Trump made one big demand. And the GOP is quickly ignoring it.
Trump’s team assured he, not Elon Musk, is in charge -- right before congressional Republicans disregarded him.
Congress averts shutdown after House GOP drops Trump’s debt limit demand
Live updates: House GOP offers new plan to avert a government shutdown without Trump’s debt limit demand
Trump backs U.S. ‘closing up' for a time if House GOP won't raise debt ceiling as part of funding bill
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Trump’s Shutdown Threat Is a Loyalty Test for GOP Lawmakers
After blowing up a stopgap spending bill, Trump is now demanding that his supporters back a new spending bill and debt-limit increase they will hate.
Trump says he gave permission to Elon Musk to trash GOP-proposed spending bill on X
President-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avoid a government shutdown, worked the phones on Thursday, showing wavering confidence in Johnson and claiming he is aligned with billionaire Elon Musk, who first posted multiple calls to kill the GOP-brokered spending deal.
After investigating January 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
Wrapping up their own investigation on the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump sent his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the 2020 election.
Trump backs new GOP plan to fund government and raise debt limit as shutdown nears
A government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald Trump’s sudden demands — and keep his own job.
Lawrence: The weakness of Elon Musk and Donald Trump has now been fully exposed to the GOP
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s threats meant nothing to the 38 Republicans who voted against their spending bill. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why this is “very good news” for America.
Ex-GOP congressman goads Trump on collapsed spending deal
Kinzinger referred to the billionaire as “President Musk” while calling Trump the “vice president” in comments on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees.” He was speaking about Musk’s help in killing the spending agreement that would have avoided a partial government shutdown before Christmas.
Trump team makes clear Elon Musk isn't the leader of the GOP
Democrats have started calling Elon Musk the "co-president" or "shadow president" to Trump. His team is making clear that's not true.
GOP senators on 2026 ballot walk a fine line on Trump loyalty
Some Republican senators will walk a careful path to satisfy Donald Trump's demands for loyalty and navigate threats of a primary challenge.
Sen. Kennedy calls on Trump to step in on spending bill showdown: 'One person' who can unite GOP
Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy called on Trump to visit Washington to help Speaker Johnson rein in the GOP caucus, saying he is the "one person" capable of doing so.
Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP's government funding bill
President-elect Donald Trump came out against a government funding bill backed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.