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President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance seem to have guaranteed a showdown with Republican lawmakers after demanding that the House and Senate effectively force the federal government to shut down, rather than pass a stopgap funding bill.
The bill, championed by GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, would have kept agencies running at current funding levels through the end of March 2025.
In a statement posted to X by Vance, he and Trump moaned that the bill does address the nation’s statutory debt ceiling and accused legislators of “considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney.”
They urged passage of “a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give… the Democrats everything they want.”
Trump cheerleader Elon Musk also posted on X dozens of times, spreading false claims about the bill and urging lawmakers to reject it.
It comes after the announcement earlier in the day from Congress that the results of an ethics investigation into now-former congressman Matt Gaetz will be made public after a secret vote to share the findings reversed and earlier decision.
The Commerce Department‘s efforts to curb China‘s and Russia’s access to American-made advanced computer chips have been “inadequate” and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons, according to a report published Wednesday by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
The Biden administration imposed export controls to limit the ability of China and Russia ability to access U.S.-made chips after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s efforts to curb China’s and Russia’s access to American-made advanced computer chips have been “inadequate” and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have demanded that Republicans in the House and Senate effectively force the federal government to shut down rather than pass a stopgap funding bill that would have kept agencies running at current funding levels through the end of March 2025.
The pair aired their greivances on X on Wednesday, shortly after Trump cheerleader Elon Musk posted multiple times railing against the bill and spreading false claims about it.
Read more from Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia here:
Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have raged against the bill while Trump remained silent until the final hour
Donald Trump and JD Vance have set up a showdown with Republican lawmakers after demanding that the House and Senate effectively force the federal government to shut down, rather than pass a stopgap funding bill.
The bill, championed by GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, would have kept agencies running at current funding levels through the end of March 2025.
In a statement posted to X by Vance, the incoming president and vice president groused that the bill doesn’t raise the nation’s statutory debt ceiling and accused legislators of “considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney.”
The pair also complained about the bill not declining an annual pay increase for members of Congress who haven’t gotten a raise in nearly two decades, and urged passage of “a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.”
Trump cheerleader Elon Musk also posted on X dozens of times, spreading false claims about the bill and urging lawmakers to reject it.
The judge overseeing the case of a criminally convicted far-right militia leader warned that the prospect of a potential pardon “is frightening and ought to be frightening to anyone who cares about democracy in this country.”
Stewart Rhodes, who founded the far-right anti-government military group the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating an attack culminating in a violent attempt to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss.
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Far-right militia leader was sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring to commit an act of treason
Eric Adams told Fox News that he hasn’t asked Trump for a pardon and added that his attorney is “going to handle every avenue to pursue justice.”
The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed.
Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney. The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee—which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day. This bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas.
Increasing the debt ceiling is not great but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch. If Democrats won’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let’s have this debate now. And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.
Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025. The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country.
Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief.
THIS CHAOS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF WE HAD A REAL PRESIDENT. WE WILL IN 32 DAYS!
Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to US president-elect Donald Trump and “reiterated the need for allies to stand together with Ukraine,” Downing Street has said.
The two men spoke on Wednesday afternoon, in a conversation that also touched on conflict in the Middle East and the the Prime Minister mentioned need to “work together” to ensure peace.
There have been concerns about whether the US will maintain its level of support for Ukraine when Mr Trump re-enters the White House in January.
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There have been concerns about whether the US will maintain its level of support for Ukraine when Mr Trump re-enters the White House.
Speaker Mike Johnson is considering a plan B as Trump allies oppose the current spending deal on the table to fund the government.
Johnson is now looking at a “clean” continuing resolution, according to The Hill, which would mean the removal of the additional provisions that were initially included in the spending package, which measures 1,500 pages.
The additional provisions included disaster aid and economic assistance for farmers.
One of those blasting the package was Elon Musk.
Trump himself told Fox News he was against the package.
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