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President Trump's push to fire federal workers and slashed spending hits new roadblocks in the courts.

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President Trump announced this afternoon that Elon Musk will need to consult with cabinet secretaries before firing more federal workers.

That came after Trump met with Musk and his cabinet earlier in the day.

Lisa Desjardin joins us now with the latest on government layoffs and the court challenges surrounding them.

Lisa, good to see you.

So what exactly did President Trump announce here, and what does it mean for any change in power that Elon Musk has?

This is a critical question.

So Trump announced today that Musk must work with cabinet secretaries to deal with firings at their agencies. And specifically he said they're going to meet every other week.

Now the secretaries, Trump said, will use a scalpel versus a hatchet, but obviously it has

been the hatchet approach. At the same time as he seems to be empowering secretaries, Trump

also said, however, if secretaries

don't make cuts, Elon Musk will. So I don't think there's a change in power here. And I think

what is happening, however, is the administration is reconfiguring after courts have been very clear

that Elon Musk and one of the agencies associated with do not have the power to make these firings.

So what they're doing is a kind of a workaround.

He will meet with cabinet agencies and they will do the firing, but he's still right there.

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