Using the power of the social media platform he owns and the threat of spending millions against Republicans in primaries, Elon Musk effectively tanked a congressional spending bill that would have kept the government running. The world’s richest man again flexed the muscle he gained during the 2024 election, in which he spent big to … Read more
CNN — Welcome to the new Washington of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The president-elect and the world’s richest man combined Wednesday to smash a short-term spending compromise orchestrated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the government open until early in Trump’s new term. The stop-gap measure is packed with nearly $100 billion … Read more
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., while speaking at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., called out House Republicans for breaking a bipartisan agreement to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown, accusing them of hurting everyday Americans across the country. On Wednesday, House GOP leaders scrambled to search for a backup plan after … Read more
Elon Musk, self-described “First Buddy” of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown. The move was a direct challenge to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who rolled out the sweeping plan on Tuesday night. Now, it appears Musk has successfully killed the stopgap measure in … Read more