Dec 20 Watch 6:10 GOP Rep. Schweikert says Musk’s political influence in Washington is ‘wonderful’ By Geoff Bennett, Shrai Popat, Kyle Midura, Elizabeth Summers The back-and-forth on the stopgap spending bill has created fault lines among House Republicans. Many were unsatisfied with the original text, but some also rejected the revised bill, which included President-elect Trump’s demands to suspend the debt limit. One of… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 5:52 Here’s what was in the rejected GOP proposal to avoid a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat, Kyle Midura, Taylor Bowie House Republicans are pushing a new proposal tonight to avoid a government shutdown in an effort to meet President-elect Trump’s last-minute spending demands. It's all unfolding after Trump rejected the original bill earlier this week with billionaire Elon Musk leading… Continue watching
Dec 19 Elon Musk considers making big donation to right-wing UK party led by Nigel Farage By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K. The Times of London reported it could be as much as $100 million, which would be the largest political donation… Continue reading
Dec 19 Government shutdown looms as Speaker Johnson struggles to meet Trump’s demands By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will "easily remain speaker" for the next Congress if he "acts decisively and tough" in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit, a stunning request just before the Christmas… Continue reading
Dec 18 Poll finds Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans By Thomas Beaumont, Sarah Parvini, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press Elon Musk's attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America's most powerful politician and its richest businessman. Continue reading
Dec 14 Trump attends Army-Navy football game with GOP allies, nominees and Daniel Penny By Noah Trister, Tara Copp, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump was huddling with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday's Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. Continue reading
Dec 10 Elon Musk signals he’ll go beyond supporting Trump to serve as his political enforcer By Thomas Beaumont, Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Within Trump's team, there is a feeling that Musk not only supports Trump's agenda and Cabinet appointments, but is intent on seeing them through to the point of pressuring Republicans who may be less devout. Continue reading
Dec 06 Elon Musk gave $20 million to a super PAC comparing Trump to Ginsburg on abortion By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed less than a month before the election that focused on advertising intended to convince voters that Donald Trump ‘s stance on abortion was akin to that of late Supreme… Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 5:21 Musk, Ramaswamy meet with lawmakers to build support for slashing government programs By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Shrai Popat, Taylor Bowie It was a busy day on Capitol Hill where Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy met with House and Senate Republicans. The two were recently appointed by President-elect Trump to lead a new commission that aims to reduce government spending. Pete… Continue watching
Dec 05 Musk and Ramaswamy visit Capitol Hill to discuss Trump’s plans to slash federal government By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Trump tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to come up with ways for firing federal workers, cutting government programs and slashing federal regulations. Continue reading