Trump Says Musk Will Face ‘Very Serious Consequences’ If He Funds Democratic Candidates

 President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)
President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)
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Trump Says Musk Will Face ‘Very Serious Consequences’ If He Funds Democratic Candidates

 President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)
President Donald Trump points as he arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)

US President Donald Trump, in an interview with NBC News on Saturday, said there would be "serious consequences" if billionaire Elon Musk funds Democratic Party candidates to run against Republicans who vote for Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill.

Trump declined to say what those consequences would be in the phone interview, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk.

Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, "I would assume so, yeah."



Iran’s Parliament Approves Bill to Suspend Cooperation with IAEA

People pass by UN.nuclear watchdog agency headquarters on the day of an emergency meeting of its Board of Governors on the Iran crisis, in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl
People pass by UN.nuclear watchdog agency headquarters on the day of an emergency meeting of its Board of Governors on the Iran crisis, in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl
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Iran’s Parliament Approves Bill to Suspend Cooperation with IAEA

People pass by UN.nuclear watchdog agency headquarters on the day of an emergency meeting of its Board of Governors on the Iran crisis, in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl
People pass by UN.nuclear watchdog agency headquarters on the day of an emergency meeting of its Board of Governors on the Iran crisis, in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl

Iran's parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, state-affiliated news outlet Nournews reported.

The move, which needs the final approval of Iran's Supreme National Security Council to be enforced according to Nournews, follows an air war with Israel in which its longtime enemy said it wanted to prevent Tehran developing a nuclear weapon.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was quoted by state media as also saying Iran would accelerate its civilian nuclear program.

Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons and says a resolution adopted this month by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations paved the way for Israel's attacks.

The parliament speaker was quoted as saying the IAEA had refused even to appear to condemn the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities and "has put its international credibility up for sale."

He said that "for this reason, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will suspend its cooperation with the Agency until the security of the nuclear facilities is guaranteed, and move at a faster pace with the country's peaceful nuclear program."

Earlier this week, parliament's national security committee approved the bill's general outline and the committee's spokesperson, Ebrahim Rezaei, said the bill would suspend the installation of surveillance cameras, inspections and filing of reports to the IAEA.

Following the Israeli attacks on its nuclear sites, and US bombing of underground Iranian nuclear facilities at the weekend, the Iranian government also faces calls to limit the country's commitments to the nuclear non-proliferation regime.