Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — America is hours away from a holiday season government shutdown courtesy of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Everyone knew the president-elect and his new super-disrupter buddy were going to cause havoc in Washington. But no one thought they’d manage it even before the 47th president is sworn in. Barring a pre-Christmas legislative miracle, the US government will plunge into a partial shutdown at midnight Fr…

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24 hours that exposed a split between Trump and Johnson and launched the government into a shutdown

President-elect Donald Trump has long supported House Speaker Mike Johnson — hosting him on election night, bringing him to the Army-Navy college football game last weekend and backing him privately despite conservative complaints about the House’s actions.

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24 hours that exposed a schism between Trump and Johnson and sent the government hurtling toward a shutdown

The US government is now hours away from a shutdown after incoming President Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk tanked a deal.

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US Government hours away from shutdown after Trump and Musk tank deal

By Eric Bradner, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, Kayla Tausche, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN The elected president, Donald Trump, long supported the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson: he hosted the night of the elections, took him to the U.S. Army-Navy football match last weekend and supported him in private despite conservative complaints about the House's actions.

Por Eric Bradner, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, Kayla Tausche, Kristen Holmes y Alayna Treene, CNN El presidente electo, Donald Trump, apoyó durante mucho tiempo al presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Mike Johnson: fue su anfitrión la noche de las elecciones, lo llevó al partido de fútbol universitario entre el Ejército y la Marina el pasado fin de semana y lo respaldó en privado a pesar de las quejas de los conservadores sobre las acciones…

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By Eric Bradner, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, Kayla Tausche, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has long supported House Speaker Mike Johnson — hosting him on election night, bringing him to the Army-Navy college football game last weekend and backing him privately despite conservative complaints about the House’s actions. That’s why it stunned many Republicans when Elon Musk — with Trump’s go-ahead — helpe…

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U.S. lawmakers were racing Friday to prevent a government shutdown due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk sabotaged a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the lights on well beyond Christmas.With government funding running out at midnight, the Republican-led House of Representatives needs to come up with a short-term fix to replace a funding package that looked like a done deal before the president-elect's intervention.I…

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Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 — Elon Musk’s role in wrecking a bipartisan Congress deal to avert a US government shutdown has underlined his extraordinary influence over the Republican Party and the incoming administration of Donald Trump. In addition to his usual title of the world’s richest man, Democrats are now describing him as “President Musk.” Musk has been tapped by Trump to run the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) agency, but the bil…

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‘President Musk’ makes presence felt in Washington, attacks bipartisan Congress deal to avoid US government shutdown

WASHINGTON - US lawmakers raced on Friday to prevent a  government shutdown  due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk  sabotaged a bipartisan agreement  that would have kept the lights on well beyond Christmas.

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US hours from government shutdown over Christmas

A spending bill to avert a government shutdown passed the House of Representatives and then the Senate on Friday, defying the wishes of the president-elect and the pressure exerted by Tesla's CEO, the new disrupter of American political life.

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How Musk and Trump pushed Congress to the brink of a shutdown

“Put ’America first,’ and go for the victory, even if it means shutting the government down for a period of time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday night.

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Trump and Musk's first big Christmas gift will be delivered at 12:01 a.m.—a government shutdown if Congress can't reach a deal

A farce before Christmas could send the government into a Trump-Musk shutdown

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