Elon Musk Lobs Grenade at Johnson’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ With His Opposition
Elon Musk drove another wedge through a conservative consensus on a budget resolution as House Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to hold his “big, beautiful bill” together. Johnson was caught between ...
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Mike Johnson Hits Back at Elon Musk’s Attempt to Kill Budget Bill
Mike Johnson is trying and failing to maintain the appearance of budget unity within the GOP—and Elon Musk is only making it harder. The looming Republican budget resolution is an attempt to pack ...
Speaker Johnson hesitates to back 'DOGE stimulus checks' idea: 'We have a giant deficit'
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers ...
Speaker Mike Johnson weighs in on DOGE stimulus checks, prefers paying off national debt
House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he ...
Trump and Musk want DOGE checks. Congress has other ideas.
Trump and Musk keep talking up the idea of sending checks to Americans. But GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike ...
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Trump to hold first official Cabinet meeting, with Musk in attendance
President Donald Trump will hold his first official Cabinet meeting today, with Elon Musk in attendance. This meeting comes amid the administration’s attempts to reshape the federal government and ...
DOGE stimulus checks: Johnson side-steps question on Trump plan, says US has 'giant deficit'
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., signaled he was not a fan of a proposal to send Americans stimulus checks with the money saved ...
Elon Musk and Javier Milei wield chainsaw on stage at conservative conference
Musk speaks about his federal cost-cutting initiative, as Argentina's president hands him a "chainsaw of bureaucracy".
Facing pressure at home, GOP lawmakers warn Johnson against ‘hatchet’ spending cuts
On the eve of their first major vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, key House Republicans are warning Speaker ...