AmericaFest 2024, an annual event held by conservative group Turning Point USA, is in Phoenix from Dec. 19 to Dec. 22. The event on Dec. 20 features Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), among others.

The U.S. Senate votes on spending legislation aimed at averting a government shutdown at 11 p.m. ET on Dec. 20.

Numerous people were injured after a car crashed into a Christmas market in Germany on Dec. 20.

The house goes back into session on Dec. 20 to avert a government shutdown.    

AmericaFest 2024, an annual event held by conservative group Turning Point USA, is held in Phoenix, Arizona, from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21. The event on Dec. 19  features Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump Jr, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and others.

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit sick children at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington on Dec. 20.

AmericaFest 2024, an annual event held by conservative group Turning Point USA, is held in Phoenix, Arizona, from Dec. 19–22. The event on Dec. 20 features Riley Gaines, Michael Knowles, Danica Patrick, James O’Keefe, and others.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a White House briefing at 12:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 20.

A stakeout outside the meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on Dec. 20, as partial government shutdown looms.

The House votes on the short-term spending bill at 5:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Thom Tills (R-N.C.) hold a news conference on disaster relief at 3:00 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media at 2:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark’s District of Columbia Bar License Hearing is held at 2:00 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a UN Security Council Session on Sudan in New York City. The event is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

State Department press briefing with principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel is held at the Department of State at 1:15 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces a new border security strategy in Eagle Pass, Texas, at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 19.

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of a UnitedHealth executive, is expected to appear in New York court on Dec. 19, after being extradited from Pennsylvania.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) hold a press conference at 11:25 a.m. ET on Dec. 19.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken chairs the U.N. Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 19.

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in a Pennsylvania court for a preliminary hearing on state gun and forgery charges at around 8:30 a.m. ET on Dec. 19.