If it's Wednesday, President Trump holds his first cabinet meeting, warning his team to follow his orders without exception, while vowing to forge ahead with mass layoffs as part of his and Elon Musk's sweeping overhaul of the federal government.

Plus, President Trump says Ukrainian President Zelensky is coming to the U.S. this Friday to sign a deal giving the U.S. access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals, adding that the agreement will not come with security guarantees for Keeve.

And a big win for the White House as House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly adopt a sweeping budget resolution in a critical test of GOP loyalty,

but the next steps for the president's agenda will likely be even more difficult.

Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where President Trump held the very first cabinet meeting

of his second administration, using the moment to reassert his push for total authority

over the federal government while reminding his team that he calls the shots.

Is it your view of your authority that you have the power to call up any one of or all of

the people seated at this table and issue orders that they're bound to follow?

Oh, yeah, they'll follow the orders, yes.

No exceptions.

No exception. Well, let's see. Let me think. Oh, yeah. Yeah. No exceptions? No exception.

Well, let's see.

Let me think.

Yeah.

She'll have an exception.

Of course, no exceptions.

You know that.

The president also made clear that the sweeping cuts to the government will continue

and that Elon Musk, who was front and center in

today's cabinet meeting, will continue to run point.

If you had heard anything about members of the cabinet who weren't happy with the way things

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