Republicans reportedly eye stopgap deal and raising debt limit after Trump inauguration in race to avert shutdown – US politics live

It is unclear if proposals could stop midnight shutdown or whether Trump is onboard; White House says Republicans doing ‘bidding of billionaire friends’

Besides bringing the federal government to the brink of a shutdown, Donald Trump has also lately been pressuring European countries to agree to buy more US-produced oil and gas, the Guardian’s Jill Ambrose reports:

The US president-elect, Donald Trump, has warned the EU that it will face trade tariffs on its exports to the US unless its member states buy more American oil and gas.

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