Laura Coates Live

The latest plan would extend government funding into March and includes disaster relief and farming provisions, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump has been demanding that Republicans address. This was “Plan C” for GOP lawmakers. Trump torpedoed a bipartisan deal earlier this week, and then a Trump-backed plan that would have suspended the debt limit also failed in the House on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House failed tonight to pass a new Donald Trump-backed GOP proposal to fund the government into March, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of a Friday night deadline. The GOP inserted a 2-year suspension of the debt limit into the legislation after the president-elect on Wednesday demanded that any deal also address the looming debt limit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump delivered a missive to Capitol Hill that significantly ratcheted up the chances of a government shutdown just before Christmas, while sending the clearest signal yet that he is seeking a dramatic showdown with Democrats over spending. Trump and Vance slammed the bill for including what they see as Democratic priorities but also injected the politically fraught issue of the US debt limit, which the country is on track to hit after it is reinstated in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Manhattan grand jury indicted Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to newly released court documents. Mangione faces 11 counts, including one of murder in the first-degree and two of murder in the second-degree in Thompson’s killing on December 4 in New York, along with other weapon and forgery charges, the indictment says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shooter who opened fire at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, was a 15-year-old female student, Police Chief Shon Barnes said Monday. She died of a self-inflicted gunshot, he said. The shooting left one student and one teacher dead and six injured, including two people who are facing life-threatening conditions, Barnes said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal agencies are facing intense pressure Friday to give the public more details on unexplained drone sightings in the New York City metropolitan area that have been going on for weeks over residential neighborhoods as well as restricted sites and critical infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weeks of unexplained drone sightings in New Jersey have left residents, politicians and public safety officials scratching their heads, prompting security concerns. With residents and multiple public officials calling for a response to the drone activity and experts working to uncover exactly what’s going on, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby on Thursday sought to assure the public there is no threat to public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corporations are scrambling to protect their senior executives as police warn of an elevated near-term threat against business leaders. Boards are reassessing security budgets. And CEOs are being told to delete their digital footprints. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is fighting his extradition to New York, where he faces a murder charge. He was denied bail during a court appearance in Pennsylvania. As he entered the courtroom Tuesday, the 26-year-old could be heard yelling, in part, “it’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people. It’s lived experience!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with murder in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, hours after he was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Plus, Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year, was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a Manhattan jury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the investigation into the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan enters its fourth day, police are piecing together clues, including a backpack, photos, video, ammunition, DNA and more, to help zero in on a suspect they believe is no longer in the city. The shooting suspect, believed to have left New York City on an interstate bus, has not been identified or located NYPD officials told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suspected gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson traveled by Greyhound bus to New York before the shooting, a law enforcement source said. Authorities also said the suspect used a fake New Jersey driver’s license to check into an Upper West Side hostel. Smiling photos showing a man police consider a suspect may have provided a significant clue as he lowered his mask during a flirtatious moment with a New York hostel clerk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning in a “brazen, targeted attack” as he walked toward the hotel hosting the company’s annual investor conference, New York police said. The gunman is on the loose. But the assailant may have dropped some vital clues while fleeing, according to police officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth to run the Defense Department is in jeopardy amid questions from some key GOP senators over whether he’s fit for the job, forcing the president-elect’s team to maneuver behind the scenes to avoid a second Cabinet pick from collapsing amid a Republican revolt. No Republicans have said they will not support Hegseth, but even some of the GOP senators closest to Trump, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, are now wondering whether Hegseth can survive the tightrope walk to confirmation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son has left some Democrats fuming over his choice to repeatedly and unequivocally claim that he would never take that step, even though a pardon long appeared possible to Hunter Biden’s legal team. Multiple officials who recently worked for Joe Biden said they never believed the president or White House aides speaking on his behalf when they insisted in recent months that a pardon for Hunter Biden was off the table. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on the line. Now they have a new fear: becoming the personal targets of the world’s richest man – and his legions of followers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Trump ramps up plans for mass deportations, he is also vowing new tariffs on his first day in office. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada, and China starting on the first day of his administration, a policy that could sharply increase costs for American businesses and consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Special counsel Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissal in court filings Monday. Trump has said he would fire Smith once he retook the office, shattering previous norms around special counsel investigations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury. Plus, Trump announced his picks for critical remaining public health roles in his incoming administration -- Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as US surgeon general; Dr. Marty Makary as US Food and Drug Administration commissioner; and Dr. Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida, as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hours after his first pick to run the nation’s top law enforcement agency dropped out, President-elect Donald Trump named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new choice to run the Justice Department. Trump made the announcement in a post on social media Thursday evening – the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the president-elect had selected for the role last week, withdrew from consideration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices