Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty gave enormous credit to Elon Musk and Twitter for helping to tank a massive, 1,600-page continuing spending resolution by helping the public see what was actually in it,

CNN’s Dana Bash blew the whistle on Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) after he claimed on Sunday that he was made aware of a government funding bill the House was set to vote on last week by Elon Musk. Hagerty claimed Musk’s posting about the bill on X,

A top Republican has slammed accusations that Elon Musk has transformed himself into the GOP’s éminence grise, insisting the tech-bro billionaire is a force for “transparency” just days after the SpaceX founder’s legislative meddling almost resulted in a federal shutdown.