Musk’s Political Week Rings Alarms From Washington to Europe

Elon Musk, US House Speaker Mike Johnson and Vivek Ramaswamy, chairman and co-founder of Strive Asset Management, arrive for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Dec. 5.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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It’s a familiar pattern: the US is lurching toward a government shutdown unless Congress can agree on a funding plan by midnight in Washington.