New spending bill to avert shutdown fails despite Trump and Musk's MAGA seal of approval

An 11th-hour spending bill that would avert a holiday shutdown of the federal government failed to pass Thursday evening, a day before the current funding bill is set to expire.

The GOP, which needed 290 "yes" votes to pass the bill, secured just 174, according to a live tally. Thirty-eight Republicans voted against funding the deal.

President-elect Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk on Wednesday helped kill House Republicans' first attempt at a funding bill, which would've funded the government through mid-March.