Shutdown Countdown: With Midnight Deadline, Republicans Try To Figure Out Budget Tangle Amid Musk-Trump Fueled Impasse

CNN and MSNBC have introduced countdown clocks as the U.S. government heads for a shutdown at midnight tonight, as congressional Republicans try to come up with a funding plan that will pass muster with its members following Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s moves to scuttle a previous bipartisan agreement. House Republicans were meeting behind closed