The United States is facing the risk of a government shutdown that could begin at 12:01 AM on Saturday, December 21, when the current funding source expires.
The risk of a shutdown stems from a dispute over a spending bill that would extend funding until March 14, but has been scrapped by House Speaker Mike Johnson after some Republican members, including President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, opposed the billions of dollars in spending added to this bill.