Biotech billionaire, former Republican presidential candidate and Cincinnati-area native Vivek Ramaswamy didn't always have nice things to say about his new co-worker, Elon Musk. In fact ...

WASHINGTON—The first test of Elon Musk’s attempt to rein in Congress and its prolific spending threatened to shut down the government.The drama erupted when the billionaire torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson’s initial end-of-the-year measure to extend government funding.

The Trump administration’s approach risks undermining the federal government’s ability to serve the public while wasting taxpayer dollars.”

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are dropping hints about where the co-leads of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will focus its efforts on trimming federal

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) cautioned that Republicans could go “running for the hills” if tech billionaire Elon Musk decides to tweet again about the spending bill.

Take three: Congress is scrambling to put together a passable spending deal that will avoid a government shutdown for the third time this week after the House resoundingly rejected a compromise continuing resolution worked out by President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.).

Lee has had a meeting of the minds with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will run the Department of Government Efficiency for the Trump administration

Sen. Mike Lee called the effort to pass a 1,500-page continuing resolution ahead of the midnight Dec. 20 shutdown deadline “Christmastime legislative extortion,” saying legislative leaders try to pass massive spending bills ahead of the Christmas break every year.

Government workers are “very cognizant” that Elon Musk is “going to be involved in our future,” an Interior Department employee said.

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