Tonight, the president gives even more power to Elon Musk as they both defend their cost-cutting orders from the Oval Office.

Then, America's largest automaker warns the president's trade policies will force job cuts.

Plus, the Speaker of the House undermines his own branch of government as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.

Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 23 of the second Trump

administration. I know, it feels like we've aged 10 years, but we've got breaking news

tonight in Washington.

After three years of being wrongfully detained in Russia,

Mark Fogel is safely back on American soil.

Just moments ago, the president welcomed him at the White House after securing his release.

My family has been a force.

I think my 95-year-old mother is probably the most dynamic 95-year-old on earth right now. And I am so indebted to so many people. The American teacher faced a 14-year sentence for medical marijuana.

Meanwhile, the president has kept up a stream of executive orders, and today was no exception.

Flanked by Elon Musk, Donald Trump announced the Doge Workforce Optimization Initiative,

which essentially gives Elon Musk even more control over cutting down

the federal workforce.

But afterwards, both men were defensive about their early actions.

Just yesterday, five judges blocked some of the administration's most controversial efforts,

and that is clearly frustrating President Trump.

Watch this.

We want to weed out the corruption,

and it seems hard to believe that a judge could say,

we don't want you to do that.

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