Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process. The X owner, an unelected figure, played a key role in swaying Congress without regard for the facts -- a preview of the role he could play in government over the next four years.