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Feb 2025

20m 28s

CBS Evening News, 02/25/25

About this episode

Confusion surrounding Elon Musk’s demands that he will terminate federal employees who don’t respond to an email asking what they did last week is sparking new questions about the power structure of DOGE. Nationally, 42% of Americans say they support President Trump's push to downsize the government.

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