- Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president (popular.info)
- Polish Leader to Press for Surge in NATO Spending to Counter Russia (nytimes.com)
- House Passes Bipartisan $460 Billion Spending Bill to Avert a Partial Shutdown (nytimes.com)
- Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre found liable in case on lavish spending (washingtonpost.com)Retired NRA finance chief Wilson Phillips was ordered to pay $2m in damages to the NRA (theguardian.com)
- ‘We Did Not Authorize This’: Chip Roy Furious After Details Emerge of $1.2T Spending Bill (mediaite.com)
- Half of Elon Musk’s charitable spending appears to benefit tycoon’s empire, including a tiny nonprofit school full of his own children (fortune.com)
- House Republicans often vote no on spending, but love to add pet projects (washingtonpost.com)
- Leaders Release $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill as Congress Races to Avert Shutdown (nytimes.com)
- Sir Rod Stewart brands former friend Donald Trump ‘a monster’ after spending Christmas together (mirror.co.uk)
- As Spending Talks Intensify, Johnson’s Bind Grows Tighter (nytimes.com)As another government shutdown looms, it's time for Mike Johnson to step up (salon.com)