Trump Announces Opposition to Johnson-Backed Funding Bill

WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump has come out in opposition to a massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that wraps in a series of other legislation, marking a rare public break between the two Republican leaders.
In a joint statement with Vice President-elect JD Vance, Trump said the proposal “would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney. The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee—which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day. This bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas.”…