Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown

Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP's government funding bill

President-elect Donald Trump came out against a government funding bill backed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.

CNBC - 20m

Trump, Musk push Republicans to reject government funding deal

A funding plan to avoid a government shutdown is teetering on the brink after President-elect Trump and Elon Musk weighed in against, causing the deal to fall apart. With a Friday deadline looming, ...

NBC News - 1h

Trump opposes funding bill and 47 guilty of rape in French trial: Morning Rundown

Donald Trump opposes a bipartisan government funding bill with less than two days until a shutdown deadline.

NBC News - 2h

Last-minute government funding bill in limbo after opposition from Trump, others

A bipartisan House deal on a short-term funding measure that would avoid a potential shutdown and keep the government operational through March appeared to have been scrapped Wednesday after ...

CBS News - 12h

Trump, Egged On by Musk, Condemns Spending Deal, Raising Fears of Government Shutdown

The president-elect weighed in against the huge spending package after Elon Musk had spent the day warning Republicans not to support it. The blowup left the compromise on life support.

The New York Times - 12h

Shutdown Threat Looms as Trump Urges Congress to Reject Spending Bill

This would be the first government shutdown since 2018 into 2019 — during Trump’s first four-year White House term.

Inc. - 13h

Trump denounces massive spending bill, pushing government closer to shutdown

President-elect Trump denounced a spending bill that Democrats and some Republicans had agreed on, pushing the government closer to a shutdown later this week. Elon Musk also weighed in on the ...

NBC News - 14h

Some Republicans oppose funding bill threatening government shutdown

Some Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump, are opposing a bi-partisan government funding bill leaving them closer to a potential government shutdown. Meet the Press panelists discuss ...

NBC News - 14h

Trump opposes funding bill as government shutdown looms

President-elect Trump came out against a bipartisan funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown over the holidays, casting doubt on whether the measure will pass before the Saturday ...

NBC News - 15h

Government funding bill ‘should’ve been done a long time ago,’ says House Democrat

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, and weighs ...

NBC News - 16h

'We've got a lot of good wins' in government funding bill, says House Budget Republican

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), a member of the House Budget Committee, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, and talks about encouraging ...

NBC News - 16h

Congress unveils short-term funding bill to avert shutdown

Congressional leaders on Tuesday evening released the text of a short-term bill to keep the federal government open until March 14, rolling it out just days ahead of a key deadline to prevent a ...

NBC News - 1d

What Senate Republicans are saying after Trump tanks government funding bill

Senate Republicans weigh in on new government funding challenges as clock ticks.

ABC News - 4h

Government funding plan collapses after Trump issues demands

With a shutdown looming by the end of the week, Republicans face pressure from Trump and his ally Elon Musk to drop the funding bill they negotiated with Democrats.

ABC News - 12h

US government nears shutdown after Trump attacks funding bill

President-elect’s intervention raises odds of federal closures by weekend

Financial Times - 12h

Elon Musk leads charge to kill spending bill meant to avert government shutdown

Elon Musk's opposition to the funding bill, which came ahead of Donald Trump's own opposition the the bill, has drawn ire from politicians across the aisle.

NBC News - 12h

Will the bill to avert a government shutdown pass without Trump's support?

For the second time in three months, Congress is facing a fast-approaching deadline to pass a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump and some other ...

CBS News - 13h

What’s Inside the Spending Bill to Avoid a Government Shutdown?

The mammoth year-end federal funding measure congressional leaders agreed on does far more than just keep the government running. It is stuffed with all manner of policy and other changes.

The New York Times - 14h

Jeffries suggests Democrats will oppose a 'clean' funding bill after Johnson's plan falters

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day before, accusing GOP ...

The Hill - 15h

Trump comes out against Johnson bill that would avert shutdown

President-elect Donald Trump, alongside several Republican lawmakers and other conservative leaders, are defiant in their opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson's spending bill that would keep ...

CBS News - 15h

Trump allies work to sink government spending bill

Allies of President-elect Trump lashed out Wednesday over a massive government funding deal ahead of a looming deadline at the end of the week, pushing for lawmakers to oppose the agreement and ...

The Hill - 19h

Hawley blasts exclusion of RECA expansion from government funding bill

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the exclusion of an agreement to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) from a 1,500-page bill to fund the federal government, blaming Speaker ...

The Hill - 19h

Bill to prevent government shutdown includes raise for Congress. It’s the first pay hike in 16 years.

Congressional leaders have put forward a giant spending package to avoid a partial government shutdown, and one provision aims to deliver the first pay raise for lawmakers in about 16 years.

MarketWatch - 22h

Bill to avoid government shutdown includes disaster relief money, assistance for farmers

Lawmakers have unveiled a spending package that will avert a government shutdown, but extra provisions in the bill, including money for disaster aid and economic assistance to farmers, are leading ...

CBS News - 22h

Lawmakers unveil bill to avoid looming government shutdown

Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill unveiled a spending package Tuesday that would keep the government funded until March 2025 and avoid a shutdown. It includes more than $100 billion for ...

CBS News - 23h

Details on bill to avert government shutdown

Congress has unveiled its stopgap bill to keep the government funded until spring. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has a look at what's included in the measure.

CBS News - 1d

Congress unveils bill to avoid a government shutdown

Congressional leaders have unveiled a stopgap bill to keep the government funded through March 14, 2025. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest from Capitol Hill.

CBS News - 1d

Congress releases short-term funding bill as deadline nears to avert a holiday shutdown

House Republicans released legislative text of their short-term bill Monday to keep the federal government open until mid-March, just days ahead of a key deadline to prevent a shutdown.

NBC News - 1d

Latest on effort to avert government shutdown

A government shutdown deadline is three days away, and lawmakers have yet to unveil their plan to avert it. Daniella Diaz, congressional reporter for Politico, and Paul Kane, senior congressional ...

CBS News - 1d

Government shutdown deadline looms as Paul threatens to delay funding package

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is threatening to hold up a short-term funding package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid a government shutdown unless leaders in Congress agree to vote ...

The Hill - 1d

Lawmakers scramble on government funding as shutdown deadline nears

Leaders in Congress have yet to unveil their plan to keep the government funded, facing a Friday night deadline to avert a government shutdown.

CBS News - 1d

Government funding bill will run through March, include $100B in disaster aid

Pieces of a bipartisan effort to prevent a government shutdown during the holiday season are beginning to come into focus, including a March end-date and $100 billion in disaster aid. GOP ...

The Hill - 1d

Congress to vote on short-term spending bill to avert government shutdown before holidays

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are under the gun to approve a short-term spending bill this week to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays. The continuing resolution has to be approved in the ...

CBS News - 2d

Lawmakers struggle to reach deal to avert government shutdown

Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach a deal to keep the government's lights on past Dec. 20. Text of a continuing resolution (CR) for a government funding package was expected on ...

The Hill - 3d

Lawmakers edge closer to deal on government funding

Lawmakers say they are edging closer to a deal to keep the government's lights on in nine days but are still trying to work out differences over disaster aid and potential add-ons to the bill. ...

The Hill - Dec. 11

Trump's White House return is already pushing Europe and the UK closer together

U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves travelled to Brussels on Monday to convene with her EU counterparts in the first such encounter since Britain left the European Union.

CNBC - Dec. 11

Lawmakers race to avert government shutdown with deadline nearing

Congress only has 10 days left to figure out government funding before the shutdown deadline. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion explains why House Speaker Mike Johnson will almost ...

CBS News - Dec. 10

Elon Musk Brings Trump’s Government Efficiency Push to Capitol Hill

Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy went to Capitol Hill.

Inc. - Dec. 5

Why Republicans Might Oppose Trump’s Push to Undo Biden’s Triumphs

President Biden wants to make it more difficult for President-elect Donald J. Trump to repeal his signature legislation, which sent money flowing to Republican districts nationwide.

The New York Times - Dec. 3

Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown

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