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The first family and the second family are set to attend the National Christmas Tree lighting outside the White House Thursday afternoon.

Democrats unveiled an agreement Thursday that would keep the federal government funded into mid-February, but it’s unclear if the deal would be enough to avoid a rapidly approaching government shutdown on midnight Friday.

Republicans are cranking up their crusade against federal vaccine mandates, making their resistance to the Biden administration’s pandemic response efforts a prominent rallying cry in the GOP — even as they simultaneously criticize the President for failing to get the virus under control.

The White House is set to announce a slew of new actions Thursday aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting Americans from the Delta and newly discovered Omicron variants.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior adviser Symone Sanders is leaving the Biden administration at the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the decision.

The Biden administration plans to relaunch the Trump-era border program known as “Remain in Mexico” on Monday due to a court order, meaning the US will again send migrants to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings, administration officials announced Thursday.

Democrats unveiled an agreement Thursday that would keep the federal government funded into mid-February, but it’s unclear if the deal would be enough to avoid a rapidly approaching government shutdown on midnight Friday.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior adviser Symone Sanders is leaving the Biden administration at the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the decision.

Former President Donald Trump showed “a flagrant lack of regard for public health” and endangered White House staff by not disclosing a positive Covid-19 test he received last year, his former communications director said Wednesday.