On Friday, Musk wrote on social media that only AfD, the country’s most prominent extreme-right party, “can save Germany.”

The president-elect is eager to evade responsibility for the consequences of a potential shutdown even as he blew up a bipartisan deal that would have kept it open.

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The House rejected a bill late Thursday to keep the government funded temporarily after Republican leaders reneged on an earlier bipartisan deal and made modifications to appease President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and an internal GOP revolt.
The vote was 174-235, with one Democrat voting present, falling far short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass it under a fast-track process.
NBC News’ Brie Jackson has all the details on Early Today.

Good morning. The US House votes down a Trump-backed funding plan. France’s prime minister says he’ll try to present a new cabinet this weekend. And New York passes a law to tackle the black market for restaurant reservations. Listen to the day’s top stories.

After weeks of painstaking negotiations, Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate agreed to a major year-end package of health bills, including new regulations for drug companies and pharmacy benefit managers, and renewals of programs to combat opioid abuse and prepare for the next possible pandemic.

Still a month away from the White House, Trump and his billionaire backer threw Congress’ plans to get home for the holidays into chaos over a government funding bill.

The Republican-led House rejected a temporary funding plan backed by President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday with just over 24 hours to go before a US government shutdown.

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Months before many officials in Washington — and investors in the bond market — anticipated, the federal debt ceiling has re-entered political discourse, after President-elect Donald Trump said Dec. 19 that he’d back getting rid of the cap entirely, more than a century after its creation. The limit has long been a tool of political leverage for the party in opposition, because of the dire consequences of any failure to either suspend or increase it.

House Republicans say they’ve reached a deal to avert a US government shutdown, with a vote on a new package planned for Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump pressured GOP lawmakers to abandon an earlier bipartisan agreement.

It’s the holiday season in America, but there’s precious little festive cheer if you work in the US Government.