House speaker Mike Johnson faces race against the clock as shutdown is just days away - US politics live

Johnson's proposal unveiled at weekend would stretch funding until 19 January but doesn't include cuts Republican colleagues are asking for Good morning US politics blog readers. As the race against the clock to keep the government open continues, Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a situation all too similar to that of his predecessor Kevin McCarthy: He won't be able to secure the Democratic votes needed to reach an agreement. On Saturday, Johnson unveiled an obfuscating, two-pronged funding...