Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Semafor's David Weigel reports that Rep. Ro Khanna, who has known Elon Musk for over a decade, talked with one of Musk's senior confidants on 5 June 2025 about whether Musk, now feuding with Donald Trump, might help Democrats in the midterms; Khanna argues Musk attacking the tariff policy and the deficit-exploding Trump bill could help check the administration. Briefs on the page cover the 2026 midterms, oil prices, data-center ballot measures, cyberattacks, and a generic HIV drug's approval.
