Johnson has 3 main options to avert a shutdown. None of them are looking good.
Mike Johnson’s in a terrible spot, with a government shutdown deadline looming in less than 48 hours and no obvious way out. Conservatives are furious, rank-and-file members are exasperated, and President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to primary his members and
What we’re watching: Republicans scramble on government funding
🗓️ What we're watching President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance injected themselves further into an escalating fight over federal spending, insisting that Congress raise the nation’s debt ceiling and cut a range of spending proposals. In
Trump team lands at Energy Department
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has landed at the Energy Department’s headquarters. Members of the Trump transition arrived at the Energy Department on Tuesday to meet for the first time with department leaders, a DOE spokesperson said Wednesday. “Department officials
Musk and Trump put House GOP in a bind
Just two days before a planned Christmas break, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing down the threat of a government shutdown and demands from an incoming president that he cannot easily deliver on. Yesterday, Trump ally Elon Musk banded with conservatives
Rand Paul floats Musk for speaker
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is floating the ultimate Washington outsider to be speaker: Elon Musk. “The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress,” Paul wrote in a post on Musk’s X platform. “Nothing would disrupt the