2 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump and deportation protests: the king of confected emergencies | Editorial

Strongmen love inventing or exploiting crises to justify extreme measures and extended power. The US is taking another step towards authoritarianismDonald Trump will celebrate his birthday with a North Korean-style military parade costing tens of millions of dollars this weekend. He has gratefully accepted the early gift of the demonstrations, which have spread across the country, with more scheduled for Saturday. The president’s immigration crackdown spurred overwhelmingly peaceful protests in Los Angeles. Ordering in troops, over the governor’s head, then inflamed the situation and allowed the agent of chaos to portray himself as its nemesis once more.Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs. But underlying the manufactured crisis is a deeper agenda: reigniting fear of undocumented migrants, deleg...

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2 w. ago Unstoppable force loses battle with immovable object: Elon bows to Trump

Four days into a public feud between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person, I declare Musk the loserElon Musk and Donald Trump are no longer friends. Tension between the two exploded into public view in the middle of last week, with each leveling sharp barbs at the other. Four days into the public feud between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person, though, I declare Musk the loser. An unstoppable force has lost its battle with an immovable object.From my colleagues Hugo Lowell and Andrew Roth: On Thursday, Elon Musk called for Donald Trump’s impeachment and mocked his connections to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the US president threatened to cancel federal contracts and tax subsidies for Musk’s companies, in an extraordinary social media feud that erupted between the former allies. The direct shots at Trump were the latest twist in the public showdown over a Republican spending bill that Musk had criticized. Conti...

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3 w. ago The Elon Musk and Donald Trump love story after 'big, beautiful' break up

The breakup came just days after the pair smiled and shook hands at the White House, with Trump even thanking Musk for his short-lived role in the US government

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3 w. ago Every Elon Musk and Donald Trump insult so far as huge war of words explodes

Elon Musk has been attacking Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" for several days and suddenly the pair both went for the jugular in an ugly war of words on social media

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3 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Between Elon and Melania, Trump now has two foreigners who won’t sleep with him’

Late-night hosts discuss the White House falling-out and growing Republican dissent over Trump’s big, beautiful billLate-night hosts delved into the rift between Elon Musk and Donald Trump after Musk publicly criticized Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Bromance' is over as Elon Musk launches another scathing attack on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

Despite Trump's praises in the Oval Office last week, Elon Musk has continued his tirade against the "big, beautiful bill" of tax breaks and spending cuts, saying no one "should be able to stomach it"

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3 w. ago Elon Musk turns on Donald Trump in scathing tirade against 'big beautiful bill'

Donald Trump's administration is pushing a piece of legislation in the United States which will be central to its agenda and will mean tax breaks as well as spending cuts

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3 w. ago Trump is ‘furious’ that Elon Musk has turned on his beloved ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Fox & Friends reveals

While Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade said the president was privately seething over Elon Musk’s attacks on the bill, he praised Trump for keeping his “powder dry” and not returning fire

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3 w. ago Elon Musk ghosted me, House Speaker Mike Johnson admits after ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ blowup

Republican leader says Trump is ‘not delighted’ after Musk called president’s key legislation a ‘disgusting abomination’

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3 w. ago MAGA civil war erupts as Trump allies begin to side with Elon Musk over 'big beautiful bill'

Marjorie Taylor Greene has taken Elon Musk 's side in the GOP war over Donald Trump 's 'big, beautiful bill' but only after having voted for it.

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3 w. ago Musk sends Republicans into chaos as he shreds Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ — ‘He doesn’t get to vote’

Tesla billionaire’s tweet complicates Republican plan to pass the massive domestic spending bill, Eric Garcia reports from Capitol Hill

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3 w. ago Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’

The former head of Doge said the ‘outrageous’ tax bill will cause the deficit to grow to $2.5tnUS politics live – latest updatesElon 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”.Musk’s online outburst could embolden fiscally conservative Republican senators – some of whom have already spoken out – to defy Trump as they continue crucial negotiations on Capitol Hill over the so-called “one big, beautiful bill”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Elon Musk goes nuclear on Trump and his big, beautiful bill: 'Pork

Elon Musk went nuclear on President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill on Tuesday, calling it 'a disgusting abomination' and condemning lawmakers who voted for it.

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4 w. ago Elon Musk gets very underwhelming White House goodbye after his attack on Trump's big beautiful bill

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt thanked Elon Musk 'for his service' as the world's richest man ended his tenure as a 'special government employee.'

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last month Elon Musk QUITS Donald Trump government amid 'big, beautiful bill' row

The Tesla owner previously spoke of his 'love' for the US President

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last month Elon Musk quits Trump adviser role after slamming President's 'big beautiful bill'

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced he is stepping down as a top adviser to President Donald Trump, citing frustrations with Washington's bureaucracy

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last month Trump's extraordinary response to Elon Musk slamming his 'big, beautiful bill'

President Donald Trump gave a long, rambling answer on Wednesday when asked about Elon Musk's criticism of his 'big, beautiful bill' that avoided any attacks on his biggest campaign backer. 

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