Attorney General Pam Bondi and House Speaker Mike Johnson also spoke at the conference, along with popular Trump ally, Steve Bannon. Elon Musk also made an appearance at the conservative gathering, brandishing a chainsaw given to him by Argentine President Javier Milei.
A New York Times reporter capped off a discussion about the House budget bill by wondering how long Donald Trump would be saddled with Elon Musk. House Speaker Mike Johnson notched a legislative win late Tuesday with a framework for the "big,
Elon Musk drove another wedge through a conservative consensus on a budget resolution as House Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to hold his “big, beautiful bill” together. Johnson was caught between swing district doves wary of cuts to Medicaid and fiscal hawks insisting the $2 trillion spending cuts didn’t go far enough.
The day one speaker schedule includes Vice President JD Vance, Michael Knowles, Speaker Mike Johnson, Sen. Rick Scott, Nigel Farage, Steve Bannon, and Ben Shapiro, among many others. See the full agenda below for all of Thursday’s events.
Mike Johnson is trying and failing to maintain the appearance of budget unity within the GOP—and Elon Musk is only making it harder. The looming Republican budget resolution is an attempt to pack Donald Trump’s beefy agenda into one “big,
Johnson has tried to brush off Musk’s online criticism, saying in a brief interview that he had “ no concerns ” after the tech mogul launched a broadside on X the night before the budget vote last week. In December, Musk rampaged online against a spending deal Johnson had forged with Democrats, forcing the speaker to scrap it.
Live” cold open, President Donald Trump’s character called the contentious meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky a “perfect news conference.”
Shane Gillis hosts the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest Tate McRae. During his opening monologue, the comedian struggled to find his footing as he delivered jokes about Trump, Joe Biden, date rape drugs and historical documentaries, among other topics.
The "Shrek" star appeared alongside James Austin Johnson, who played President Trump, and Mikey Day, who portrayed Zelensky, for the skit.