Trump’s first cabinet meeting, first measles death, WaPo’s big change & more
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
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| 0:16.3 | From CNN, I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, February 26th. |
| 0:23.7 | Today, President Donald Trump held his first cabinet meeting since starting his second term. |
| 0:28.8 | Elon Musk, who's not a cabinet member, but an advisor to the president and the head of the |
| 0:33.6 | Department of Government Efficiency, referred himself as quote, tech support. |
| 0:38.3 | As crazy as it sounds, that is almost a literal description of the work that the Doge team is doing, |
| 0:45.3 | is helping fix the government computer systems. Many of these systems are extremely old. |
| 0:49.3 | They don't communicate. There are a lot of mistakes in the systems. The software doesn't work. |
| 0:59.3 | So we are actually text vote. It's ironic, but it's true. |
| 1:04.4 | Musk says he's been getting death threats over his work he's been doing, which has involved thousands of people losing their jobs. Over the weekend, he blasted out an email telling |
| 1:09.6 | federal employees to explain their work |
| 1:11.9 | or risk losing their jobs. |
| 1:13.8 | The White House says one million workers have responded after conflicting guidance from him, |
| 1:18.4 | Trump, and various agencies. |
| 1:20.6 | But some haven't. |
| 1:22.1 | Another one million people, according to Trump. |
| 1:24.8 | He said their jobs may now be at risk. I'd like to add that those million people that haven't responded, though, Elon, they are on the bubble. |
| 1:32.3 | Today, the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget sent a memo to |
| 1:38.3 | agency leaders on how to conduct mass layoffs. The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause an order to pay nearly |
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