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The fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/funding-meltdown-johnsons-tough-future-00194560\">highlights the challenges he will face<\/a> trying to pass President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s ambitious agenda with a razor-thin majority next year.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tech leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/from-big-tech-to-the-media-the-rush-to-kiss-trumps-ring-is-on-00194625\">are lining up to give to Trump\u2019s inauguration fund<\/a>, evidence of the the already apparent differences from his first term. \u201cThis term, everybody wants to be my friend,\u201d Trump told reporters on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is asking Trump to come up with conflict-of-interest rules for Elon Musk, who will run the president-elect\u2019s \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/17\/elizabeth-warren-trump-elon-musk-conflicts-interest\/\">The Washington Post reported Tuesday morning<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Some public health leaders are quietly optimistic about Trump\u2019s pick for HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. While they are fearful of his conspiracies around vaccines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/rfk-jr-public-health-leaders-worried-hopeful-00194641\">they see promise in some of his plans to address chronic disease<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udc40 What\u2019s Trump up to?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump told reporters Monday that he plans on meeting with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos later this week. It comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/from-big-tech-to-the-media-the-rush-to-kiss-trumps-ring-is-on-00194625\">parade of tech executives<\/a> have met with Trump in the last week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udea8What\u2019s up with the nominees?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump said Monday that RFK Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/16\/congress\/trump-talks-rfk-at-presser-00194551\">wouldn\u2019t be \u201cradical\u201d in his health policies<\/a> and that he would have an \u201copen mind.\u201d Meanwhile, opponents of Kennedy\u2019s selection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/16\/congress\/rfk-jr-opponents-buy-ads-00194493\">are buying tens of thousands of dollars in ads<\/a> across the states of key Republican senators that the secretary-designate plans to meet with this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\ud83d\udcddICYMI: Here are the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2024\/trump-cabinet-picks-2025-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>latest administration picks<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump announced picks for five ambassador positions: George Glass as ambassador to Japan; Leah Francis Campos as ambassador to the Dominican Republic; Arthur Graham Fisher as ambassador to Austria; Stacey Feinberg as ambassador to Luxembourg; and Lou Rinaldi to be ambassador to Uruguay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f What we&#8217;re watching Speaker Mike Johnson has less than four days to get his caucus to agree on a short-term spending bill. 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