But the court left open a path for state officials to appeal to the liberal-leaning U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

President Donald Trump is using his love of tariffs to threaten high-profile American companies. Over the past month, Trump has said he’d like to target two specific and very different companies — Apple and Mattel — with tariffs aimed at their key products over comments by their CEOs.

Elon Musk called the president’s budget bill “disgusting.” Feuding: This is the harshest criticism of the bill to date from the former DOGE leader, whose relationship with the GOP has grown complicated since leaving the Trump administration. A world trade report found tariffs will slow U.S. economic growth.

Elon Musk has blasted President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts as a “disgusting abomination."

By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk plunged on Tuesday into the congressional debate over President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill, calling it a "disgusting abomination" that will increase the federal deficit.

Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, said in an emailed statement that the Trump administration was already “illegally impounding additional funds,” as withholding money has “always been illegal without explicit Congressional approval.”

President Donald Trump is asking Congress to claw back $9.4 billion of federal funding to reflect a portion of the cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. The long-awaited request sent to Congress on June 3 would strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,

The request includes blocking funding to combat HIV/AIDS, contribute to the World Health Organization and provide media services to U.S. consumers.

The Senate is returning to Washington on Monday with President Donald Trump’s massive tax and immigration package high on the agenda. Republicans are seeking to send the One Big Beautiful Bill to Trump’s desk by July 4.

The House GOP is quietly mounting a pressure campaign on the Senate to accept its version of President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" even as lawmakers in the upper chamber signal they'll be making changes.