Elon Musk, Mike Johnson and House

Mike Johnson Asked Elon Musk If He Wants to Be Speaker of the House
The GOP House Speaker referenced speculation about his future and the outsized influence Musk appeared to wield this week.
Rand Paul suggests replacing Mike Johnson with Elon Musk as Speaker of the House
Ky., has floated the idea of replacing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with Elon Musk after the chaotic collapse of the continuing resolution spending bill.
Mike Johnson jokingly asks Elon Musk if he wants to be House speaker after spending bill drama
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he jokingly asked Elon Musk if he wanted to take over his job — after the billionaire helped torpedo a major government spending bill on Thursday,
Elon Musk Gives Mike Johnson Sigh of Relief by Endorsing New Spending Bill
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,
Rand Paul floats Elon Musk as Mike Johnson replacement
It took President-elect Donald Trump and his close confidant, Elon Musk, only about 24 hours to tank a stopgap funding bill presented by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) needed to keep the government open.
Mike Johnson Faces Growing GOP Backlash As Elon Musk Calls For Government Shutdown
The speaker's push for a short-term government funding bill met louder resistance than usual from Republicans in the House.
If Not Elon Musk, Who Could Replace Mike Johnson? Top Republican Contenders
While House speaker is expected to ride out pressure from MAGA Republicans to vacate his role, here are some likely replacements.
MTG and Rand Paul float Elon Musk for speaker of the House
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing major unrest among his colleagues after Musk and Trump tanked a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown.
House Republican dubs Elon Musk ‘our prime minister’
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said it feels as if tech billionaire Elon Musk has become the United States’s prime minister. Gonzales joined CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where host Margaret Brennan asked him about the “confusing” dynamic between President-elect Trump,
Trump reacts to people saying Elon Musk is in charge
President-elect Donald Trump praised Elon Musk at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, and responded to claims that the world’s richest man is actually in charge.
Donald Trump rattled by ‘President Musk’ jibe as he insists Elon ‘is not going to be president’
Donald Trump, ever the thick-skinned individual (not - just look at his whining over crowd sizes during the presidential election), appears to be quite cheesed off at the ‘President Musk’ and ‘Vice President Trump’ jibes being levelled at him as the Tesla founder continues to cosy up to the president-elect.
Elon Musk’s Opposition to Gov’t Spending Bill a “Smokescreen” for His Business Interests: Robert Kuttner
After the Republican-led Congress passes a government spending bill but rejects a last-minute demand for a debt limit ...
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Elon blows up Congress — and the illusion of Mike Johnson’s grip on power
I don’t have the answers right now.” open image in gallery Elon Musk made Mike Johnson’s job very difficult this week, just as Congress was ready to leave town for the holidays. (Getty ...
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Elon Musk spent the day bashing a spending package before Donald Trump tagged in and threatened any Republican who voted for it. The bill is dead
A bipartisan spending bill to avert a government shutdown was vanquished after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump ...
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Trump won election, but will he have it all his own way in 2025?
US election - a primary election process that was all over by the end of January meant a pseudo-campaign that was ...
Donald Trump’s tough talk—Buy Greenland! Take back Panama Canal!—sparks defiance from many Republican rebels
President-elect Trump’s tough talk about Greenland and the Panama Canal shows that he’s most comfortable playing offense, ...
Republicans Reject Trump Twice In A Week
Republicans have dealt a pair of stinging rejections to President-elect Donald Trump over the past week, a sign of how ...
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Matt Gaetz Files Last-Minute Lawsuit to Stop Ethics Report Release
Matt Gaetz is freaking out ahead of the expected release of the House Ethics report into his sexual misconduct and illicit ...
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Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump's debt limit demands
Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...