Elon Musk, Trump and Washington
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Musk looks like the latest victim of a common Trump-era dynamic: the impossibility of sharing the President’s spotlight.
Musk announced his departure a day after an interview clip showed him saying Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill “undermines” DOGE.
House Democrats are signaling a wave of investigations into President Donald Trump should they win the House majority in 2026, devoting their attention to everything from the president’s business practices to his removal of agency watchdogs.
A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed, which alleges Elon Musk was not "properly" appointed to his high-level position.
At a celebratory rally after Trump’s inauguration, Musk’s White House career got off to a contentious start when he seemingly offered a straight-arm salute at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., as he excitedly told the crowd: “My heart goes out to you.”
That is why Trump recently made it clear to New York’s Mike Lawler that he wants him to sit tight rather than run for governor of the Empire State, withdrew his nomination for Elise Stefanik to represent the U.S. at the United Nations and commissioned a poll to dissuade Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene from pursuing an interest in the Senate.
Elon Musk has announced his exit from the Donald Trump-led White House after a controversial 130-day tenure when he launched a drive to massively downsize the US government by razing thousands of federal jobs | One of India's leading Digital News Agency offering Breaking News round the clock.