Musk’s feud with Trump over spending bill intensifies into personal jabs: Unbiased Updates, June 6, 2025
The rift between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk has captivated the public’s attention. Posts on social media, allegations and even threats to terminate contracts have surfaced.
Also, Ukraine experienced another evening of intense attacks as Russia launched more missiles and drones at the war-torn nation. Trump compared the war to a playground fight.
Another attempt to land on the moon has failed after a Japanese spacecraft disappeared during its descent. What are the next steps? Mission control remains unaware of the cause of the failure.
These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, June 6, 2025.
Musk’s feud with Trump over budget bill intensifies into personal attacks
“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” President Donald Trump said. “I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.”
President Donald Trump made those remarks just hours before his dispute with Elon Musk intensified from a simmer to a full-blown conflict. The clash over Trump’s grand legislation has turned personal, with Musk using X to label the president as ungrateful and even alleging that Trump has concealed the Jeffrey Epstein files because he is implicated in them.
Musk even called for Trump to be impeached. The president fired back on Truth Social — mostly sticking to policy — but claimed Musk “went crazy” over a plan to scrap former President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandate.
Then, things got a bit messy.
Trump suggested terminating Musk’s federal subsidies, saying it’s the “easiest way” to save billions of dollars. Musk responded by threatening to immediately decommission the Dragon spacecraft, which NASA relies on to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.
If that goes away, the U.S. would have to pay Russia up to $90 million per seat on a Soyuz capsule. A few posts later, Musk seemed to walk it back in response to an X user’s post calling on him and the president to “cool off and take a step back.”
Even after liking a post from Bill Ackerman urging them to “make peace for the good of the country.” Musk replied, “You’re not wrong.”
Trump’s closing statement for now: “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago.” He referred to the bill currently before the Senate as “one of the greatest ever presented to Congress,” adding, “I didn’t create this mess; I’m just here to fix it.”
Ukraine, Russia trade more attacks as Trump says ‘let them fight for a while’
A brutal overnight barrage struck Kyiv and five other areas, marking one of Russia’s most significant attacks of the war. At least four people were killed and nearly two dozen more injured in Ukraine’s capital, as part of a broader operation involving 407 drones and 44 missiles across six regions.
A Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson said the barrage included ballistic and cruise missiles, along with strike drones and decoys. Ukrainian forces report that they shot down up to 200 of those drones and about 30 missiles.
This comes as Trump appears to be losing patience with his role as peacemaker, telling Germany’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz this:
“Sometimes, and this is me speaking maybe in a negative sense, but sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy. They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park. And you try and pull them apart. They don’t want to be pulled. Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while.”
Russia wasn’t just on the offense; It took a hit, too.
Its air defenses shot down 10 Ukrainian drones heading for Moscow. Meanwhile, more drones struck three other Russian regions, damaging apartment buildings and factories, and injuring at least three people.
Russia’s defense ministry claims it shot down 174 Ukrainian drones across 13 regions early this morning, along with three Ukrainian Neptune missiles over the Black Sea.ß
Boulder suspect charged with 118 counts in firebomb attack
The man accused of firebombing a group of peaceful marchers in Boulder, Colorado, now faces 118 criminal charges, including 28 counts of attempted murder.
Mohamed Soliman appeared in court by video on Thursday, June 5, where a judge formally laid out the charges tied to Sunday’s Molotov cocktail attack on a Jewish group at an outdoor mall. They were demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Fifteen people were injured, including a Holocaust survivor and a dog. At least three victims remain hospitalized.
Prosecutors state that Soliman had been plotting the attack for a year, specifically targeting a Jewish group he discovered online. He’s being held on a $10 million bond.
Federal hate crime charges are also anticipated. His next court date is July 15.
Judge blocks Trump order on Harvard’s international students
This morning brought a legal setback for Trump in his high-stakes battle against Harvard University. Late last night, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the executive order, which would have prevented international students from entering the U.S. to attend university.
The same judge, Allison Burroughs, previously ruled against the administration’s effort to cancel Harvard’s visa program. This new order was issued just 24 hours after Trump signed the proclamation, accusing Harvard of posing a national security threat and warning of visa and federal funding revocation.
The judge called the move potentially “irreparable” for the university and paused enforcement until at least June 16.
Harvard claims this is part of a broader campaign of political retaliation. The White House has yet to comment.
Hard landing, hard lesson: Japan’s moon lander fails again
For the second time in two years, the private Japanese company ispace has lost contact with a lunar lander, this one called Resilience.
The spacecraft was supposed to touch down on the moon on Thursday, June 5, but it likely crash-landed or made a “hard landing.“
In a statement, ispace said the lander failed to decelerate enough to reach the surface safely. Scientists watching the livestream saw its altitude drop quickly. Then, total silence.
Flight controllers in Tokyo attempted to reboot the onboard computer — no luck. The company states there’s now no scenario where the landing was successful.
They will analyze the flight data to determine what went wrong. But for now, ispace is 0 for 2 on lunar landings after another hard landing in 2023.
Pacers pull out final quarter upset to beat Thunder in Game 1 of NBA Finals
The Indiana Pacers pulled off another incredible comeback in Game One of the 2025 NBA Finals.
Despite trailing by 15 points at the start of the fourth quarter, the Pacers managed to rally and achieve a significant upset Thursday night.
That 15-point lead was OKC’s largest of the game, but after the Pacers called a timeout, they caught fire, scoring and playing defense, and suddenly they were only down by one with 48 seconds left in the game.
Tyrese Haliburton’s jump shot with just one-third of a second left in the game secured the Pacers their first win in the NBA Finals since 2000, with a final score of 111 to 110.
Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief
