Trump and Vance bemoan Dem 'giveaways' in funding bill — and beg GOP to call their 'bluff'

President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming vice president bemoaned "democrat giveaways" on Wednesday in trying to explain why they helped torpedo a stopgap funding bill that would avert a government shutdown just before the holidays.

The current continuing resolution funding the federal government expires at midnight Friday. If Congress fails to pass either another resolution or a budget by that time, the government will shut down, resulting in millions of federal workers temporarily...