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  • News to the max: Newsmax held its annual D.C. Christmas party at the Willard, where the company’s staff celebrated a banner 2024; the company broke its own records and regularly beat competitors in head-to-head ratings. To cap off its year, it also filed for an IPO. Spotted: Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, along with Newsmax hosts, staff, and veterans Marisela Ramirez, Chris Plante, Guillermo Garcia, Anna Laudiero, Sebastian Gorka, Hogan Gidley, Roma Daravi, Jessie Jane Duff, Haley Gillman, Marc Lotter, Keitha Paleski, Valeria Riccioli, Kelly Sadler, Matt and Mercedes Schlapp, Joe Pinion, Tony Shaffer, Joe Simpson and Greta van Susteren. Hill staffers and political hacks joined the festivities.

  • CR scoop: We’ve got the latest on the budgetary offsets in the continuing resolution. For a full list, click here.

  • Thanks for reading! David Sacks, incoming AI and crypto czar, tweeted that he enjoyed reading the op-ed we published from Bonnie Glick and Erik Bethel about why he’s the man for the job.

  • Congratulations 1.0! Rep. Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.) will chair the Energy and Commerce Committee next Congress. We spoke with Guthrie about his vision for the committee, which you can read here.

  • Congratulations 2.0! Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) will chair the Education and Workforce Committee next Congress. Walberg spoke at length with us about his priorities for the committee, which you can read here.


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