DEVELOPING: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., announced between 5:16 PM and 5:45 PM UTC on December 8 that she has returned to Washington after missing last week and will vote no on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), citing its funding of foreign aid and wars amid a U.S. debt crisis of $38 trillion, according to an X post by Jake Sherman. Greene stated, "This week we are voting on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that funds our military and it’s, once again, filled with American’s hard earned tax dollars used to fund foreign aid and foreign country’s wars. These American People are $38 Trillion in debt, suffering from an affordability crisis, on the verge of a healthcare crisis, and credit card debt is at an all time high. Funding foreign aid and foreign wars is America Last and is beyond excuse anymore. I would love to fund our military but refuse to support foreign aid and foreign militaries and foreign wars. I am here and will be voting NO." The announcement follows Greene's X post earlier on December 8 declaring "I AM AMERICA FIRST," underscoring her consistent positioning against foreign spending priorities, as sourced from her account in prior reports. In related Washington developments during the same 29-minute window, Semafor reported that Paramount's aggressive hostile bid for Warner Bros. is backfiring, with officials frustrated by speculation of favoritism from a politicized Justice Department toward the conservative Ellison family. One person close to Trump administration deliberations said the Paramount team "believe the worst possible tropes" about corruption and thought they were "playing 5D chess" but were "playing tiddlywinks," per Semafor's X posts linking to their article.
