Unelected White House official Elon Musk is desperate for the federal government to grind to a halt — so he can continue dismantling it. As Wired reports, Musk is hoping that a government shutdown could allow him to more easily fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers, a potentially existential threat for many government agencies. His purported desire could fly in the face of the interests of the Trump administration. Earlier this week, the White House tried to convince House Republicans to vote for a stopgap measure, called a continuing resolution, to fund the government through September, as the Washington […]

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