By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s been apparent for some time that Elon Musk and Donald Trump align on more than politics. Each has a, let’s say, robust sense of his own importance and an apparent need for others to recognize that importance. Both have a large fan base happy to offer […]
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Musk’s dangerous, exaggerated conflation of social media and democracy
By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s been apparent for some time that Elon Musk and Donald Trump align on more than politics. Each has a, let’s say, robust sense of his own importance and an apparent need for others to recognize that importance. Both have a large fan base happy to offer […]
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Government shutdown nears after Trump and Musk kill compromise
By Jacob Bogage, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The federal government is careening toward a weekend government shutdown deadline as congressional Republicans, egged on by President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, feud overlegislationto keep agencies open over the Christmas holiday. Republicans on Wednesday rejected a plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) for a […]
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Government shutdown nears after Trump and Musk kill compromise
By Jacob Bogage, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The federal government is careening toward a weekend government shutdown deadline as congressional Republicans, egged on by President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, feud overlegislationto keep agencies open over the Christmas holiday. Republicans on Wednesday rejected a plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) for a […]
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Trump stuns Washington with push to repeal debt ceiling
By Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has stunned lawmakers in Washington by calling for the suspension – or outright elimination – of the federal borrowing limit, introducing an explosive new demand into last-minute negotiations over averting a government shutdown this weekend. In social media posts and interviews on Wednesday and Thursday, […]
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Trump stuns Washington with push to repeal debt ceiling
By Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has stunned lawmakers in Washington by calling for the suspension – or outright elimination – of the federal borrowing limit, introducing an explosive new demand into last-minute negotiations over averting a government shutdown this weekend. In social media posts and interviews on Wednesday and Thursday, […]
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to banning TikTok in U.S.
By Ann E. Marimow, Eva Dou · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will quickly take up TikTok’s challenge to a federal law that would shutter the popular platform next month unless the company divests from Chinese ownership. The justices said they would consider whether the law, passed with bipartisan support […]
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to banning TikTok in U.S.
By Ann E. Marimow, Eva Dou · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will quickly take up TikTok’s challenge to a federal law that would shutter the popular platform next month unless the company divests from Chinese ownership. The justices said they would consider whether the law, passed with bipartisan support […]
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Elon Musk and House GOP rebels blast government spending bill
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The House steamed toward a tense vote Wednesday to put off a looming government shutdown, even as Republicans threatened to rebel against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed spending bill. Scrambling to keep the federal government open past a midnight Saturday deadline, Johnson (R-Louisiana) is set to […]
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Elon Musk and House GOP rebels blast government spending bill
By Marianna Sotomayor, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The House steamed toward a tense vote Wednesday to put off a looming government shutdown, even as Republicans threatened to rebel against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed spending bill. Scrambling to keep the federal government open past a midnight Saturday deadline, Johnson (R-Louisiana) is set to […]