Gideon Resnick

One of those lawmakers, Republican Mike Lawler of New York, said that it was, quote, idiotic that Johnson wouldn't pursue the extension.

Instead, House Republicans today will focus their attention on their own bill that seeks to expand insurance coverage options for small businesses and the self-employed, among other things.

And this comes after two plans to address health care costs failed in the Senate last week.

Politico reports that the internal Republican blame game and disagreements about where and how to proceed are indicative of longer-term challenges the party has had.

Congressional reporter Jordan Carney explained their dilemma.

Carney also told us the disagreements extend to both chambers.

Part of the challenge for Republicans in supporting anything that extends even parts of the Affordable Care Act is that the party has spent years saying that the ACA is a disaster and that Americans need better options.

And so far, President Trump has not helped clarify exactly where he thinks Republicans should go.

A bipartisan group of senators has revived conversations in recent days about a fix to the subsidy issue, but most likely would not move forward on it until the beginning of next year.

Thousands attended vigils at Bondi Beach in Australia Tuesday night to commemorate the victims of this past weekend's shooting at a Hanukkah festival.

And some funerals for victims took place today in Sydney.

As officials investigate the shooting, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced some of the initial findings.

The gunmen are believed to be a father and son.

The father was killed at the scene and the son is in custody at a hospital.

Albanese also cautioned that at least so far in the investigation, there was no evidence of collusion with leaders representing ISIS.

In 2019, U.S.-led forces declared that they had defeated the ISIS caliphate, at one point a landmass the size of Great Britain, in Syria and Iraq.

But the attack in Sydney marks the latest time in recent years where black flags or other symbols of ISIS allegiance have been uncovered.

Over the weekend, a gunman killed two U.S.

Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter in Syria.

That individual is believed by U.S.