NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Dec. 20)

The Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation’s debt ceiling.

The White House is abandoning its plan to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans. This is the Biden administration’s first step in scrapping pending regulations and unfinished rules across several agencies in its final days.

U.S. Central Command said that U.S. forces killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif. This happened in a precision airstrike on Thursday.

Topics in this episode include:

1. Lawmakers Back to the Drawing Board on Funding Bill
2. Johnson: Plan C Reached to Avert Shutdown, Vote Expected
3. White House Starts Scrapping Student Debt Cancellation
4. Biden to Meet Pope Francis in Rome in January
5. Centcom: ISIS Leader Killed in Precision Airstrike
6. 1st U.S. Delegation in Over 10 Years Arrives in Syria
7. Pentagon Says It Has Double the Number of Troops in Syria
8. Lawsuit: Us Failed to Evacuate Palestinian Americans in Gaza
9. Ice Deports the Most Illegal Immigrants Since 2015
10. TX Governor Launches Ad Campaign to Curb Illegal Immigration
11. Should Debt Ceiling Be Scrapped: Analysis
12. 6 Defendant Allowed to See Trump Inauguration
13. Former NYC Mayor Top Aide Pleads Not Guilty in Bribery Case
14. Fresh Snow Brings Holiday Cheer to the Midwest
15. Fire Breaks Out at Fmr Virginia Intermont College Campus
16. Trump Wants EU to Buy More U.S. Oil and Gas or Face Tariffs
17. Russia Targets Kyiv With Ballistic, Hypersonic Missiles
18. Sweden Will No Longer Fund UNRWA Aid Agency
19. German President to Decide on Dissolving Parliament
20. Suspect in Croatian School Stabbing Was Former Student
21. Trial Concludes With 51 Guilty Verdicts for Mass Rape
22. Chinese National Charged as Beijing Agent in CA Election
23. Taiwanese Lawmakers Clash Over Bills
24. Canada’s Trudeau to Shuffle His Cabinet Today
25. Lord Mandelson Picked as UK’s New Ambassador to U.S.
26. Warriors Curry, Green w/o Field Goal for 1st Time
27. ‘Raygun: The Musical’ Will Continue Under Different Name
28. College Football Playoffs Tonight: Indiana-Notre Dame
29. The Town of Eternal Christmas in Mexico
30. Santa Hands Out Christmas Trees in Jerusalem
31. Record Breaking Travel Expected at Nation’s Busiest Airports
32. Winter Village at the Historic Distillery District
33. Business Leaders Praise Shen Yun’s Spiritual Impact