Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Senate Republicans are racing against the clock to settle on text and meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline to approve their version of the House-passed megabill that would advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. The Armed Services and Environment and Public Works committees released their portions of the bill this week. But ongoing disputes over tax cuts, Medicaid provisions and spectrum auctions have delayed the two major committees – Commerce and Banking – from releasing theirs.

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Well, that was messy. A disagreement between President Donald Trump and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk over the budget megabill on Capitol Hill spiraled into a very public, very nasty political breakup between two of the country’s most powerful Republicans yesterday. The billionaires duked it out on their respective social media platforms – Musk on X and Trump on Truth Social – throughout much of the afternoon.

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton |Laura Mannweiler

Tension between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump appears to have died down as White House aides push for a Friday call between the two men. After a day of feuding online, Musk seemed open to a truce, responding “You’re not wrong” to a post from hedge fund manager Bill Ackman that encouraged the two to “make peace for the benefit of our great country.”But Trump indicated Friday morning he was “not particularly” interested in speaking with Musk.

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton |Laura Mannweiler

The public breakup of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump reached a fever pitch Thursday as the two billionaires lashed out on the social media platforms they own after Musk trashed legislation endorsed by Trump. Musk has spent the last two days raging against the House-passed megabill meant to enact the rest of Trump’s sweeping agenda, blasting it as “pork-filled” and an “abomination.” The tantrum landed like a bomb during a Republican lunch on Tuesday as several members moved to back Musk.

3 weeks ago | usnews.com | Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

“Mommy and daddy” are still fighting, in the words of one Republican, and the kids are being ignored. But one parent is trying to move on. Tesla billionaire Elon Musk opted not to attend President Donald Trump’s glitzy party on the White House lawn last night and instead has spent much of the last 24 hours blasting Republicans’ Trumpian megabill on his social media platform, X.