Musk, Trump and Republicans
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Although there are plenty of obstacles, the conditions for a successful challenge to the two major parties could be coming into place.
President Donald Trump wants to curtail a specific First Amendment right in response to anti-deportation protests exploding in Los Angeles. But at least one Republican lawmaker remains adamantly opposed — and dared him to put it up for a vote.
President Trump's approach to deportations is giving Democrats a unifying message in opposition to him. But the Democratic Party still lacks a common vision for what it would do differently.
They are trying to strike a careful balance on issues where Republicans have held a political advantage in recent years.
Since his first term, Trump has consolidated the Republican Party around not only himself but also his broader "Make America Great Again" movement.
The barrage of changes Trump has wrought to American culture in the first few months of his second White House residency has ignited the campaigns of Virginia Democrats Jay Jones
The current tension sparked when Elon Musk left Donald Trump's administration and criticized the president's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
President Trump weighed in on Elon Musk's suggestion about creating a "new political party" in the wake of their rift.