Republicans failed to pass a revised spending bill that would have averted a US government shutdown after Donald Trump helped sink a previous deal.

A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel.

Democrats are lining up against the idea as Republicans uncomfortably try to shoot it down without raising Trump’s ire.

President-elect Donald J. Trump was forced to negotiate with Democrats over the borrowing cap during his first term.

Now is not the time for surrender.

Controversially, Biden upheld Trump’s move, made at the end of his presidency, to include Cuba on the ‘state sponsors of terrorism’ list.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions.

The president-elect and Elon Musk rejected the bipartisan spending plan that would prevent a government shutdown.

The president-elect and Elon Musk rejected the bipartisan spending plan that would prevent a government shutdown.

President-elect Trump denounced a massive bipartisan spending bill, calling for it to be streamlined with a smaller price tag. Elon Musk also opposes the deal, as a shutdown deadline approaches. And sources tell NBC News the House Ethics Committee will release its report on the investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz on sex trafficking, drug use and other allegations, which Gaetz denies. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports