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category-budget entry" aria-label="Republican Bill Would Cut Taxes for Expats" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/republican-bill-would-cut-taxes-for-expats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Republican Bill Would Cut Taxes for Expats</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T08:24:43-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 8:24 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/republican-bill-would-cut-taxes-for-expats/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739891 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/republican-bill-would-cut-taxes-for-expats/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“A new proposal in Congress attempts to put meat on one of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign-trail tax promises, detailing how the U.S. could remove income taxes on Americans living abroad,” the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-us-income-tax-abroad-change-fd80df30?mod=hp_lead_pos5" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> reports.</p> <p>“Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) would let expatriates pay income taxes only where they live, removing a requirement that U.S. citizens living anywhere owe U.S. taxes on their worldwide income. LaHood, who is introducing the proposal Wednesday, hopes it could be included in broader tax legislation that Congress is likely to pass in 2025.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/budget/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Budget & Taxes</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739883 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-foreign-affairs entry" aria-label="Trump Takes His Canada Trolling Up a Level " itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-takes-his-canada-trolling-up-a-level/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Takes His Canada Trolling Up a Level </a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T08:18:08-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 8:18 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-takes-his-canada-trolling-up-a-level/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739883 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-takes-his-canada-trolling-up-a-level/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>President-elect Donald Trump ramped up his campaign of mockery against Canada on Wednesday with a trolling Truth Social post in the early hours, the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-takes-his-canada-trolling-up-a-level-in-bizarre-early-morning-post/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Daily Beast</a> reports.</p> <p>Said Trump: “No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year? Makes no sense! Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State. They would save massively on taxes and military protection. I think it is a great idea. 51st State!!!”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/foreign-affairs/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Foreign Affairs</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739882 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump Picks Herschel Walker as Bahamas Ambassador" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-picks-herschel-walker-as-bahamas-ambassador/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Picks Herschel Walker as Bahamas Ambassador</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T08:14:41-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 8:14 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-picks-herschel-walker-as-bahamas-ambassador/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739882 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-picks-herschel-walker-as-bahamas-ambassador/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Herschel Walker, the former professional football player and Heisman Trophy winner who lost a scandal-ridden bid for Senate in 2022, as ambassador to the Bahamas, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/18/trump-administration-transition/#link-XAAEDDAB75CK5M53OD3RN242RY" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><div class="between-posts-area widget-area"><div class="wrap"><section id="custom_html-16" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><div class="dotted-line"></div><br /> <h3> <p>You're reading the free version of <em>Political Wire</em></p> </h3> <p> <a href="https://members.politicalwire.com/join" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Upgrade to a paid membership</a> to unlock full access. 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And those who try to stave off their punishment just end up suffering twice.”</p> <p>“So get ready to do it all over again in March — this time with an even thinner majority.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/house-of-representatives/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">House of Representatives</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739877 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-foreign-affairs category-technology entry" aria-label="U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router " itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/u-s-weighs-ban-on-chinese-made-router/" data-wpel-link="internal">U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router </a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T08:06:00-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 8:06 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/u-s-weighs-ban-on-chinese-made-router/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739877 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/u-s-weighs-ban-on-chinese-made-router/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese company whose popular home-internet routers have been linked to cyberattacks poses a national-security risk and are considering banning the devices,” the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/us-ban-china-router-tp-link-systems-7d7507e6?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&st=ypBmxt" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> reports.</p> <p>“The router-manufacturer TP-Link, established in China, has roughly 65% of the U.S. market for routers for homes and small businesses. It is also the top choice on Amazon.com, and powers internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/foreign-affairs/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/technology/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Technology</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739878 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-political-history entry" aria-label="The Next Great Reform Era Is Poised to Begin" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/the-next-great-reform-era-is-poised-to-begin/" data-wpel-link="internal">The Next Great Reform Era Is Poised to Begin</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T08:02:00-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 8:02 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/the-next-great-reform-era-is-poised-to-begin/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739878 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/the-next-great-reform-era-is-poised-to-begin/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/chuck-todd-great-reform-movement-poised-begin-now-rcna184439" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Chuck Todd</a>: “The last time the United States had three one-term presidents in a row, the calendar year began with an ‘18.’”</p> <p>“Between Ulysses Grant and William McKinley, America actually had five straight one-term presidencies, including the two nonconsecutive terms of Grover Cleveland.”</p> <p>“All of the elections in that period were quite close, and all were essentially about which party could bring the country together and move it forward after the Civil War. And while the divisive issues of that time were different from the divisive issues of this era, the mood and frustration of the country in the late 1800s seem to rhyme with the mood and frustration of the early 2000s.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/political-history/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Political History</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739876 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-2026-campaign category-democrats entry" aria-label="Democrats’ Playbook to Beat GOP Is to Work With Them" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/democrats-playbook-to-beat-gop-is-to-work-with-them/" data-wpel-link="internal">Democrats’ Playbook to Beat GOP Is to Work With Them</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:50:41-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:50 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/democrats-playbook-to-beat-gop-is-to-work-with-them/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739876 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/democrats-playbook-to-beat-gop-is-to-work-with-them/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“Democrats have a plan to take back power in Washington back from Republicans in two years: work with them now,” <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-playbook-beat-republicans-2-years-work-now/story?id=116846803" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">ABC News</a> reports.</p> <p>“Democrats, who are already planning their comeback after being swept out of power in Washington last month, have said they’ll oppose President-elect Donald Trump and his allies when their values collide but are open to cooperation on a range of issues, including immigration, federal spending and entitlements.”</p> <p>“The strategy marks a turnaround from 2017, when ‘resistance’ to Trump was Democrats’ rallying cry. But, some lawmakers and operatives said, it also marks a challenge to Republicans for bipartisanship at a time when narrow GOP congressional majorities will likely mandate some level of cooperation.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/2026-campaign/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">2026 Campaign</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/democrats/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Democrats</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739871 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="A Rift in Trump World Over Health" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/a-rift-in-trump-world-over-health/" data-wpel-link="internal">A Rift in Trump World Over Health</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:46:37-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:46 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/a-rift-in-trump-world-over-health/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739871 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/a-rift-in-trump-world-over-health/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/ozempic-food-rfk-elon-musk.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">New York Times</a>: “For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald J. Trump will nominate to serve as the secretary of health and human services, the solution to obesity in America — now at 40 percent of adults — is straightforward: ‘The first line of response should be lifestyle,’ he told Jim Cramer in a Dec. 12 interview on CNBC.”</p> <p>“Elon Musk, the technology billionaire who advises the president-elect, sees things differently: ‘Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors super low cost to the public,’ he wrote on X, referring to the new class of drugs that cause weight loss, including Ozempic. ‘Nothing else is even close.’”</p> <p>“And there, with the contrasting views of two men in Mr. Trump’s ear, lie two sides of an issue that is plaguing health and nutrition researchers.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739872 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-economy entry" aria-label="Trump Adds Uncertainty to the Economy" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-adds-uncertainty-to-the-economy/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Adds Uncertainty to the Economy</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:41:00-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:41 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-adds-uncertainty-to-the-economy/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739872 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-adds-uncertainty-to-the-economy/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“After five years of uncertainty and turmoil, the U.S. economy is ending 2024 in arguably its most stable condition since the start of the coronavirus pandemic,” the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/business/economy/trump-us-economy.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">New York Times</a> reports.</p> <p>“Inflation has cooled. Unemployment is low. The Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates. The recession that many forecasters once warned was inevitable hasn’t materialized.”</p> <p>“Yet the economic outlook for 2025 is as murky as ever, for one major reason: President-elect Donald Trump.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/economy/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Economy</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739870 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-technology entry" aria-label="New App Lets Homebuyers See Neighbors’ Politics" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/new-app-lets-homebuyers-see-neighbors-politics/" data-wpel-link="internal">New App Lets Homebuyers See Neighbors’ Politics</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:40:29-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:40 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/new-app-lets-homebuyers-see-neighbors-politics/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739870 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/new-app-lets-homebuyers-see-neighbors-politics/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>America’s political divide is likely to get even wider thanks to a new real-estate app that lets potential buyers see the political affiliations of their future neighbors, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/oyssey-homebuyers-app-neighborhood-politics" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">The Guardian</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/technology/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Technology</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739865 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-2024-campaign entry" aria-label="Apple Declined to Help Kamala Harris Staffers" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/apple-declined-to-help-kamala-harris-staffers/" data-wpel-link="internal">Apple Declined to Help Kamala Harris Staffers</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:10:48-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:10 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/apple-declined-to-help-kamala-harris-staffers/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739865 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/apple-declined-to-help-kamala-harris-staffers/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>Kamala Harris campaign staffers asked Apple for help a week before the election to inquire about whether their phones had been hacked, but Apple declined to assist, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/12/17/the-wiretap-kamala-harris-campaign-suspected-its---iphones-had-been-hacked-apple-declined-to-help/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Forbes</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/2024-campaign/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">2024 Campaign</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739863 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="How Tucker Carlson Sidelined Mike Pompeo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/how-tucker-carlson-sidelined-mike-pompeo/" data-wpel-link="internal">How Tucker Carlson Sidelined Mike Pompeo</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:08:10-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:08 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/how-tucker-carlson-sidelined-mike-pompeo/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739863 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/how-tucker-carlson-sidelined-mike-pompeo/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-tucker-carlson-cabinet-pompeo-683d9150" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>: “Many in Trump’s inner circle believed that Pompeo, who served as secretary of state during Trump’s first term, was the clear front-runner to be the next defense secretary. The day before the election, Trump praised Pompeo during a campaign rally, marveling at his recent weight loss and twice calling him handsome.”</p> <p>“But to Carlson—the former Fox News host who continues to have deep influence in conservative circles—Pompeo was a risky pick. Carlson argued that he is a warmonger. He highlighted to the president-elect a list of grievances he holds against Pompeo, including what he said was an alleged plot by the then-secretary of state to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739862 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Uber and Its CEO Give $1 Million to Trump Inauguration" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/uber-and-its-ceo-give-1-million-to-trump-inauguration/" data-wpel-link="internal">Uber and Its CEO Give $1 Million to Trump Inauguration</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:05:39-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:05 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/uber-and-its-ceo-give-1-million-to-trump-inauguration/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739862 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/uber-and-its-ceo-give-1-million-to-trump-inauguration/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“Add Uber Technologies and its CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, to the list of tech companies pouring money into President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund,” the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-12-17-2024/card/uber-and-its-ceo-khosrowshahi-each-give-1-million-to-trump-inauguration-ljEyNPvUB6xTr6iA2mpE" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> reports.</p> <p>“Uber and Khosrowshahi don’t have the historical antipathy with Trump that made donations by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms and Jeff Bezos’s Amazon.com so notable, but the company’s chief legal officer, Tony West, is Vice President Kamala Harris’s brother-in-law and took a leave of absence to volunteer for her presidential campaign. West has since returned to his position at Uber.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739866 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-house-of-representatives entry" aria-label="Judge Grants Katie Porter 5-Year Restraining Order" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/judge-grants-katie-porter-5-year-restraining-order/" data-wpel-link="internal">Judge Grants Katie Porter 5-Year Restraining Order</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:05:00-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:05 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/judge-grants-katie-porter-5-year-restraining-order/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739866 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/judge-grants-katie-porter-5-year-restraining-order/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>An California judge barred a former boyfriend of Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) from contacting her or her children for the next five years and said he had committed domestic abuse by sending the congresswoman hundreds of threatening and harassing messages, the Los Angeles Times reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/house-of-representatives/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">House of Representatives</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739861 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-media-buzz entry" aria-label="Trump Delivers on His Promise to Go After the Press" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-delivers-on-his-promise-to-go-after-the-press/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Delivers on His Promise to Go After the Press</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T07:03:19-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 7:03 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-delivers-on-his-promise-to-go-after-the-press/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739861 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/trump-delivers-on-his-promise-to-go-after-the-press/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“Media lawyers are bracing for an onslaught of lawsuits from Donald Trump and his political allies in the wake of ABC’s decision to pay $16 million to settle a defamation case Trump filed against the network,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/17/media-lawyers-trump-lawsuits-fears-00194938" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Politico</a> reports.</p> <p>“Many First Amendment advocates see the settlement as a capitulation by ABC that handed Trump both a lucrative victory and a legal roadmap. They worry it will embolden him to escalate his use of private civil litigation against his media critics when he returns to power next month.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/media-buzz/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Media Buzz</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739860 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-2024-campaign entry" aria-label="Electoral College Votes to Elect Trump" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/electoral-college-votes-to-elect-trump/" data-wpel-link="internal">Electoral College Votes to Elect Trump</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T06:53:19-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 6:53 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/electoral-college-votes-to-elect-trump/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739860 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/electoral-college-votes-to-elect-trump/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“The electoral college convened in all 50 states Tuesday to elect Donald Trump to be the 47th president of the United States over Vice President Kamala Harris by a vote of 312 to 226,” the <a href="https://wapo.st/4foe4gx" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p>“The gatherings unfolded uneventfully, unlike four years ago, when alternate electors for Trump convened in seven states that he had lost and where governors had certified the results for Joe Biden.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/2024-campaign/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">2024 Campaign</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739800 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-ethics category-financial-markets entry" aria-label="Biden Backs Stock Trading Ban for Lawmakers" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/biden-backs-ban-on-lawmakers-trading-stocks/" data-wpel-link="internal">Biden Backs Stock Trading Ban for Lawmakers</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T21:04:13-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 9:04 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/biden-backs-ban-on-lawmakers-trading-stocks/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739800 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739800">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“President Joe Biden lent his voice to growing bipartisan calls on the Hill to end stock trading for congressional members on Tuesday,” <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-backs-calls-ban-congressional-stock-trading/story?id=116888132" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">ABC News</a> reports.</p> <p>Said Biden: “I don’t know how you look your constituents in the eye and know because of the job they gave you, gave you an inside track to make more money. I think we should be changing the law.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/ethics/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Ethics</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/financial-markets/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Financial Markets</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739799 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-foreign-affairs entry" aria-label="Trump Says Zelensky Should Prepare to Make Deal" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-says-zelensky-should-prepare-to-make-deal/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Says Zelensky Should Prepare to Make Deal</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T21:00:43-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 9:00 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-says-zelensky-should-prepare-to-make-deal/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739799 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739799">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“President-elect Donald Trump said Ukraine needs to reach a deal to end the Russian invasion and downplayed the value of occupied land, in the latest signal he may push for a settlement that codifies Russian territorial gains,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-16/trump-says-zelenskiy-should-prepare-to-make-deal-to-end-war" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a> reports.</p> <p>Said Trump: “He should be prepared to make a deal, that’s all. 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