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President and first lady hosted the nation\u2019s governors for an annual dinner at White House after Trump gave keynote speech at CPAC
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President Donald Trump<\/a> and First Lady Melania Trump<\/a> held their first public engagement together in a month<\/a> as they hosted the National Governors Association at the White House on Saturday night.
In his remarks, the president spoke of unity and said all governors could call on his administration \u2014 even those from the Democratic Party, some of whom he admitted were doing a good job.
Earlier, the president gave a meandering speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> at which he boasted: \u201cWe’re liberating our country right now.\u201d
Meanwhile, Elon Musk<\/a> sent an email ultimatum to federal workers: list what they achieved last week by Monday night or be assumed to have resigned. There is significant pushback<\/a> from government departments and agencies \u2014\u00a0including from Kash Patel<\/a> at the FBI<\/a>.
Senator Tina Smith mocked Musk, whose official status at DOGE<\/a> is unclear, tweeting: \u201cThis is the ultimate d*** boss move from Musk \u2014 except he isn\u2019t even the boss, he\u2019s just a d***.\u201d
On Friday evening, Trump announced that he is replacing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/a> General C.Q. Brown<\/a> in an unprecedented shake-up of the U.S. military leadership. He is nominating retired Lieutenant General Dan \u201cRazin\u201d Caine to succeed Brown.
Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s so-called Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> has fired hundreds of federal workers who are not funded by the taxpayer \u2014 lowering savings for the American people that Trump\u2019s administration<\/a> promised, according to a report.
DOGE<\/a>\u2019s purge reached the Food and Drug Administration<\/a> last week, where around 200 employees were fired. But the roles were largely funded by medical device companies, not American taxpayer dollars, Reuters<\/em> reported<\/a>.
Rhian Lubin<\/strong> reports.
Did Melania Trump<\/a> laugh off efforts to get her on the 2024 campaign trail in support of her husband?
Author Michael Wolff<\/a> makes this claim in his upcoming book about the 2024 election, titled All or Nothing<\/em>, according to excerpts published by <\/a>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>.
Wolff, who has authored several books critical of President Donald Trump<\/a> over the years, has been accused of fabricating stories that appeared in his various behind-the-scenes looks at Trumpworld.
Read on…
Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s email ultimatum to federal workers<\/a>, sent as part of his supposedly unofficial role as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, is facing pushback from across Washington, D.C. just hours after it was sent.
And some of the backlash is coming from unexpected corners of the Trump administration, perhaps teasing early signs of power struggles to come.
Continue reading…<\/em>
John Bowden<\/em><\/strong> writes: <\/em>
Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s sudden invasion of Donald Trump\u2019s <\/a>inner circle and the launch of his DOGE<\/a> effort to shutter whole government agencies came with more than a little controversy.
But CPAC<\/a> in Maryland\u2019s National Harbor this weekend<\/a> was a safe space of refuge for the Twitter and Tesla CEO, even as his public and private behavior is increasingly coming under the eye of public scrutiny.
Continue reading…<\/em>
Unexpected Saturday night news \u2014 Trump ally Roger Stone says that actor Jeremy Strong deserves to win the Best Supporting Actor category at this year\u2019s Academy Awards for his portrayal of Donald Trump\u2019s fixer Roy Cohn.
Strong plays Cohn in the movie The Apprentice<\/em>, which documents him mentoring a young Trump in the 1970s and 1980s.
Stone posted an article on X about Strong from Vulture titled \u201cHe Overacted. He Did Too Much. He Deserves the Oscar.\u201d
The political fixer, who worked on Republican political campaigns from Nixon to Trump, wrote: \u201cI knew Roy Cohn. Roy Cohn was a friend of mine. As much as I hate to say it, this guy deserves an Oscar.\u201d
The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last May, was later hit with a cease and desist letter from Trump\u2019s attorneys<\/a>, who sought to prevent its release, calling it \u201cgarbage\u201d and \u201cpure fiction.\u201d
Sebastian Stan, who plays Trump, is also in contention for Best Actor, a category he won at the Golden Globes this year.
According to a newly filed government ethics report, Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a>, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald Trump<\/a> to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid<\/a> Services, has accumulated wealth in part from for-profit healthcare companies over which he would wield significant power if confirmed.
Read on…<\/em>
Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday that he would visit the U.S this week to meet with his counterpart, Scott Bessent, to discuss tariffs.
Chalmers told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he plans to depart for Washington on Sunday \u201cto hold one-on-one conversations with my Treasury counterpart,\u201d and noted that they will discuss trade and tariffs.
The trip follows President Donald Trump’s agreement this month to consider exempting Australia from his steel and aluminum tariffs due to its trade surplus with the U.S., after a phone call with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Chalmers said he did not expect to finalize discussions on steel and aluminum during his time in Washington but was looking forward to meeting Bessent for the first time since taking on his role.
Albanese said this month that he remained confident that a deal could be reached with Trump, given the \u201ctremendous start\u201d of Australia’s relationship with the new U.S. administration.
As a vital U.S. security ally in the Indo-Pacific, Australia is a small global steel exporter, yet it holds the title of the world’s largest exporter of iron ore, the primary raw material for steelmaking.
Trump, during his first term, exempted Australia from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.
With reporting by Reuters<\/em>
On the other side of the country \u2014 and the other side of the political divide \u2014\u00a0former Vice President Kamala Harris was presented with the Chairman\u2019s Award at the 56th Annual NAACP Image Awards.
You can watch the presentation and her remarks below:
Kid Rock<\/a> is reportedly no longer with his fianc\u00e9e of seven years Audrey Berry.
The news of the couple\u2019s break-up comes after the singer was seen getting into a cab with Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert<\/a> after a Donald Trump inaugural event at 2:30 a.m., according to Page Six.<\/em>
Brittany Miller<\/strong> has the story.
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