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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has yet another job on his hands. President Trump is asking

him to be his interim national security advisor, replacing

Mike Walts, who's now untapped to be the next U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Here's MPR's Michelle Callum.

President Trump announced the changes on truth social, just as State Department spokesperson Tammy

Bruce was briefing reporters at the State Department.

We have to admit, these last 100 days, it's like hanging on to a freaking bullet train.

She says Rubio has developed a close working relationship with Trump, going to the White House

several times a week. Walsh's relations with the president soured after he mistakenly added a

journalist to a group chat about sensitive military

plans. Questions about that could follow him in a hearing to become the next U.N. ambassador.

Trump had originally picked Congresswoman Elise Stefonic, but then asked her to stay in Congress

to maintain a narrow Republican majority. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Washington.

As billionaire Elon Musk announced plans to scale back some of his work with the so-called Department

of Government Efficiency or Doge, he's defending his job so far. Speaking to reporters at the White

House, Musk gave somewhat hazy answers about the work he's

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