Trump team lands at Energy Department
Musk and Trump put House GOP in a bind
With time running out, Speaker Mike Johnson's attempt to avoid a government shutdown now faces a battery of new nearly impossible-to-deliver demands from the right.
Johnson has 3 main options to avert a shutdown. None of them are looking good.
What we're watching: Republicans scramble on government funding
Rand Paul floats Musk for speaker
Ernst rolls out next DOGE-inspired bill
DOGE Can’t Do It All. Here’s What It Can Do.
The Elon Musk-led cost-cutting initiative will be constrained by congressional politics, Trump’s preferences and a lack of legal authority.
Veteran Trump hands a part of Labor Dept. landing team
White House blasts Republicans for collapse of short-term funding bill
Ex-Trump official leading Interior ‘landing team’
GOP lawmakers air doubts about Trump's last-minute spending demands
Trump, Vance call for streamlined CR and debt ceiling debate
Johnson's spending nightmare points to grueling GOP problems next year
Donald Trump is opening the door to a government shutdown. At least one conservative is now saying they won’t back Johnson for speaker. It doesn't stop there.
Johnson has a huge new problem: Elon Musk
The tech scion spent the day whipping against the CR — and Republicans are getting in line behind him.
Johnson weighs spending plan B as Elon Musk stokes opposition
Trump allies suggest Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be sued for calling Trump a ‘rapist’
Hilton-backed bill to combat youth center abuses passes House
Chavez-DeRemer begins meeting with lawmakers on her bid for Labor secretary
Dems want answers on Billy Long's tax credit work
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