Low Temps, High Pressure: Uncertainty Deepens
S6E9: “The Morning Meeting” at 9:00am ET today
“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025
By Michael Dailey and Mark Halperin
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TODAY
* “The Morning Meeting” with Larry O’Connor, Kevin Walling, and me is LIVE at 9am ET.
* A new episode of “Next Up” drops today, with my “8 for ‘28” Democratic presidential candidate rankings and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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* “The Moynihan Report” hosted by Michael Moynihan is LIVE at 7pm ET.
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
JD VANCE
No known public events at this writing.
CABINET
10:00am: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the House Homeland Security committee.
1:00pm: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lead a FEMA Review Council meeting.
CONGRESS
9:30am: Senate Armed Services holds a hearing on the administration’s deployment of the National Guard.
10:00am: House Homeland Security hears testimony from Secretary Kristi Noem.
10:30am: Senate Rules considers a measure to reduce senators’ pay if another government shutdown occurs.
11:30am: The Senate votes on two competing health care proposals, a measure to advance nominees en bloc and to take up the House-passed NDAA.
1:30pm: The House votes on a discharge petition from Rep. Jared Golden to repeal a Trump administration executive order that prevents collective bargaining for some federal workers.
4:00pm: The House votes on a resolution to impeach President Trump.
UKRAINE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a call with European and NATO allies to build support for the country’s application to join the EU.
REDISTRICTING
1:30pm: The Indiana state Senate votes on the state’s gerrymandering proposal.
ECONOMY
8:30am: Initial jobless claims and U.S. trade deficit reports due out.
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* Maduro pressure campaign.
* Ukraine-Russia.
* Health care.
* Economy.
* Indiana redistricting.
* Epstein files.
* MAGA on MAGA warring.
* Warner Bros., Trump, and CNN.
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