A partial government shutdown is looming over the United States right before the holidays due to disagreements over a spending bill in Congress and lawmakers have until Friday night to figure it out.
This past week fears over a shutdown heightened after incoming Republican leadership – namely Elon Musk – began to push back on the bipartisan spending bill and urged House Republicans to oppose it. Once President-elect Donald Trump agreed with Musk, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson drafted a new bill which ultimately failed on Thursday.
