Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Thursday, February 27th, 2025, and this is your AM update.

Those million people that haven't responded, though, Elon, they are on the bubble.

President Trump warning federal employees, he's serious about identifying fraud and abuse,

as his administration issues a directive to all agency heads,

prepare plans for a massive reduction in workforce.

We're doing a complete review of every single aspect of what happened.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth promises accountability at last for the botched Afghanistan

withdrawal that resulted in 13 dead service

members. House and Senate Republicans fight it out on the hill to work out a budget that cuts taxes,

lowers spending, and doesn't touch Medicaid. But can they actually pull that off? With the

deadline to a shutdown looming, the showdown is just getting started. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.

As President Trump begins his new administration, one of the top Democrats in Congress aiming to undermine the Trump agenda is Senator Dick Durbin.

And according to our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, Senator Durbin has a new scheme, a government takeover of your credit card.

Today, Americans have thousands of choices in credit cards, but they say Senator Durbin's plan will result in less competition and less security.

And that means more risk to your credit and your identity.

Learn more at guardyourcard.org.

And consider telling your senators to stop Dick Durbin's government takeover of your credit card before it's too late.

President Trump opening up his first cabinet meeting to the press yesterday morning,

plenty of issues covered from foreign to domestic. Elon Musk, not in the cabinet,

was in attendance, President Trump handing him the floor early on to take questions on Doge. Mr. Musk was

asked if there was a timeline in place for next steps on the, what did you do last week, email?

I think that email perhaps was best interpreted as a performance review, but actually it was

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