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Is the way Trump and Musk are running the economy even legal?

Feb 5, 2025
Kai Ryssdal speaks with an expert in constitutional and administrative law about how the Trump administration is running the economy.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary, stand Behind President Donald Trump on February 3, 2025.
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Musk-led DOGE has access to the U.S. Treasury's payment system. What will they do with it?

Feb 3, 2025
Wendy Edelberg of Brookings says "political malpractice" might be a bigger risk to economic stability than the government's massive borrowing.
Demonstrators gather outside U.S. Agency for International Development headquarters in support of USAID funding.
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Musk's DOGE aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. That will be tricky.

Jan 13, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE, is a task force Trump has appointed, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. It has some lofty resolutions for its stated goal of cutting wasteful government spending.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk walk with U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, center. Musk and Ramaswamy have announced planned U.S. budget cuts planned cuts totaling $500 billion — less than the initially proposed $2 trillion.
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