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NEW: Congress scrutinized this CEO's company 6 years ago. He's now a major political donor. Quite the report from @cbsnews’s ⁦@HunterMw⁩ and ⁦@ellee_watson⁩ cbsnews.com/news/congress-…

Reuters correspondent @BoKnowsNews explains why Elon Musk's idea of building a new US political party from scratch is a daunting task. Read more: reut.rs/4eD9mgd

Tax bill update: The tide has turned at 314am EST. Speaker Mike Johnson just locked arms -- and appeared to pray -- with several GOP holdouts on the House floor (Burchett - Brecheen- Harris, Self, Clyde and Perry, back from PA)

Tax vote: It's 12:20am EST inside the US House chamber and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is one of the only Democratic lawmakers left in the chamber, as Republicans wait for 8 members to vote. Pelosi just walked up to floor staff & thanked them for their late-night work. "Total…

USAID was to supply 100,000 post-rape kits to violence-hit Congo when Elon Musk shuttered the agency. The lack of vital medication is now putting survivors at the risk of conceiving or contracting STDs reut.rs/44EetsZ

Huge kudos to @SenatePress staff for tallying each vote — through the night — of the longest-ever “vote-a-rama” for the Republicans’ tax & budget bill. (Reporters use these tallies to double check vote breakdowns, etc, and it’s invaluable) Thank you!👏🏻

Thune, asked by @BoKnowsNews whether he’s confident Senate Republicans have the votes: “Never until we vote,” Thune said.

👏15 hours, 54 minutes: US Senate clerks finish reading Republicans’ 940-page tax and budget bill. 11:08PM EST Saturday --> 3:02PM EST Sunday Now to debate...

Mourners pay their respects as senior Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark lie in State at the Minnesota Capitol after they were killed in a shooting, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo by Tim Evans

5 GOP senators told WH budget director today the admin’s proposed $9B funding pullback for public media & foreign aid would impact their state — from rural and Native American radio to American soft power abroad. reuters.com/business/media…