AB Washington is on the brink of crisis, as 38 House Republicans joined nearly all Democrats last night in rejecting a government funding plan backed by President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk. If a last-minute deal isn’t reached, the government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Eastern. The chaos raises questions over how much control the president-elect and Musk have over the Republican Party as it prepares to gain control of the White House and Congress. And it offers corporate America and the markets an ominous preview of the next four years. (Andrew joined a discussion with The Times’s Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman and Catie Edmondson on today’s episode of “The Daily” about the political drama.)
