Live updates: Musk takes the stage at CPAC; Senate vote-a-rama stretches into the night

Tech billionaire Elon Musk took the stage at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with a late-scheduled appearance that saw him wield a chainsaw and discuss a range of topics. The annual conference, which traditionally has brought together difference factions of the Republican Party, has become increasingly aligned with President Trump’s MAGA wing. Vice…