Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on X: "Elon Musk ordered his puppet President-elect and House Republicans to break the bipartisan agreement reached to keep the government open. House Republicans are abdicating their responsibility to the American people and siding with billionaires and special interests."

The billionaire is blowing up plans and taking names as he and the GOP-controlled House start to learn about working with each other.

Musk is the world's richest man, owns one of its biggest communications platforms and is increasingly politically active. Washington is seeing how potent a blend that is.

The two words “President Musk” trended on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) and other social media platforms late Wednesday after the tech billionaire helped to thwart a GOP-created government funding bill.

Democrats have started calling Elon Musk the "co-president" or "shadow president" to Trump. His team is making clear that's not true.

Donald Trump has said he backs a government shutdown after he and Elon Musk sank a spending bill with just 48 hours to go before the deadline.

Everyone step aside, Jimmy Fallon has figured it out. The NBC late night host debuted the couple name for Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Elonald. The joke came as part of one of Fallon’s often used he-said,

Elon Musk says comments of “President Musk” is part of a media conspiracy to “drive a wedge between” him and Donald Trump, but he hasn’t outright rejected his new moniker. Comments about Musk’s political influence rolled in after he went on a posting spree Wednesday to threaten GOP lawmakers with retribution if they didn’t reject a stopgap budget he felt had too wide of a scope.

Critics have highlighted what they see as the tech mogul's huge influence over Congress and the president-elect.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s threats meant nothing to the 38 Republicans who voted against their spending bill. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why this is “very good news” for America.