Tim Hanrahan
Politics News Editor at The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Katy Stech Ferek |Tim Hanrahan
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill were at each other‘s throats. By Saturday, they were joining to decry political violence and seek more security.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Tim Hanrahan
A quick online poll from YouGov conducted Thursday evening found Americans siding with President Trump over Elon Musk, though many said they would stay out of the dispute completely. Asked whether they would back Trump, Musk or neither, 28% said Trump, while 8% said Musk. Fifty-two percent said neither. Republicans strongly sided with Trump, 71% to 6%, with 12% saying neither. Democrats mostly favored neither, but of those who made a choice, 11% backed Musk to just 4% for Trump.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Tim Hanrahan
JD Vance (Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg News)A day after President Trump tossed onetime ally Elon Musk out of MAGA world, Vice President JD Vance said the actions weren’t rash or ill-planned. “There are many lies the corporate media tells about President Trump. One of the most glaring is that he’s impulsive or short-tempered,” Vance said on X.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Tim Hanrahan
Trump and Musk with a Tesla Cybertruck at the White House in March. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)President Trump attributed Elon Musk’s frustrations to provisions in the tax-and-spending megabill that repeal tax credits for electric vehicles. Musk’s car company, Tesla, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electric vehicles. “He only developed the problem because he knew we had to cut the EV mandate,” Trump said.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Tim Hanrahan
Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) said he was bewildered by Elon Musk’s aggressive attacks on the GOP tax and spending bill and President Trump. He has been reaching out to Musk by calls and text to try to change his mind on the legislation, which Musk has trashed repeatedly. Johnson, speaking to reporters late Thursday, said he wasn’t sure “what has motivated this disturbance to begin, but obviously it's not helpful.” He said he would prefer “that policy disputes are not personal.
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