Johnson on shaky ground with Trump after spending fiasco
The collapse of Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending plan illustrates a painful lesson that other politicians have already learned: Absolute loyalty to Donald Trump is a one-way street. As the U.S. teeters on the edge of a government shutdown, bitterly divided
Trump-backed funding bill fails as government shutdown looms
A bill to avert a government shutdown failed on the House floor Thursday night, after Democrats and conservatives rebelled against Speaker Mike Johnson’s new Donald Trump-backed spending plan. The measure went down decisively, 174-235, failing to meet a two-thirds bar
The Trump-Musk governing duo is clearly a work in progress
As Elon Musk unleashed a volley of X posts demanding that Republicans back away from a deal to avert a government shutdown, Donald Trump was publicly silent. Instead, the president-elect holed up in his office Wednesday in a ballroom above
Shutdown blame game engulfs Capitol as hopes to avert shutdown fade
The shutdown blame game has already begun on Capitol Hill, a telltale sign that lawmakers don’t expect they can clear a funding plan before the Friday night deadline. Republicans’ revamped attempt at a stopgap spending bill is headed to the
Democrats dodge a debt ceiling deal
House Democrats are finding themselves in uncharted waters after President-elect Donald Trump and House Republican leaders proposed raising the federal debt limit, potentially taking a default off the table for the first half of Trump's second term. The provision embedded