Punchbowl News: “It’s getting into crunch time for funding the government. There are just 18 days until federal agencies – already under extraordinary pressure thanks to the DOGE initiative – run out of money. GOP and Democratic appropriators don’t have a topline spending deal yet.”“As we’ve told you repeatedly, Democrats are insisting on restrictions on President Donald Trump’s authority to spend funds as Congress mandates. Republicans say they’re not interested in limiting what Trump can do.”