“Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk” as speaker of the House, suggested Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in a Thursday post to Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Elon Musk says comments of “President Musk” is part of a media conspiracy to “drive a wedge between” him and Donald Trump, but he hasn’t outright rejected his new moniker. Comments about Musk’s political influence rolled in after he went on a posting spree Wednesday to threaten GOP lawmakers with retribution if they didn’t reject a stopgap budget he felt had too wide of a scope.

Musk wrote on social media that only AfD, the country’s most prominent extreme-right party, “can save Germany.”

Elon Musk voiced support for GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson's latest spending bill on Friday, giving him a sigh of relief just hours before a government shutdown could begin. "This is great," Musk wrote in a post to X,

Just before the bill was slimmed down, Democrats including Rep. Jennifer Wexton and Sen. Tim Kaine applauded the inclusion of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 in the continuing resolution to fund the government, assuming that it would pass with bipartisan support.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) says he will vote for either of the two options outlined by House Republicans to keep government open. He also responds to Elon Musk’s reaction to the latest funding proposals.

Instead of Trump heading into his second term as Mr. Big, it increasingly looks like Musk is calling the shots.

Elon Musk tried to downplay his role in the collapse of a government spending bill, and after Democrats started referring to him as "President Musk."

This week, the world’s richest person solidified his influence over American politics.

Former MSNBC anchor and political analyst Chris Matthews railed at Elon Musk on Friday for tanking the House continuing resolution (CR) that had been negotiated between Republicans and Democrats,

The point of Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE is to cut entitlement programs so Trump can give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations