Democrats pledge to work through Christmas on funding to rebuff Trump’s demands

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Friday said she’s ready to stay in Washington “through Christmas” to fight off President-elect Trump’s demand to strip negotiated provisions out of a bill to fund the government into 2025. Murray, the most senior ranking Senate Democrat, slammed billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, one of Trump’s top advisors,...