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President Trump delivered the first military commencement address of his second term today.

He told the cadets at West Point, they'll soon become the graduates of the most elite and

storied military academy in human history. I just want to say hello, cadets, and on behalf of

our entire nation, let me begin by saying congratulations to the West Point class of 2025. You are

winners every single one of you. Thank you.

Wearing a red, Make America Great Cap, Trump took credit for U.S. military might. He said he's

clearing the military of transgender ideas, critical race theory, and trainings he called

divisive and political. Trump accused previous leaders of subjecting the military to social projects and political causes.

The National Weather Service is down some 600 employees as Doge drastically downsizes the federal government,

leading some weather offices critically understaffed.

NPR's Amy Hailed reports it comes as an above-average Atlantic hurricane season is forecast, which starts June 1st.

The National Weather Service is around 30 percent below full staffing. Tom Fahey,

with the Union National Weather Service Employees Organization, says some weather offices are now

closed overnight, including in Wyoming. So for those hours, Denver or Boulder, those offices would

monitor the weather activity going on inside of Cheyenne. Workers, in this case in neighboring

Colorado, being asked to do more with less. The resiliency of the National Women's Service is indeed being stretched.

In other cases, Fahey says workers are being asked to transfer to understaffed offices.

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