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. A joint statement by Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance stated that the proposal “would give sweetheart provisions for government censors.” “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,” the statement read....