Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk's Meddling  —  The House GOP has been in a state of chaos after the billionaire led a campaign to kill a bipartisan funding bill  —  Less than 48 hours before defaulting and triggering a shutdown, Congress is still scrambling …

The World's Richest Man Wants to Burn It All Down  —  Per NBC News, the Republicans who welcomed Elon Musk into their tent as a key decision-maker and thought leader are having an excellent time: … Happy Thursday.  —  The Kent Brockman Republicans  —  by William Kristol

GOP strikes a new spending deal  —  Republicans have struck a deal on a short-term government spending patch and potential debt limit increase, according to two GOP lawmakers meeting in Speaker Mike Johnson's office Thursday afternoon.  “There is an agreement,” said Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.).

The GOP Is Treating Musk Like He's in Charge  —  This week, the world's richest person solidified his influence over American politics.  —  Yesterday, a tantrum from the world's richest person swayed events in Congress.  First, Elon Musk launched a blizzard of X posts denouncing …

Trump team affirms he's leader of GOP amid ‘President Musk’ barbs  —  President-elect Trump's transition team pushed back against Democratic lawmakers who suggested Elon Musk is the “real leader” of the Republican Party after his aggressive pressure campaign against a stopgap spending measure.

The Chaos Monkeys Have Already Taken Over the Zoo  —  The peddlers of misinformation are high on their own supply  —  Well, I was going to post about proposals for bank deregulation, but I think that can wait for a bit.  The news of the moment is the looming prospect that the federal government will shut down over the weekend.

New GOP Spending Plan Bombs In House Vote After Musk, Trump Torched Original Plan  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson is back to square one after abandoning a bipartisan spending agreement earlier.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON ― House Republicans on Thursday came up with a new plan to fund …

Shutdown threatens ‘chaos’ for Trump's transition and inauguration  —  Transition “landing teams” were already delayed and may now lose access to the staffers briefing them.  —  The collapse of Congress' spending negotiations is throwing the presidential transition and preparations …

Trump-backed funding bill fails as government shutdown looms  —  A bill to avert a government shutdown failed on the House floor Thursday night, after Democrats and conservatives rebelled against Speaker Mike Johnson's new Donald Trump-backed spending plan.  The measure went down decisively …

Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean  —  Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on the job without pay — just ahead of the holidays.