Trump Government Shut Down

Congress, Trump and government shutdown

Trump looms large as Congress faces shutdown threat and ‘dizzying’ to-do list

Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame duck Congress.

The Washington Post on MSN · 3d

Congress set to extend government shutdown deadline into Trump’s term

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into President-elect Donald Trump’s term.

CBS News (Video) on MSN · 3d

Orientation for new members of Congress begins as government shutdown looms

Orientation is underway in Congress for new members as important matters loom, including funding the government to avoid a shutdown. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.

Trump, Republicans

Government Executive · 1d

House Republicans say they’ll confer with Trump on shutdown avoidance plans

House Republicans are planning to strategize with President-elect Trump on their path forward to funding the government past the current Dec. 20 deadline, leaders of the conference said on Tuesday.

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

Republicans Win 218 US House Seats, Giving Donald Trump and the Party Control of Government

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump

FOX News on MSN · 18h

Republicans projected to keep control of House as Trump prepares to implement agenda

Speaker Mike Johnson and House GOP leaders are projected to have successfully kept their half of Congress in Republican hands for another two years.

Trump, Department of Education

The New York Times · 1d

Could Trump Shut Down the Department of Education?

Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would face difficulties.

Newsweek on MSN · 8h

What Parents Should Know About Trump's Plan to Dismantle Dept. of Education

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students could get stuck in the middle.

KHOU 11 · 1d

What we can VERIFY about Trump’s plan to close the U.S. Department of Education

Donald Trump has pledged to “send all education work and needs back to the States.” Here’s what we know about his proposal to transform the education system.

Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and Trump

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new 'Department of Government Efficiency'

The move comes after Musk became one of Trump's staunchest supporters, and biggest financial backers, during the last stage of his presidential campaign

U.S. News & World Report on MSN · 1d

What Is DOGE, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s New Trump Agency?

President-elect Donald Trump made good on one of his campaign promises Tuesday night when he officially appointed billionaire Elon Musk to lead the new “Department of Government Efficiency,” along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

YAHOO!News · 1d

Vivek Ramaswamy wants to shut the FBI with Elon Musk. Here’s what they’ll need to succeed

The FBI should be closed down and 1.5million government workers sacked under Donald Trump’s new cost-cutting department.

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Who is Matt Gaetz? Trump’s pick for attorney general has controversial record in DC

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to tap now-former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general raised eyebrows across the political spectrum. Gaetz, a four-term ...

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Opinion: Will Republicans prove Trump haters right, or do their jobs and govern like adults?

Republicans have consistently trashed President Joe Biden's economic agenda and his handling of our immigration crisis. Can ...

ABC15 Arizona1d

Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education: Here’s what that could mean

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the Department of Education does ...

Washington Examiner on MSN1d

RFK Jr. calls some of the food Trump eats ‘really, like, bad’

Trump ordered the feast mainly because workers in the White House kitchen had been furloughed in the government shutdown, but it gave further insight into his dining preferences. Kennedy hasn’t ...

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Trump wins tip scales for GOP on government funding

Republican electoral wins in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game on government funding, as ...

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Small and 'chaotic' House Republican majority poses challenges for the new Trump era

Republicans win the House as well as the Senate, giving Donald Trump a clear path to pass legislation. But the small majority ...

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