Washington Post - The federal government is careening toward a shutdown this weekend. Elon Musk — Donald Trump’s “first buddy” — urged House Republicans not to support a huge spending bill. With a five-word post on his social network X, Musk caused chaos. Unless Congress acts, federal agencies will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. And a growing Republican revolt could threaten Mike Johnson’s future as House speaker.
NPR - Republican lawmakers are working to avoid a government shutdown with less than a week until Christmas after
President-elect Donald Trump and allies spoke out against a bipartisan
spending bill. Government funding runs out at the end of the day on
Friday. Congressional leaders released a roughly 1,500-page bipartisan
spending bill, which would fund the government until March 14 and covers
priorities like farm subsidies, disaster aid and a pay raise for
lawmakers. Yesterday, GOP leaders and Trump advisers pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to back out of the deal. House Democrats said they are unwilling to back away.
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