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  • 1 day ago | semafor.com | Burgess Everett

    President Donald Trump’s second-term success rests in large part on signing his megabill as soon as possible. He’s acting accordingly. At the heart of Trump’s ugly row with former right-hand man Elon Musk is the Tesla CEO’s public lambasting of the “big, beautiful” legislation. Beyond that, the president is laboring behind the scenes to quell dissent while publicly lobbying GOP senators in meetings, gaggles and his social media feed, even amidst the battle with Musk.

  • 1 day ago | yahoo.com | Burgess Everett

    The NewsPresident Donald Trump’s second-term success rests in large part on signing his megabill as soon as possible. He’s acting accordingly. At the heart of Trump’s ugly row with former right-hand man Elon Musk is the Tesla CEO’s public lambasting of the “big, beautiful” legislation. Beyond that, the president is laboring behind the scenes to quell dissent while publicly lobbying GOP senators in meetings, gaggles and his social media feed, even amidst the battle with Musk.

  • 1 day ago | rsn.org | Shelby Talcott |Burgess Everett

    ALSO SEE: Tesla Share Plunge Amid Trump Feud Wipes $152bn Off Elon Musk’s Company President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s messy breakup could have long-term ramifications for the Republican Party’s congressional primaries — as well as the Trump administration’s ties to Musk’s companies and his allies. Still, senior Republicans are confident it won’t disrupt the Republican Party’s central focus this summer: Trump’s tax and spending megabill.

  • 1 day ago | semafor.com | Shelby Talcott |Burgess Everett

    President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s messy breakup could have long-term ramifications for the Republican Party’s congressional primaries — as well as the Trump administration’s ties to Musk’s companies and his allies. Still, senior Republicans are confident it won’t disrupt the Republican Party’s central focus this summer: Trump’s tax and spending megabill. “We’re a long ways down the trail and we know what we have to do,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Thursday afternoon.

  • 2 days ago | semafor.com | Eleanor Mueller |Burgess Everett

    Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., is pushing to add language to her party’s tax-and-spending bill that would revamp how the US taxes cryptocurrency. The Wyoming Republican told Semafor she sent Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo tax-related provisions of her regulatory overhaul with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — including a proposal to apply the wash-sale rule to crypto, which could rake in billions of dollars in revenue, and another to absolve bitcoin miners from reporting gains and losses.

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