As the government shutdown has dragged on for 20 days, President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought have fine-tuned a regimen of pain designed to break the parts of the federal government they see as aligned with Democratic priorities. In particular, they have attempted to implement draconian public health cuts, some of which have been stayed by the…
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