Senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend expiring health insurance subsidies, the issue that triggered the 43-day closure that consumed much of the fall calendar. Liberal Democrats in the Senate are fuming that Republicans blocked a proposal to extend the subsidies, which are due to expire in January, through 2028. A group of eight Democrats, mostly centrists, voted last month to reopen the government in hopes that Republicans might agree to a bipartisan compromise to keep health insurance premiums for people who buy their plans on the ObamaCare marketplace from soaring by double digits.

With key Obamacare tax credits set to expire within weeks, Democrats have unified behind a simple message: extend the subsidies and keep health insurance premiums from spiking for more than 20 million Americans. Republicans, meanwhile, have engaged in a wide-ranging blame game while scrambling to coalesce behind an easily digestible plan to lower health care costs. That struggle comes to a head this week as House leaders move to put what they hope will be a consensus GOP plan up for a vote.

Politicians should stop attacking immigration officers trying to enforce laws while putting their lives at risk, border czar Tom Homan said during a press briefing on Dec. 13 that involved officials from the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). "I'm begging the politicians, the governors, the mayors who constantly attack these men and women, please stop. I don't want to bury anybody else. It's not a joke. We're all there enforcing the laws. Not only I care about the safety of the men and women in uniform, I care about the safety of those who we're looking for and apprehending," Homan told reporters.

Providence officials announced Sunday night they will release a person of interest detained following a shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others. Mayor Brett Smiley and other officials made the disclosure at a hastily convened news conference, more than 12 hours after revealing they had detained someone in connection with the attack that occurred Saturday afternoon during final exams. Multiple news outlets, citing law enforcement sources, identified the person of interest as 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson from Wisconsin. He was taken into custody at a Hampton Inn hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, about 20 miles from Providence. The gunman opened fire during final exams in the Barus & Holley building, which houses the School of Engineering and physics department. The shooting left at least two people dead and injured nine others who are receiving treatment at a local hospital.

The best way to fix Americans' cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job market has been stagnant in recent months, and paycheck growth has been falling steadily for more than three years. We'll get a clearer picture Tuesday when the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the delayed October and November jobs reports. Affordability has remained issue No. 1 in poll after poll, despite more than a year of relatively normal inflation and over two years of wage growth outpacing price hikes. That's because Americans haven't yet adjusted to the price shock from a few years ago, when inflation surged to a four-decade high.

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