GOP rushes to win Musk back by codifying into law DOGE cuts as billionaire pulls back support | 28 May 2025 | Elon Musk announced last week that he will be rolling back plans for political spending in the midterm elections. That statement has Republicans who had been banking on him to finance their campaigns now rushing to prove their worth to him. In that announcement, Musk alluded to his disillusionment with Congress. Musk became something of a lightning rod for attacks as he pursued aggressive cuts to foreign aid and sought access to the Treasury Department's payment systems after fighting obstructionists in court. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette Vargas in New York ruled that the four DOGE staffers assigned to Treasury will be allowed to access data they need to study that agency's efficiency... Musk's frustrations appear to have Republican leaders scrambling to show him some support and offer at least token efforts to codify his work in an apparent bid to bring the party back into his good graces.