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Jeffries shuts down raising the debt ceiling

Trump team lands at Energy Department

With time running out, Speaker Mike Johnson's attempt to avoid a government shutdown now faces a battery of new nearly impossible-to-deliver demands from the right.

Johnson has 3 main options to avert a shutdown. None of them are looking good

What we're watching: Republicans scramble on government funding

Rand Paul floats Musk for speaker

Ernst rolls out next DOGE-inspired bill

And at least a dozen senators are pushing to see the FBI's background check on Pete Hegseth.

The move will almost certainly be reversed by the incoming president.

The Elon Musk-led cost-cutting initiative will be constrained by congressional politics, Trump's preferences and a lack of legal authority.