The staggering and exceedingly public rupture in the world’s most consequential and unprecedented partnership was a long time coming. But the surreal state of suspended animation that consumed Washington as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded escalating blows on social media obscured a 48-hour period that illustrated profoundly high-stakes moment for the White House.

Elon Musk is continuing his attacks on President Donald Trump's signature bill on Wednesday with a barrage of posts on X slamming the megabill, saying in one that no one "should be able to stomach it," while another instructed his more than 200 million followers to call members of Congress to "KILL the BILL."

Republicans in Congress will soon face a vote on whether they stand by Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s unlawful cuts to lifesaving foreign aid.

Calif., agreeing with him on the Big Beautiful Bill, saying that "few things could convince me to reconsider my position more."

GOP leaders in Congress appeared undeterred Wednesday as Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

"Look at everything you developed before Trump... then look what you developed after Trump, a drug habit," Maher jokes

Musk says he hates the bill because it is expected to drive up the deficit by nearly $4 trillion. But, as White House sources have been quick to tell reporters over the last 24 hours, there are other reasons why the billionaire Tesla CEO is lashing out. As one source put it simply to Axios, “Elon was butthurt.”

Senator Bernie Sanders is leading a new bill to address a key priority of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who serves as President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary. Sanders, a Vermont independent,