Trump surprises staff and endorses a House budget that would gut Medicaid despite his pledge that the program "would not be touched."
Immigration and Customs Enforcement data shows it's not just criminals being deported.
Trump signs executive order on IVF seeking to "aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments." But what the order can actually achieve is unclear. Democrats called on Trump to back legislation like the "Right to IVF" bill, which Republicans have previously blocked. Otherwise, they said it's just "lip service" and a "PR stunt."
The New York Times reports DOGE misreported $8 million in savings as $8 billion.
Veterans Affairs reinstates some of the 1,000 fired employees, including those let go from the agency's crisis hotline.
Zelenskyy says Trump is "living in a disinformation space" and that he "would like to have more truth with the Trump team."
Trump calls Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections" and accuses him of wanting to "keep the gravy train going." National Security Adviser Mike Waltz says the relationship between Trump and Zelenskyy is going in the wrong direction and stems from Ukraine not giving access to their rare earth minerals, natural resources and oil and gas to the U.S.
Trump special envoy Keith Kellogg, a retired three-star general, visits Kiev and notes the third year anniversary of "Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
Trump signs executive order ending federal benefits for immigrants in the country without legal status. It aims to not "incentivize or support illegal immigration" or "sanctuary policies."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells the Pentagon to identify $50 billion in cuts. Climate and DEI initiatives are to be targets.
Deputy Acting Attorney General Emil Bove says in court that dropping charges against Adams has nothing to do with the merits of the case. He wrote in a memo: "[T]he pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior administration."
Trump signs executive order to reduce size of Presidio Trust, the Inter-American Foundation, the U.S. African Development Foundation and the U.S. Institute of Peace. The Presidio Trust oversees the park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It was a former military installation. Congress established the trust in 1996.
The Washington Post reports that national parks are starting to see longer lines and cancellations of things like bookings for accommodations at Gettysburg. "It's chaos everywhere," Kristin Jenn, a former seasonal park ranger at Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, told the Post. "I don't know what the next couple of months are going to bring."
Trump tells investors and company executives in Miami, per Reuters: "I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge."
DOGE's claimed cuts are not adding up.
Military doctors, including pediatricians and OB/GYNs, are preparing to go to Guantanamo Bay to treat immigrants housed at the facility.
The White House posts on X a fake Time cover with a crown on Trump above the headline: "LONG LIVE THE KING."
Trump and Musk on Fox contend that Musk won't be involved in anything where there's a potential conflict of interest.
In one of his first moves as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulls the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ad encouraging people to get the flu vaccine. This comes during a bad flu season that has seen the most number of people hospitalized with it in 15 years.
Trump signs an executive order that aims to take more control over independent regulatory agencies that were created by Congress to be shielded from White House influence. They include: the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates Wall Street, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures bank deposits.

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