Chaos in Congress after Trump rejects spending deal as authorities shutdown nears – stay updates

Good morning, US politics weblog readers. Simply yesterday, it appeared like Congress was on the verge of enacting laws to maintain the federal government working for the subsequent three months and forestall a shutdown that might start after midnight on Friday. However on X, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and different conservatives whose affect grew after Donald Trump received re-election had been busy condemning the deal. It was an effort that culminated yesterday afternoon, when the president-elect and JD Vance blew up the negotiations solely by declaring that the invoice ought to be scrapped and changed with a brand new one which additionally will increase nation’s debt ceiling – a shock demand that hadn’t been raised beforehand. The incoming administration’s opposition blew up the funding compromise, and now it’s as much as the Republican Home speaker, Mike Johnson, to choose up the items, with lower than 48 hours remaining till the federal government shuts down. For sure, few in Congress wished this to occur with the Christmas vacation proper across the nook. We’ll discover out at this time if the GOP has it in them to show the state of affairs round.

Right here’s what else we’re watching at this time:

• Democrats seem content material to let Republicans personal the federal government funding fiasco, with the Home minority chief, Hakeem Jeffries, tweeting that the GOP has “been ordered to close down the federal government”.

• The Wall Road Journal has revealed a prolonged look into how the White Home managed Joe Biden’s public ageing throughout his presidency and earlier than – which was a significant factor in his choice to finish his re-election bid earlier this 12 months.

• Biden and Kamala Harris haven’t any public occasions on their schedule. The president is returning to Washington DC at this time from Delaware, whereas the vice-president flies this night to Los Angeles.