Gutting the government: musk’s war on washington

The dots appear to contradict one another, puzzling observers. How to connect them? Inflation over the last five years has been double the Federal Reserve’s target. Why then, does it cut its key lendi

Elon Musk said he purchased Twitter to champion free speech, but this exclusive excerpt says it was more about advancing a personal, right-leaning agenda

Jacob Silverman

IN HIS ZEAL TO PUNISH OPPONENTS, AS IN SO MUCH else, President Donald Trump has made no secret of being willing to defy norms. He crosses politics with justice—he has been open about having ordered th

The US government has shut down again. But even as the shutdown approached, stocks rose. How could they go up while the single biggest player in the whole economy withdraws? Because maybe it doesn’t m

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