Morning Greatness: Spending Bill Goes Down in Flames

Good Friday morning.

Here is what’s on 46 agenda today:

11am: The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

2:10pm: The President and The First Lady make a holiday visit to patients and families at Children’s National Hospital

News roundup:
Spending Deal Goes Down in Flames as House Republicans Confront Difficult Questions
Why most of Trump’s Cabinet picks will get confirmed by the Senate
Democrats dig in while GOP negotiates with themselves as shutdown looms
Biden administration to announce ‘ambitious’ climate goal
Fani Willis disqualified from Trump’s Georgia election case, but indictment stands
Sen. Rand Paul floats Musk to replace Mike Johnson as House speaker
Luigi Mangione waives extradition to New York
Teamsters union launches strike against Amazon amid holiday rush
ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscast coverage of Trump’s Cabinet picks ‘almost uniformly negative,’ study finds
NFL implores lawmakers to take action against potential drone threats
Some House Republicans privately furious at Elon Musk after government shutdown talks implode
Stephen Colbert calls ABC ‘stupid’ over settlement with Trump
Trump says Mike Johnson will ‘easily remain speaker’ if he acts ‘decisively and tough’ on spending bill
Stunning new data shows voters were right to question Biden-Harris job numbers
White House Aides Finally Reveal Who Really Ran The Country As Biden Slid Into Mental Incompetence
Biden Rolls Out New ‘Ambitious’ Climate Goals Weeks Before Trump Returns To White House
‘Black Widow,’ Who Murdered 3 Ex-Lovers, Freed in Biden’s Historic Clemency Spree

And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!