The U.S. Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation's debt ceiling.

President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.

Donald Trump is still a month out from his inauguration but already is shaking up Washington, trashing House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays and pressuring Republicans to deal with the debt ceiling before he takes office.

The furor over avoiding a government shutdown has fueled Republican calls to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership and replace him with Musk.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk‘s online pressure campaign over the federal government’s operations faced some blowback from lawmakers this week after a continuing resolution to fund the government was scrapped.

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) ripped Elon Musk for his X posts that tanked support for a continuing resolution (CR) as Congress members work against a tight deadline to prevent a government