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as posted by the channelParts of the federal government are being dismantled. But although the decisions from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are unusualperhaps even unprecedentedare they constitutional? The Atlantic staff writers Jonathan Chait () and Shane Harris () break down the administration’s latest moves and who might really end up paying for them later.
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