How Trump and Elon Musk caused Congress' nightmare before Christmas

Donald Trump and his billionaire backer, Elon Musk, threw Congress' plans to get home for the holidays into chaos over a government funding bill.

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How Trump and Elon Musk derailed bipartisan plans for a funding bill

"My phone was ringing off the hook," Republican Rep. Andy Barr said. "The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk."
CBS News - 17h
12:30 Report — Elon Musk tanks Congress’s funding plan

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Thursday. It’s nice that some things in life are easily predicted. For example, there will always be an eleventh-hour panic over a potential end-of-the-year government ...
The Hill - 18h
How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift Can Resolve U.S.-China Relations

Trump will face a new China this time, one whose advanced manufacturing muscles have exploded in size, sophistication and quantity.
The New York Times - 2d
How China's satellite megaprojects are challenging Elon Musk's Starlink

China's Qianfan, Guo Wang and Honghu-3 projects have plans to put 38,000 low earth orbit satellites into space.
CNBC - 4d
My nightmare before Christmas dinner: top chefs and cooks reveal how they turned fiasco into feast

Turkey troubles, thieving pets, fire drills – all manner of things can jeopardise the most important meal of the year. Chef -owner at Chez Roux and former chef- patron at Le ...
The Guardian - Dec. 8
Elon Musk Brings Trump’s Government Efficiency Push to Capitol Hill

Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy went to Capitol Hill.
Inc. - Dec. 5
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE Goes to Congress

The tycoons in charge of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s amorphous government efficiency initiative made the rounds on Capitol Hill, bashing debt but revealing little about how they will tackle it.
The New York Times - Dec. 6
OpenAI CEO 'not that worried' about Elon Musk's influence in Trump administration

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is locked in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk
ABC News - Dec. 4
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the threat to press freedom

A second term for Trump has chilling implications for critical independent journalism and the media the industry . Donald Trump’s second term promises to deliver historic threats to US press ...
The Guardian - Dec. 4