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Some Republicans hope for Trump-Musk will reconcile |
Some Republicans are holding out hope that President Trump and Elon Musk will mend fences after last week's blistering bromance breakup. |
The longing for harmony comes amid a Republican sprint on Capitol Hill to finalize the Trump megabill — which Musk trashed — and as the party looks ahead to the 2026 midterm elections, a process the billionaire is threatening to shake up by suggesting he may go after lawmakers who support the package. "I was with the president in the Oval Office yesterday afternoon as some of this was unfolding, and I can tell you, as he said in his own words, he was just, he was disappointed, and I was surprised by Elon's sudden opposition," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Friday when asked if Trump has any interest in mending fences. "I hope they reconcile," he added. "I believe in redemption. That's part of my worldview, and I think it's good for the party and the country if all that's worked out." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — a loyal Trump ally who also chairs the House's Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, named similar to Musk's brainchild Department of Government Efficiency — said the two should bury the hatchet in private rather than on public channels. "I don't think lashing out on the internet is the way to handle any kind of disagreement, especially when you have each other's cell phones. So I hope this gets worked out," Greene said.
"But I will tell you right now that people are going to be focused on making sure that we get the agenda that we voted for, and that's President Trump's agenda." The optimism is not limited to the House: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called on his 70-year marriage to find advice for the two. "I just heard Barbara Grassley say this disagreement and arguments btwn musk and Trump must end. I know she loves both musk and Pres Trump. I'd advise u to follow her advice," he wrote on social platform X. The Hill's Mychael Schnell reports for TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter, we're Miranda Nazzaro and Julia Shapero — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. |
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How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future: |
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Amazon plans to invest at least $20 billion to build out two data centers in Pennsylvania, the e-commerce and cloud computing giant announced Monday alongside Keystone State leaders. The new data centers will be located in Salem Township alongside the Susquehanna nuclear power plant and in Falls Township on the site of a former steel mill, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said. "Pennsylvania workers, over decades, … |
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President Trump's ex-personal attorney Michael Cohen on Saturday said that Trump isn't done with tech billionaire Elon Musk yet, after tensions between the two men became incredibly heated in a public social media spat last week. "They’re going to really go after Elon Musk like nobody has seen, ever, in this country, because they can," Cohen told MSNBC's Ali Velshi. "And one thing Elon doesn't understand is this … |
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Waymo has halted its robotaxi service in Los Angeles after multiple self-driving cars were set ablaze as protests over federal immigration raids unfolded in the city. A Waymo spokesperson confirmed the decision to remove its vehicles from downtown Los Angeles and pause services in that area was made in coordination with the Los Angeles Police Department. The spokesperson noted Waymo is still operating in Los Angeles and the … |
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Elon Musk rebuked his own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok on Sunday, after it incorrectly verified a false X post purporting to show the tech billionaire taking a swipe at White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. The fabricated post, which has since been deleted, took advantage of the explosive rift between Musk and President Trump last week, the fallout of which has caught Miller and his wife Katie … |
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
- AI comeback remains far off at Apple as it unveils new software (The Wall Street Journal)
- Trump says he wouldn't drop Musk's Starlink service amid feud (Reuters)
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CLARITY Act gets last-minute add ahead of markup |
Welcome to Crypto Corner, a daily feature focused on digital currency and its outlook in Washington. |
The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) has been added to the newly introduced version of the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, a coalition of cryptocurrency industry groups announced Monday. The groups called the addition a "meaningful step toward protecting developers of non-custodial, peer-to-peer technologies while maintaining strong oversight of custodial financial institutions." BRCA, reintroduced by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), aims to provide regulatory clarity for non-custodial digital asset developers and service providers. The eight leading groups called on Congress to do this last week, stating the amendment is needed to protect developers and service providers who do not maintain custody of customer funds. The updated bill builds upon 2019 guidance from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network within the Treasury Department. The 2019 guidance called for clarifying "that when developers and infrastructure providers don't control customer funds, they shouldn't be regulated like money transmitters," the association groups explained. It comes a day ahead of the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees will hold markups for the CLARITY Act, which seeks to establish a clear regulatory framework for digital assets. The CLARITY Act would establish clear lines between the regulatory authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and set up new requirements for developers. |
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Gaza aid ship with Greta Thunberg aboard seized by Israel |
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 22, and several allies were taken into Israeli custody in international waters early Monday while attempting to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, which faces a food crisis amid Hamas’s ongoing war with Israel. “The ‘selfie yacht’ of the ‘celebrities’ is safely making its way to the shores of Israel,” the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) … |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, overwhelmingly lost his bid to lead the D.C. Bar Association in a race with record turnout, … Read more |
| Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is removing every member of the independent panel advising the Centers for Disease … Read more |
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