That Donald Trump failed to achieve central goals in the government shutdown fight alongside Elon Musk seemed unimportant to many speakers and attendees at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.

Republicans who oppose Trump's Cabinet nominees could find themselves with a lump of coal — or a primary challenger — in the next Congress.

The president-elect who is 78 years old is slated to be the oldest president in U.S. history when he's inaugurated next month.

Trump’s team was assured that he, not Elon Musk, is in charge --- right before congressional Republicans disregarded him.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk sank a GOP-backed bill to fund the government, dealing a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson and raising the odds of a shutdown.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on X: "Elon Musk ordered his puppet President-elect and House Republicans to break the bipartisan agreement reached to keep the government open. House Republicans are abdicating their responsibility to the American people and siding with billionaires and special interests."

The Wall Street Journal praised Republican senators who helped to tank President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney general. The Journal published a Monday editorial,

After blowing up a stopgap spending bill, Trump is now demanding that his supporters back a new spending bill and debt-limit increase they will hate.

Donald Trump thanked Arizona for giving him a “big win” on his way back to the White House. He returned to the battleground state for the first time as president-elect to deliver a victory lap speech on Sunday morning. “You were fantastic. And I just want to thank you for that big win,” Trump said. “Not an easy win.”

Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy called on Trump to visit Washington to help Speaker Johnson rein in the GOP caucus, saying he is the "one person" capable of doing so.