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Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In

Elon Musk went on a posting spree on X to block a congressional funding bill, saying the government should shut down until Trump becomes president.

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Author: Miles Klee

Facing government shutdown, Trump and Republican allies scuttle budget bill

Trump was one of several prominent Republicans in the incoming administration to denounce the bill on social media.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff

Haberman on the question that Trump’s criticism of spending deal raises

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Author: Eden Getachew

US funding plan collapses as Trump makes demands days before shutdown

Trump rejects bipartisan plan, causing Congress to spiral as lawmakers try to wrap up for holidays amid Friday deadline

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Elon Musk Says US Funding Bill Is a ‘Crime’

Elon Musk publicly criticizes the temporary government funding deal, calling it a “crime” and saying lawmakers who support it should be voted out of office. Bloomberg Contributor Rick Davis weighs in on “Balance of Power.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Author: business

Johnson weighs a spending plan B: Dropping current plan in favor of ‘clean’ bill

The speaker is facing stiff opposition from conservatives and Elon Musk.

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Author: Jordain Carney,Olivia Beavers,Rachael Bade

House Ethics Committee will release investigation report on Matt Gaetz

The panel last month voted along party lines not to release the results of a long-running investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct

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Author: Jacqueline Alemany

Fox and Friends host demands Speaker Johnson defend spending bill to Elon Musk

House Republican leader challenged over tech billionaire’s opposition to latest stop-gap funding deal

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Author: Joe Sommerlad

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s hard ‘no’ to spending deal: ‘Showing cocaine on…’

US News: Department of Government Efficiency co-chiefs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy urged Congress to reject the stopgap spending deal. The stopgap measure’s

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Author: TOI World Desk

After investigating January 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney

Wrapping up their own investigation on the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump sent his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the 2020 election.

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Author: Associated Press

US House speaker defends stopgap spending as some Republicans, Musk balk

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson defended a stopgap measure aimed at funding the federal government through mid-March and averting a partial government shutdown despite complaints from some fellow Republicans and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk.

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Author: Reuters

Trump warns Liz Cheney ‘could be in a lot of trouble’ after Republicans call for FBI investigation

President-elect reacts to House subcommittee report calling for former congresswoman to be investigated over January 6 inquiry

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Author: @ChrisJStein

Chairman Loudermilk Releases Second January 6, 2021 Report

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration

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Author: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration

Top lawmakers unveil ‘Christmas-tree’ funding bill with $100B for disasters

The package sets a new March funding deadline, restricts U.S. investments in China, renews expiring health programs, OKs increased sales of ethanol fuel and extends the farm bill through September.

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Author: Jennifer Scholtes,Katherine Tully-McManus

Congress stumbles toward government shutdown deadline

Congress staggered toward a fast-approaching government funding cliff, as leading lawmakers struggled to cinch a final bipartisan funding deal.

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Author: Jacob Bogage

Republicans’ fury at stop-gap spending bill | Latest US politics news from The Economist

The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

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Author: The Economist

Vance will likely be 2028 front-runner, but RNC chair ‘excited about the bench that we have’

Even though Vice President-elect JD Vance will likely be the front-runner for the 2028 GOP nomination, Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley tells Fox News the party will remain neutral

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Author: Paul Steinhauser

House Republicans fume at Speaker Johnson over handling of CR: ‘A total dumpster fire’

House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like a sprawling omnibus — which they a…

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Author: Mychael Schnell,Emily Brooks

Gerrymandering Decided House Control

Unfair maps helped the GOP win a razor-thin majority.

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Author: 264

Johnson’s spending deal provokes conservative anger at the wrong time

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Author: Jordain Carney,Olivia Beavers

Congressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid

What started out as a simple stopgap measure to avert a shutdown for a few months became a magnet for more than $100 billion in emergency disaster and farm aid, plus a host of unrelated policy measures.

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Author: Catie Edmondson,Maya C. Miller

Continuing resolution text released

The 1,547-page bill that would keep the government funded until March 14 and carry a variety of health care and other policy riders.

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Author: Axios

Winners and losers from the 3-month CR

Agreeing to a three-month bill should not be this hard.

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Author: Hans Nichols

US Government Funding Fight Previews House GOP Turbulence

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s struggle for a deal to keep the US government open after Friday is an ominous sign for his shrinking and fractious Republican majority’s ability to push through President-elect Donald Trump’s early priorities.

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Author: Billy House

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