🗞️Government Shutdown Looms And Give ChatGPT A Call

December 19, 2024

December 19th, 2024

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

Live updates: Trump backs new GOP plan to avoid a government shutdown and lift the debt limit

President-elect Donald Trump endorsed a new plan to prevent a government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling just a day after he and Elon Musk helped kill a previous bipartisan bill. He praised House Speaker Mike Johnson for coming to a “very good Deal."

apnews.com/live/government-shutdown-congress-spending-trump-updates

  • This morning Trump called for an elimination of the debt ceiling, later in the day he endorsed a new House Republican deal for a three-month federal funding plan that would avert a government shutdown, at night the House of Representatives voted on the bill and it failed as 38 Republicans voted against it——Click on the article above for live updates

  • The Teamsters Union said workers will begin striking at Amazon facilities across the country today, about 10,000 workers will go on strike just days before Christmas

  • Fulton County DA, Fani Willis, cannot continue prosecuting the Georgia election interference case involving President-elect Trump, the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled

  • OpenAI created a new way to talk to its viral chatbot, you can now call or text ChatGPT at: 1-800-CHATGPT

  • Luigi Mangione, who was charged in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, has agreed to be extradited to New York, where he will face a first-degree murder charge

  • The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1% in the third quarter, beating expectations of 2.8% and jobless claims for the week of Dec. 14th dropped to 220k below the expectations of 230k

  • U.S. home sales are on track for their worst year since 1995 per FORTUNE

  • Big Lots will close all of its 963 locations, after failing to find a buyer after Chapter 11 bankruptcy

  • DOW up .04% / S&P down .09%

  • In France, Dominique Pélicot, the man accused of drugging his then-wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her for nearly 10 years has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

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