President Musk? The DOGE leader's government-shutdown push shows how he'll wield power in Washington

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MTG and Rand Paul float Elon Musk for speaker of the House

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Trump's team appears annoyed with Ukraine for some of its recent attacks

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President-elect Donald Trump at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on December 16, 2024.

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7 revealing moments from Putin's marathon end-of-year event

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Vladimir Putin holds his annual press conference in December 2024.

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Russia may deploy warships to escort its shadow fleet of oil tankers, Denmark warns

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine is straining his country's economy.

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Here's what we know so far about who's working on DOGE

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President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, in November.

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Republicans scrap spending bill after pressure campaign from Elon Musk

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Republicans scrapped a spending bill that would've funded the government until mid-March.

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Trump trashes must-pass funding bill as Musk calls for the GOP to shut down the government

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Musk wrote that "any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!"

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The TikTok ban is headed to the Supreme Court

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TikTok's CEO Shou Chew, pictured here at a congressional hearing, met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in December.

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Members of Congress may be about to get a pay raise for the first time since 2009

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Lawmakers could get as high as a $6,600 pay raise as part of a short-term government funding bill that's set to get a vote this week.

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