Musk’s outburst may embolden some Republican senators to reject Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance
Days after officially exiting the White House, Elon Musk has grown increasingly critical of President Donald Trump’s signature tax bill, describing it as a “disgusting abomination”.
Musk’s online outburst may embolden fiscally conservative Republican senators to defy Trump as they continue crucial negotiations on Capitol Hill over the so-called “one big, beautiful bill”.
Musk departed the White House last week after steering its so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with the stated mission of slashing fraud and abuse within federal departments. He has argued the bill will undermine Doge’s work and drive the US further into debt.
Here are the key stories at a glance:
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk wrote on his X social media platform on Tuesday. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
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Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has drawn widespread criticism from Democratic colleagues for admitting that not only did she not read Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill before voting for it, but she would have voted against it had she read thoroughly.
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US immigration authorities have taken into custody the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the man who allegedly used a flamethrower to attack a Colorado rally for Israeli hostages, the Department of Homeland Security said.
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Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers.
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Johnnie Moore, an evangelical leader and adviser to Donald Trump on interfaith issues, has been appointed the new head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as the controversial US and Israeli-backed initiative attempts to recover from top-level resignations during its deadly rollout last week.
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The Trump administration rescinded Biden-era guidance clarifying that hospitals in states with abortion bans cannot turn away pregnant patients who are in the midst of medical emergencies – a move that comes amid multiple red-state court battles over the guidance.
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A US judge on Tuesday ruled the US Bureau of Prisons must keep providing transgender inmates gender-affirming care, despite an executive order Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office to halt funding for such care.
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Newark’s mayor sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor over his arrest on a trespassing charge – which was later dropped – at a federal immigration detention facility.
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the US navy to remove Harvey Milk’s name from a ship during Pride month, according to multiple reports.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has reportedly seen subscription sales fall by about $1.6m – or roughly 36% – after Trump appointed himself to lead it.
The Trump administration reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving ongoing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.
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