Trump, Musk Throw Congress Into Chaos With Shutdown Looming
- Johnson’s deal with Democrats ruptures days before deadline
- Disaster relief money could be in peril, speaker seeks Plan B
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Donald Trump is still a month out from his inauguration but already is shaking up Washington, trashing House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays and pressuring Republicans to deal with the debt ceiling before he takes office.
With less than two days until federal agencies shutter, House Republicans huddled Thursday in Johnson’s office and struggled to write a Plan B that could appease Trump and his agitator-in-chief, Elon Musk.