4 h. ago Elon Musk’s proposed new political party could focus on a few pivotal congressional seats

Billionaire said his ‘America party’ would try to turn attainable House and Senate seats to decide major issuesThe new US political party that Elon Musk has boasted about possibly bankrolling could initially focus on a handful of attainable House and Senate seats while striving to be the decisive vote on major issues amid the thin margins in Congress.Tesla and SpaceX’s multibillionaire CEO mused about that approach on Friday in a post on X, the social media platform which he owns, as he continued feuding with Donald Trump over the spending bill that the president has signed into law. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Nearly 40 percent of Americans say they would back Musk’s third party if he creates one, poll finds

It comes after the world’s richest man claimed he would launch ‘the America Party’ in response to Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ which he has described as ‘insane’

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4 d. ago Musk slams Trump's 'porky pig party' as war breaks out again with threat to set up rival

Musk and Trump have been at war for months, and now the owner of Twitter/X and Space X has threatened to set up a new political party in the United States if Trump's bill passes

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4 d. ago Trump bill latest: Musk threatens to form new party if megabill passes as Senate vote continues

Senators voting on unlimited series of amendments to sprawling tax and spending megabill

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4 d. ago Trump threatens to turn DOGE on Musk as he warns billionaire will have to 'close up shop and head back to South Africa'

The president was responding to Musk's day-long protest over the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill,' which Musk is using to stoke fears of launching a third party.

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4 d. ago Musk vows to unseat lawmakers who support Trump’s one big beautiful bill

Tesla CEO also threatened forming an ‘America Party’ if the bill, which would increase US deficit by $3.3tn, is passedElon Musk has vowed to unseat lawmakers who support Donald Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which he has criticized because it would increase the country’s deficit by $3.3tn.“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” he wrote on his social media platform, X. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Musk vows to unseat lawmakers who support Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

Tesla CEO also threatened forming an ‘America Party’ if the bill, which would increase US deficit by $3.3tn, is passedElon Musk has vowed to unseat lawmakers who support Donald Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which he has criticized because it would increase the country’s deficit by $3.3tn.“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” he wrote on his social media platform, X. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump bill latest: Musk warns ‘Porky Pig Party’ of debt slavery as Senate ‘vote

Senators voting on unlimited series of amendments to sprawling tax and spending megabill

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2 w. ago Plurality of Americans hate the Republican ‘Big Beautiful bill’ – but Congress is working to approve it anyway

Forty-two percent of Americans oppose legislation ‘changing tax, spending, and Medicaid policies’

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4 w. ago Musk teases new US political party to rival Democrats and Republicans after public fallout with Trump

The US president said the Tesla founder has ‘lost his mind’ after falling out over his spending plans

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