内容摘要：The anticorruption lawyer, who works for the nongovernmental organization Cristosal, has denied the accusations.

The anticorruption lawyer, who works for the nongovernmental organization Cristosal, has denied the accusations.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., strides from the chamber after speaking about the reconciliation process to advance President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., strides from the chamber after speaking about the reconciliation process to advance President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two of the Senate’s most fiscally hawkish Republicans quickly backed Musk.“We can and must do better,” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul wrote on X. Utah Sen. Mike Lee said “federal spending has become excessive,” adding that it causes inflation and “weaponizes government.”Still, Trump enjoys fierce loyalty among the GOP base, and in the end, his opinion may be the only one that matters.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt played down Musk’s criticism.“The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill,” Leavitt said, and Musk’s post “doesn’t change the president’s opinion.”

The tension in the GOP delighted Democrats, who found themselves in the unlikely position of siding with Musk. Democrats are waging an all-out political assault on GOP proposals to cut Medicaid, food stamps and green energy investments to help pay for more than $4.5 trillion in tax cuts — with many lawmakers

“We’re in complete agreement,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said of Musk. The New York Democratic lawmaker stood alongside a poster-sized printout of Musk’s post during a Capitol news conference.An avalanche of policies from the Trump administration — such as

to study in the U.S., halting allat Harvard — have triggered lawsuits, countersuits and confusion. Foreign students say they feel targeted on multiple fronts. Late Wednesday, Trump himself took the latest action against international students, signing an

barring nearly all foreigners from entering the country to attend Harvard.In interviews, students from around the world described how it feels to be an international student today in America. Their accounts highlight pervasive feelings of fear, anxiety and insecurity that have made them more cautious in their daily lives, distracted them from schoolwork and prompted many to