With a month to go before he returns to the White House, Donald Trump is shaking up Washington again, trashing House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan for a deal to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays.

Sen. Mitt Romney, a frequent Donald Trump critic who will soon retire from Congress, stood by his criticism of the president-elect’s character but said Trump and his MAGA movement now define the Republican Party.

A funding plan to avoid a government shutdown is teetering on the brink after President-elect Trump and Elon Musk weighed in against, causing the deal to fall apart. With a Friday deadline looming, lawmakers are racing to avoid a shutdown that would leave federal workers and military families without a paycheck around the holidays.