Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

Derick VanOrden, district 3 map, Donald Trump

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu speaks during an interview on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

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FILE - People watch a TV screen showing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised briefing at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

The dome of the Wisconsin Capitol Building in Madison. Photo by Quang Vuong.

Alaska kept its Final-Four Voting reforms. Another push is planned in Wisconsin.

FILE - Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, waves to the crowd at a campaign event, Nov. 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

The DNC chair candidates discuss Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and winning Latino voters (including Ben Wikler)

President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies before Trump takes office

FILE - Kash Patel, former chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks at a rally in Minden, Nev., Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, File)

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