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Why has Elon Musk been pushing for a government shutdown?
The US could face a government shutdown at midnight on Saturday, and Elon Musk is pushing for it.
President-elect Donald Trump followed his calls to reject a bill that would have kept the government funded through March.
Without it, some public services could be put of hold…
So what’s it all about and how serious would it be? Justin, Anthony and Marianna explain.
Plus, Walker Watch returns!
HOSTS:
- Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
- Marianna Spring, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent
- Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GET IN TOUCH:
- Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB
- Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
- Email [email protected]
- Or use #Americast
This episode was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray, Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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The US could face a government shutdown at midnight on Saturday, and Elon Musk is pushing for it.
President-elect Donald Trump followed his calls to reject a bill that would have kept the government funded through March.
Without it, some public services could be put of hold…
So what’s it all about and how serious would it be? Justin, Anthony and Marianna explain.
Plus, Walker Watch returns!
HOSTS:
- Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
- Marianna Spring, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent
- Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GET IN TOUCH:
- Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB
- Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
- Email [email protected]
- Or use #Americast
This episode was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray, Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app.
You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers.
US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155
Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.
The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl
Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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