Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Garrett Haken, Washington, where we begin with breaking news. Right now, Elon Musk is in the Oval Office, as President Trump signs an executive order relating to Doge,

the Department of Government Efficiency. Jeff Mason, who covers the White House for Reuters,

tweeted this photo of Musk, along with his young son, with the president just moments ago.

According to the reporters in the room, Musk is speaking about adding what he calls

common sense control to government. We are expecting video from this

signing to play out later in the hour. We will, of course, bring it to you when it happens.

Again, according to the reporters in the room, President Trump said he may have to look at judges

who are blocking his effort to make cuts inside the federal government. That comes as the Trump

administration is escalating its fight and threats of defiance against the federal courts. That comes as the Trump administration is escalating its fight and threats

of defiance against the federal courts, as rulings challenging the legality of the president's

agenda are starting to pile up. Today, the White House put out a statement saying, quote,

these unlawful injunctions are continuation of the weaponization of justice against President Trump.

The White House will continue to fight these battles in court, and we expect to be vindicated.

The president has every right to exercise his executive authority on behalf of the American people,

who gave him an historic mandate to govern on November 5th.

This comes as NBC News learned today that a senior official at FEMA instructed staff

to ignore a federal judge's ruling

that halted the administration's freezes on grant funding,

even after that judge warned for a second time

that the administration was not complying with his order.

We've got a lot to talk about,

so let's get right to NBC's White House correspondent

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