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Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill, but much of what he spread was misinformation

President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims.

Christian Science Monitor · 21h

Trump and Musk helped derail a bipartisan spending deal. What comes next?

A new spending plan put forth by Donald Trump, and pushed by Elon Musk, was resoundingly rejected by House Democrats and a few dozen Republicans. The debate in the House chamber grew heated as lawmakers blamed each other for the mess.

MSNBC · 8h

Prof. Snyder: Musk-Trump spending bill fight gives us ‘whiff’ of next 4 years

Yale History Professor Timothy Snyder provides MSNBC’s Ali Velshi with a roadmap on how to navigate what he calls The Musk-Trump administration or as Professor Snyder calls it, “The Mump Regime.”

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Washington Commanders: Why Elon Musk’s false tweet may ruin D.C. stadium plans

The Washington Commanders plan to build a new stadium in the next few years. Everything was lining up for the team to return ...

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U.S. Senate shockingly passes RFK bill, making D.C. an option for Commanders’ next stadium

Jayden Daniels isn’t the only person in town capable of completing a Hail Mary. The U.S. Senate passed legislation early ...

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DC Mayor corrects misinformation over RFK Stadium land after celebrating start of arena renovations

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser tried Thursday to correct misinformation amplified online by Elon Musk about how ...

What Elon got wrong about the CR

Musk spent Wednesday stirring Republicans into a frenzy over the stopgap spending bill filed by Johnson — one loaded up with ...

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Congress passes RFK bill in surprise move, giving D.C. control of stadium site

Passage of the legislation, which transfers control of the land to D.C. at no cost, is a tremendous win for Mayor Muriel E.

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Commanders' move takes hit as spending bill sans land provision passes

A provision that would have given D.C. control of more than 170 acres at the site that still houses RFK Stadium was excluded ...

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Elon Musk fueled backlash to spending plan with false and misleading claims

Musk used his social network X to stir Republicans into a frenzy over the stopgap spending bill filed the night before by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who was forced by his thin majority to negotiate ...

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D.C.’s RFK Stadium chances fade as House fails to pass spending bill

Neighboring Maryland had retained its top priority — full funding for a new Baltimore bridge — in the failed bill.

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8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion

Musk on Wednesday, before the provision was dropped, recirculated a claim on X that the legislation included $3 billion for a ...

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RFK Stadium measure stripped from new federal funding bill. Could DC lose control of site?

A measure that would give D.C. control of the RFK Stadium site was stripped from the new version of a federal government ...

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D.C. faces potential government shutdown ahead of the holidays

The country is facing the possibility of a government shutdown starting Saturday, which would affect Washington life heading ...

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