Senator Elizabeth Warren on Saturday condemned billionaire Elon Musk for derailing a bipartisan government funding bill that included a significant package of health care policies.
The GOP House Speaker referenced speculation about his future and the outsized influence Musk appeared to wield this week.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO distributed more than $200 million, more than half of which went to just one unproven nonprofit.
Musk on Wednesday effectively tanked a bipartisan spending deal by posting about it incessantly on his social media platform X. President-elect Donald Trump then chimed in to criticize the bill as well, sending GOP lawmakers scrambling to renegotiate and avert a government shutdown.
When the billionaire called Rep. Rosa DeLauro an "awful creature," it was a problem. When Elon Musk called for her expulsion, it made the problem worse.
Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with making the US government more efficient come January, has zeroed in on the Federal Reserve.
The world’s richest man has become a new kind of oligarch.
One House Republican declared, “It feels like as if Elon Musk is our prime minister.” The closer one looks, the worse the comment appears.
Trump also defended Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Health and Human Services. He said he would let Kennedy look for links between vaccines and autism, an unfounded conspiracy theory that Kennedy has touted for years. “Together, we’re going to make America healthy again,” Trump said. “Something bad is happening.”
The nearly 40 percent price increase goes into effect immediately for new customers and next month for current subscribers.
One of the major provisions left out of last week’s government-funding bill were new restrictions on Americans’ investments in China, with a particular focus on advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing.