Elon Musk checked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent “like a rugby player”, some sources have claimed. New details surrounding the alleged White House brawl between the Tesla tycoon and Bessent have emerged.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on Republicans’ criticism of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the president’s tax and immigration bill, claiming that the independent agency — which warned that millions could lose health-care access if the measure is signed into law — has been “historically wrong.”