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Just eight hours left to avoid a government shutdown. Lisa Brady, Fox News, and each side of the aisle still pointing a finger at the other. Democrats do not want a shutdown. We stand ready to work with Republicans to find a bipartisan compromise, and the ball's in their court. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, but Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats are holding Americans hostage. to try and get a laundry list, a wish list, a Christmas list of their left-wing priorities attached, in their case, to a four-week continuing resolution. Ours is seven weeks. Thune says talks on policy differences should be separate. The Senate will take up both short-term spending bills. Transportation officials say if there is a shutdown, 11,000 FAA employees will be furloughed and that air traffic controllers will keep working but will not be paid.
A federal judge in Massachusetts finds the Trump administration went too far with a crackdown on campus protests over the war in Gaza. The ruling says efforts to deport non-citizen protesters were unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge William Young, a federal appointee of President Reagan, ruled so-called ideological deportations are a violation of the First Amendment. Judge Young sided with lawyers for a group of university associations who argued that immigrants' lawful political speech was targeted... and it creates fear in non-citizens who attend schools. Attorneys for the Trump administration say no policy to revoke visas exists based on political speech and that the government is just enforcing immigration law.
Fox's Grinnell Scott, no word yet on an appeal. A federal judge in Rhode Island just blocking the administration from cutting counterterrorism grant funds for Democrat-led states. It's a temporary block as a legal fight continues over so-called sanctuary jurisdictions. A late turnaround on Wall Street. The Dow up 81 points at the bell to a new record close. America is listening to Fox News. This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52-episode podcast series, The Life of Jesus. A listening experience that will provide hope, comfort, and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now at FoxNewsPodcasts.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Trump administration is suing a California sheriff's department over gun permits.
The Department of Justice accusing the L.A. County Sheriff's Department of violating Second Amendment rights by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for Californians who want to carry concealed weapons. In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleges the Sheriff's Department only approved two concealed carry permits out of more than 8,000 new applications and renewals over the course of 15 months and claims the department waits an average of 281 days to start processing applications, violating a California law requiring initial reviews within 90 days. DOJ is asking for a permanent injunction requiring the Sheriff's Department to issue those licenses more quickly. Fox's Kristen Goodwin. Two real estate websites are being sued by the Federal Trade Commission.
Zillow and Redfin accused of violating antitrust laws with an illegal agreement to suppress competition. The FTC says Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to stop competing against it in online listings for apartments to rent. No word yet of a response from the companies. An iconic wrestler sets the date for his exit. John Cena is stepping into the ring for the last time this December after a year-long farewell tour that included WrestleMania 41 and SummerSlam. The WWE legend will close out his career by headlining Saturday night's main event on December 13th at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The match will stream exclusively on Peacock, though his opponent hasn't been announced. Cena, a 17-time world champion who surprised fans last summer when he announced his retirement, signed to the WWE in 2001.
He became one of the company's biggest superstars before scaling back to part-time in 2018 to focus on acting, starring in films like Blockers, The Suicide Squad, and the HBO Max series Peacemaker.
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