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Analysis-Trump would wade into uncharted legal waters with mass shutdown firings, experts say

By Bo Erickson and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has repeatedly tested the boundaries of executive power since his return to office and is exploring uncharted legal territory with threats to carry out mass firings during the federal government shutdown, legal experts and lawmakers said. The Republican president this year has aggressively pursued…

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What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy could abolish in the name of government efficiency

What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy could abolish in the name of government efficiency

President-elect Donald Trump has charged Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy with cutting government spending and “making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency.” Years of comments from both men suggest they could aim to do much more than slim down Washington. They appear poised to make…

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