At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Authorities in the German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market in a suspected attack. Officials say an adult and toddler were killed in Friday's suspected attack. At least 60 other people were were injured, including 15 who were hurt very seriously, according to the city government’s website.
Authorities say the driver of the car was arrested. Saxony-Anhalt’s interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, told reporters that the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006. The car drove into the market at around 7 p.
m., when it was busy with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend. House sets up vote to prevent government shutdown, dropping Trump's demand for debt limit WASHINGTON (AP) — Veering toward a midnight government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan.
It would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster relief for a few months, but punts President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. Johnson insists there will be no government shutdown. He set a vote for Friday evening but support is uncertain.
Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, he said in a morning post, let the closures “start now.�.
