Andy Harris (R-MD) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), two of the most vocal members of the hardline right caucus, stood alongside Johnson in the Capitol on Day 20 of the shutdown.”
“Why is this important? Because Harris, a physician, and Roy, a candidate for Texas attorney general, are huge opponents of extending the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are at the heart of the three-week-long shutdown. They’ve also been among Johnson’s most ardent GOP opponents since the day he became speaker.”
Trump Vows to ‘Eradicate’ Hamas
President Trump said “that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel, with a fragile truce resuming after a weekend of heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “They’re going to be nice, and if they’re not, we’re going to go and we’re going to eradicate them — if we have to, they’ll be eradicated, and they know that.”
Appeals Court Skeptical of Alina Habba’s Appointment
“A panel of federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Monday of President Donald Trump’s use of unconventional methods to install loyalists as top prosecutors without Senate confirmation,” Politico reports.
“A trio of judges from the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals spent over an hour questioning the multistep process the Trump administration used to designate his former personal attorney Alina Habba the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and keep her there even after district judges sought to replace her.”
Gone Fishing
Since July 4, the House of Representatives has conducted just 20 days of business in the last 16 weeks.
Mamdani Maintains Wide Lead in New York City
A new AARP/Gotham Polling survey finds Zohran Mamdani leading the New York City mayoral race with 43%, followed by Andrew Cuomo at 29% and Curtis Sliwa at 19%.
In a two-way race, Mamdani leads Cuomo, 45% to 41%.
Johnson Still Won’t Swear In Newly-Elected Lawmaker
“Speaker Mike Johnson is resisting calls to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying Monday that he will administer the oath of office to her after the Senate votes to reopen the government,” ABC News reports.
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