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- Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy pressured Republicans to scrap their bill to keep the government funded.
- The US government is now set to shut down early Saturday morning if Congress doesn't act.
- A shutdown would furlough thousands of federal workers, impacting programs many Americans rely on.
The US is once again on the brink of a government shutdown following intense pressure from President-elect Donald Trump and his newly created DOGE commission.