Day: December 18, 2024

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AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports President-elect Trump appears to have blown up a bipartisan deal to keep the government funded into March.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to rescue his must past government funding plan from angry conservatives. Now Johnson’s fight just got more difficult with Donald Trump publicly trashing the bill. Plus, multiple sources now tell CNN the House Ethics Committee has secretly voted to release its investigation into former Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Port Talbot in Wales is defined by its huge steelworks. But in January Tata Steel announced it was ending primary steelmaking there. George McDonagh charts a year that could change the town for ever. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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From public hangings in the town square to lethal injections witnessed by journalists, executions in the United States have historically been mostly carried out with at least some public scrutiny, but Indiana law shrouds executions in secrecy. AP’s Lisa Dwyer reports on an Indiana execution that is raising questions about accountability.