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Trump admin live updates: Trump says Musk will 'pay the consequences' if he funds Democrats
The president added that he "doesn't have to" try to repair their relationship.
A bitter public feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk erupted on Thursday, with the Tesla billionaire agreeing to calls for Trump's impeachment while Trump suggested ending Musk's government contracts.
Musk showed some signs of softening his tone, but Trump on Friday told ABC News Musk was a "man who has lost his mind" and that he was "not particularly" interested in talking to him right now.
The spat began in part because of Musk's criticism of Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," a sweeping immigration and tax bill that would fund much of the president's domestic agenda.
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Scalise slams CBO report
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise criticized the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's report that said the spending bill would add to the national deficit.
Scalise claimed that the report did not "recognize the economic growth" that would reportedly come with cuts to spending and other changes.
"I get we have to play by the rules of the referee, but the referee is wrong. The referee is trying to sack our quarterback," he said.
Stephen Miller defends the 'One Big Beautiful Bill', slams Rand Paul
Prior to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's report on Trump's spending bill, one of its staunchest supporters sounded off in an X post Wednesday for its passage.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller claimed that the extension of the 2017 tax rates "has zero deficit impact which is why the bill, because of its spending cuts, reduces the deficit."
The argument comes as the CBO and other experts project that it will add to the deficit.
Miller called out Sen. Rand Paul by name after Paul vocally criticized the fact that the bill does not reduce the deficit. Miller said that libertarians like Paul are "attacking the tax cut."
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Trump finds Xi 'hard to make a deal with' amid US-China trade talks
President Donald Trump reaffirmed early Wednesday his respect for China's President Xi Jinping, saying, "I like President XI of China, always have, and always will."
However, Trump in a post to Truth Social said he finds Xi "very tough, and extremely hard to make a deal with."
Tariffs for Chinese steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. were set at 50% at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian was asked Wednesday about Trump's post during the ministry's daily press conference.
"China's principles and position on developing Sino-US relations are consistent," the spokesperson said. "Next Question."
-ABC News' Alex Ederson and Karson Yiu
House GOP leaders announce vote on codifying DOGE cuts next week
House Republican leaders announced a vote will take place next week on the $9.4 billion rescissions package that eliminates already approved funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting.
"Next week, we will put the rescissions bill on the floor of the House and encourage all our Members to support this commonsense measure," leaders said in a statement Tuesday.
If approved, it would eliminate funding at the State Department for USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.
A simple majority is required in the House and Senate for passage. Congress has 45 days to get the package across the finish line.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller