Watch live coverage as President Trump hosts Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first Syrian president to visit the White House. The former jihadist is expected to commit to joining the U.S.-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State militant group, two U.S. officials said. » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlin ...

Watch live coverage as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a news conference after senators, in a rare Sunday session. cleared a key hurdle toward potentially reopening the government by advancing a short-term funding bill by a razor-thin vote of 60-40, just meeting the threshold for it to pass. If it's approved, it would then need to pass the House and gain President Donald Trump's signature to become law and reopen the government. » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe to ...

So, here's where things stand this morning. As John suggested, it's all moving pretty fast. In a 60 to 40 vote, a group of moderate Democrats broke from their party and voted with Republicans on legislation to fund the government and hold a later vote on extending affordable care act tax credits that expire on January the 1st.The deal includes a mini package of appropriation bills that fund military construction, veterans affairs, the department of agriculture, and the legislative branch, as well as a stop ...

Also with us now, let's bring in independent Senator Angus King of Maine. He was among the group of moderates who broke ranks and voted with Republicans in the legislation to fund the government and hold a later vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax subsidies that expire January 1. Senator, thanks so much for being with us.Why did you decide to vote with Republicans to open the government. >> Well, Joe, you have to go back to what the strategy was at the beginning of the shutdown. There were two goals.b ...

other than the New England Patriots possibly becoming the best, if not one of the best teams in the NFL. I mean, they're looking good. The Pats are back, but also, and this is just Democrats, I get it. They have the best week that they've had in a year and a half. And then fear and loathing and the ringing of hands because they may reopen the government because yes, there are some Democrats who understand that people are going hungry. And what have they done? They have found out and they have exposed a Whit ...

Tonight, President Trump has issued sweeping pardons for several key allies who backed his effort to subvert the 2020 election results. That's according to the president's so-called clemencies are justice department pardon attorney Ed Martin who released a list on social media late last night that includes the names of 77 people who received pardons. They include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheesebro, Boris Epstein, and Sydney Powell among others.Now, Politico points out that the pard ...

And now to the brewing war within MAGA over the future of the American conservative movement. It comes as far influencer Nick Fuentes recently recorded a cordial interview at the invitation of Tucker Carlson that more than 5 million people have viewed. This is the same Fuentes who was once barred from nearly every social media platform for violating hate speech policies.The conversation the two had has sparked backlash from a number of prominent conservatives. However, other leading conservatives rushed to ...

Because today marks day 41 of the government shutdown. But after nearly six weeks, lawmakers finally took the first step to ending the stalemate yesterday. After a number of Senate Democrats backed a Republican funding bill to reopen the government until the end of January.In a 60 to40 vote, a group of moderate Democrats broke from their party and voted with Republicans on legislation that funds the government and holds a later vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire January 1st. If it ...

Right. So, we are gearing up and I I can't hear the floor feed right now, but we're gearing up for the actual vote to start start playing out. And this is that procedural vote. Will there need to hit that 60 vote threshold in order to advance the package to then actually be considered? Then they'll add the amendment on uh that has been crafted by this bipartisan cohort of lawmakers. uh and then they will move to advance that potentially in the next few hours, in the next day or two, or potentially it might ...

We're now going to bring in Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balant of Vermont. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us again tonight. Good to see you.So, at least three of your House colleagues have already indicated that this sort of concept of a promise, I guess, of a vote coming in December is going to be a no for them. So, I'll begin with where do you stand. >> Oh, I think this whole thing stinks.And I think most members of the House caucus on the Democratic side are absolutely uh outraged that what what ...