House GOP leaders appear to be searching for a backup plan after an initial bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown on Friday was buried in an avalanche of conservative opposition. The legislation angered conservatives in both the House and Senate – as well as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to co-chair his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk. As Musk called for lawmakers who supported the...

President-elect Trump said Wednesday he is “totally against” the continuing resolution (CR) being debated by the House to keep the government from shutting down through March. Trump spoke with “Fox & Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones Wednesday, telling him the “fight starts now.” “I just spoke with President-elect [Trump], and he is ‘totally against’ the proposed CR,” Jones wrote in a post on X.  In another post, the morning...