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Elon Musk debuts grip on Washington by sinking spending bill | Elon Musk

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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

Trump and Musk unleash a new kind of chaos on Washington

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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