Overview

• President Trump and his Cabinet held their third meeting, emphasizing aggressive cost-cutting measures and praising Elon Musk for uncovering fraud through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
• Musk revealed that DOGE staff have faced daily death threats, which follow attacks on Tesla facilities and escalating protests against the department’s reforms.
• Cabinet members detailed program cuts, including the cancellation of a $300,000 contract for educating queer and transgender farmers and a $600,000 study on transgender men’s menstrual cycles.
• Trump defended Musk’s controversial methods, calling him a patriot and stating that future workforce reductions will be at the discretion of department leaders unless insufficient cuts necessitate DOGE intervention.
• The administration continues its international diplomacy efforts, with U.S. delegations meeting Russian and Ukrainian officials to discuss a Black Sea ceasefire and critical mineral agreements with Ukraine.