Elon Musk’s government shutdown? Here’s what it means for TSA, IPOs and Social Security.
As U.S. lawmakers wrangle over spending legislation, here’s how some key government functions would be affected by a shutdown.
A farce before Christmas could send the government into a Trump-Musk shutdown
Barring a pre-Christmas legislative miracle, the US government will plunge into a partial shutdown at midnight Friday after Musk tanked a year-end spending deal and the Trump doubled down with a demand for new debt spending authority that he never had a chance of getting through Congress.
Elon Musk Is Trying to Force a Government Shutdown
Mike Johnson carefully negotiated a bill to keep the government funded past December 20. It collapsed instantly when Musk attacked it.
Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms
The world’s richest man led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by promoting false and misleading claims about it.
Elon Musk Is Using His Platform and Power to Meme Us Into a Government Shutdown
On Thursday morning, Rep. Greene called for Elon Musk to become speaker of the house. “DOGE can only truly be accomplished by reigning in Congress to enact real government efficiency. The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. This could be the way.”
Elon Musk begins flexing his political muscle
Congress inches closer to shutdown after Elon Musk's tweets rejecting a bipartisan spending deal forced Republicans to go back to the drawing board.
Johnson has a huge new problem: Elon Musk
Speaker Mike Johnson has a massive new headache as he races to stop a holiday government shutdown — and his name is Elon Musk. The tech scion and mega-ally of President-elect Donald Trump took to his social platform X on Wednesday to slam a short-term funding bill Johnson backed,
In Elon Musk's world, Twitter (X) is real life
Elon Musk helped kill a major government funding bill just days after Trump allies used X to help salvage a Trump cabinet nomination.
Donald Trump Sides With Elon Musk Against Mike Johnson Over Spending Bill
President-elect Donald Trump has sided with Elon Musk in his opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson's bill to temporarily fund the government. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance criticized the bill in a statement posted to Vance's X (formerly Twitter) account Wednesday afternoon.
Government shutdown live updates: Musk weighs in again as Republicans scramble
With a government shutdown deadline just hours away, Republican congressional leaders are scrambling to come up with a third ...
Senators lament Elon Musk’s influence and say shutdown would have been avoided if he ‘kept his mouth shut’
That’s the kind of s*** you run into when you started listening to people who aren’t elected,’ one Democratic senator tells ...
Elon Musk 'Runs the Republican Party'—Congress Reacts to CR Bill Collapse
The furor over avoiding a government shutdown has fueled Republican calls to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership and ...
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Elon Musk flexes his political muscle, sending government on path to shutdown
During the Army-Navy football game over the weekend, Elon Musk posted a photo of the giant ... lawmaker could have done ...
Shutdown Countdown: With Midnight Deadline, Republicans Try To Figure Out Budget Tangle Amid Musk-Trump Fueled Impasse
CNN and MSNBC have introduced countdown clocks as the U.S. government heads for a shutdown at midnight tonight, as ...
Elon Musk puts unprecedented outsize influence on display in government funding fight: ANALYSIS
Musk is the world's richest man, owns one of its biggest communications platforms and is increasingly politically active.
Govt shutdown crisis averted? Elon Musk's 2-word reaction to new spending bill plan
Elon Musk said the new plan of splitting the spending bill into smaller pieces allowing each piece to pass or fail ...
Chris Matthews on Elon Musk: ‘This guy is an elephant in a china shop’
Former MSNBC anchor and political analyst Chris Matthews railed at Elon Musk on Friday for tanking the House continuing ...