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Live updates: Government shutdown looms as House rejects Trump-backed spending bill
Congress has limited time to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution after the latest Trump-backed bill failed ... -
House GOP searches for new plan as government shutdown nears
Republicans revolted against a bipartisan bill, then the House rejected a party-line alternative. The shutdown deadline is hours away. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Trump’s foes fear his retribution has already begun
Donald Trump has waffled on his vows to punish enemies from the White House. But many of his critics — ... -
Leaders of federal managers reject Trump’s plans to politicize workforce
Federal agencies face four years under a president who promised “to remove rogue bureaucrats … very aggressively.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
How every House member voted on the failed attempt to avoid a shutdown
See how your lawmaker voted in the failed attempt to extend funding until March and avoid a government shutdown. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
‘Co-president’ Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight
The unelected tech billionaire’s outsize role in sending the federal government careening toward a potential shutdown alarmed Democrats, academics and ... -
Could Republicans actually talk themselves into nixing the debt limit?
Parsing the early reactions to Trump’s remarkable proposal. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ -
Musk and Trump bring shutdown chaos to Congress
Today on “Post Reports,” Washington scrambles to avoid a government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have fanned the ... -
With speakership on the line, Johnson is ever more reliant on Trump
To do his job — and keep his job — House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to keep the president-elect on ... -
Congress gets more Trumpy
This week, The Washington Post’s Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann break down Elon Musk’s successful effort to torpedo ...