đ Programming note: A quick update on what to expect from WTFJHT as we head into the holidays... Iâll be publishing Monday, Dec. 29 and Tuesday, Dec. 30, before returning to my regular MondayâThursday schedule on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. As always, if something truly WTF-y happens, Iâll be here. Otherwise, this is a short pause to recharge and spend some time with family. Thanks for reading, sharing, and supporting this project. It means a lot and Iâm glad youâre here. -MATT
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Day 232: Operation mega.
1/ The House passed a $15 billion disaster relief package, sending the measure to Trump to sign. The bipartisan deal also raises the debt limit and funds the government through December, despite objections from conservatives. (NBC News / ABC News)
2/ ICE cancelled its plan to round up 8,400 undocumented immigrants, citing the âweather situationâ in Florida and Texas. Homeland Security referred to the plan as âOperation Mega,â and described it as âthe largest operation of its kind in the historyâ of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (NBC News)
3/ The White Houseâs Election Integrity Commission accused New Hampshire voters of fraud for using out-of-state driverâs licenses to vote. In a Breitbart op-ed, Kris Kobach, the vice chairman of the commission, alleges that approximately 5,500 same-day voters may have stolen New Hampshireâs four electoral votes and a US Senate seat away from Republicans, because they havenât registered vehicles in New Hampshire or gotten in-state driverâs licenses since the election. Experts say the allegation is baseless. New Hampshire is one of fifteen states that allow same-day voter registration. (Washington Post / New Hampshire Public Radio)
4/ Robert Muellerâs team wants to interview White House staffers about Trump Jr.âs initial statement regarding his meeting with the Russian lawyer at Trump Tower during the campaign. Trump personally helped craft his sonâs misleading statement while aboard Air Force One. It claimed Trump Jr. âprimarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian childrenâ during his meeting with the Russian lawyer. That claim was later debunked by multiple accounts of the meeting. Mueller wants to know whether information was intentionally left out and who was involved. (CNN)
5/ Scott Pruitt doesnât want to talk about climate change right now. The EPA chief said that with Hurricane Irma, âto have any kind of focus on the cause and effect of the storm â versus helping people, or actually facing the effect of the storm â is misplaced.â Experts have said that climate change has contributed to the increased strength of hurricanes this season. (CNN)
6/ The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a $10 million spending bill to help fund the United Nationsâ climate change group that oversees the Paris Climate Agreement, despite Trumpâs decision to stop funding it. The panel approved funding for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Reuters)
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