House vote imminent on Trump-backed bill to avoid government shutdown

The House of Representatives is set to imminently vote on a bill backed by President-elect Trump to avert a government shutdown.It comes after two days of chaos in Congress as lawmakers fought amongst themselves about a path forward on government spending – a fight joined by Trump and his allies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.Meanwhile, the national debt has climbed to over $36 trillion, and the national deficit is over $1.8 trillion.The legislation was hastily negotiated on Thursday after