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Happening now, breaking news.

The House Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to rescue his must-pass government funding plan from very angry conservatives.

And now Johnson's fight just got a lot more difficult with President-elect Donald Trump publicly trashing the bill.

Plus, multiple sources now tell CNN the House Ethics Committee has secretly voted to release its investigation into former Republican Congressman Matt Gates.

Stand by for a reaction to our new reporting and the response from Gates, who now admits to, quote,

embarrassing behavior.

Also tonight, some House Republicans are backing Donald Trump's calls to prosecute

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