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Elon Musk’s wish list for DOGE

By Faiz Siddiqui
Dec 21, 2024 4:58 pm - Since President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to streamline federal operations, questions have ...
Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

By LISA MASCARO
Dec 21, 2024 4:47 pm - WASHINGTON — One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one. Midnight passage of the government shutdown package p...
Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN
Dec 21, 2024 10:31 am - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Donald Trump's core demand in the negotiations.
Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden, averting a shutdown

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN
Dec 21, 2024 1:28 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal o...
Floating a new plan, Speaker Johnson insists there will be no government shutdown

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN
Dec 20, 2024 1:44 pm - Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Dec 20, 2024 7:20 am - The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty.
The US government could shut down this weekend. Here’s what to know.

By Taylor Telford and Jacob Bogage
Dec 19, 2024 7:12 pm - A federal shutdown is looking likely in the wake of a Republican revolt against a proposed spending bill, as a weekend deadline looms. If Congress can agree on a new spen...
House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Dec 19, 2024 6:46 pm - WASHINGTON — The House rejected President-elect Donald Trump's new plan Thursday to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdow...
Trump backs new GOP plan to fund government and raise debt limit as shutdown nears

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Dec 19, 2024 3:40 pm - President-elect Donald Trump announced “success” in coming up with a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, urging Congress to swiftly pass it in votes as soon as Thursday evening.
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

By MEG KINNARD
Dec 19, 2024 1:53 pm - 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.

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