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The top negotiators in Congress announce an agreement to avoid a government shutdown amid heavy behind-the-scenes drama. What do we know about the specifics? Plus: Survivors of the horrific Club Q shooting testify on Capitol Hill, highlighting a rise in extremism and violence targeting the LGBTQ community. And: Brand new CNN polling on Joe Biden and Donald Trump shows many Americans are in the mood for someone else to run for president.
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New data out today shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which looks at what you pay for goods and services, was up 7.1% for November compared to last year. While that's still high, it's lower than most economists expected. Will this development prompt the Fed to make a more modest interest rate hike when it meets tomorrow?
Plus: An alarming surge of migrants crossing into the US from Mexico is straining resources and overwhelming border towns. And: President Biden will make history when he signs a bill protecting same sex marriage, 10 years after he publicly changed his stance of LGBTQ rights.
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New CNN polling just released shows broad numbers of Americans view both political parties as too extreme. Plus: The alleged bombmaker suspected of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 is in custody. And: Marjorie Taylor Greene says if she'd been charge of the crowds attacking the US Capitol on January 6, "we would have won."
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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic party to become an independent. How much impact will her bombshell move have on the Dems' newly secured Senate majority?
Plus, Donald Trump suffers another week of brutal setbacks. The mounting losses and growing legal troubles have some in his party asking whether it's finally time to move on.
And, Kevin McCarthy vows he'll never leave as his road to Speaker grows steeper.
On today's panel: Leigh Ann Caldwell of the Washington Post, Zolan Kanno Youngs of the New York Times, Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark, and CNN’s Phil Mattingly.
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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema says she's leaving the Democratic party and is now an independent. Chuck Schumer says that won't change anything. Is that true? Plus: Brittney Griner steps off a plane and onto American soil 295 days after being arrested in Russia. And: The DOJ asks a federal judge to decide whether Donald Trump should be held in contempt for defying a subpoena demanding he hand over all documents marked classified.
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WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, who's been detained in Russia since February, was freed today after a prisoner swap and will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones. However, another American held in Russia, Paul Whelan, remains captive. In an exclusive interview from his jail cell he tells CNN, "I don't understand why I'm still sitting here."
Also on today's show: A bill to protect same-sex marriage heads to the president's desk. It's likely the last big act of Nancy Pelosi's speakership and a reminder that Democratic priorities face a very different fate when Republicans take the House next month.
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Raphael Warnock's runoff victory gives Democrats some important Senate space and serves as another rejection of Donald Trump, who'd back challenger Herschel Walker. Plus: The former president suffers a defeat of a different kind, as the Trump Organization is found guilty in New York. And: The second gentleman shoulders a new and important public role calling out antisemitism.
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Warnock or Walker? Georgia will deliver that verdict today and settle the Senate math. Yes, the Democrats will control the Senate either way, but there's a crucial difference between 51-49 and 50-50. Plus: We explore the new Republican rift between Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy. And: The January 6th committee says, yes, it will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
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It's the final day of campaigning in Georgia, where voters will settle the senate runoff pitting Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock against Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Plus: Donald Trump says he should still be president and it's worth ripping up the Constitution to make it so. And: In a remarkable reemergence, Paul Pelosi makes his first public appearance since an attacker brutalized him inside his home.
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With two days until the Georgia Senate run-off, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker are giving their closing arguments across the state. But Walker has kept a light campaign schedule as Democrats call him unfit for office.
Plus, why former President Trump won't condemn anti-Semites like Kanye West.
And brand new CNN reporting gives insights on how the soon-to-be top House Democrat will lead his caucus.
On today’s panel: CNN’s Jeff Zelenly, Heidi Pryzbyla of Politico, Julie Davis of the New York Times, Adam Harris of the Atlantic, CNN’s Isaac Dovere.
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