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And one of many issues standing in the way of a year-ending stopgap spending deal is a bipartisan accord on disaster aid funding.

And the Trump transition team entered a critical week of nomination meetings on Capitol Hill with a new head of steam.

Playbook: How Tulsi Gabbard is planning to fight

And Syria's Assad era is over.

And Pete Hegseth tries to strengthen his confirmation odds.

And Donald Trump announces more administration posts.

And behind closed doors, Biden's inner circle is weighing whether to give blanket pardons to officials who've run afoul of Trump.

Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move

And a grand deal on final funding bills is highly unlikely before the Dec. 20 deadline.

And Trump names Massad Boulos as senior adviser on Middle Eastern affairs.