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Zelensky WH visit, renewable energy U-turn, basketball legend retires & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The White House is defending the decision to have Elon Musk attend a cabinet meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could visit Washington this week. BP is backtracking on its renewable energy investments. The maker of popular weight loss and diabetes drugs says it’ll spend more on manufacturing in the US. Plus, a basketball legend is hanging up their jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey there, from CNN. I'm Aaron Matheson with the five things you need to know for Wednesday,

0:36.6

February 26th.

0:38.3

President Donald Trump's new cabinet includes disruptors, negotiators, and TV stars.

0:43.3

And they'll be meeting for the first time today at the White House.

0:46.3

But the man expected to be at the center of the talks isn't officially on the cabinet.

0:52.3

Sources say Elon Musk has been frustrating agency leaders with his directives for federal

0:57.4

workers, including his email calling for all staff to send a list of their achievements

1:02.5

or risk getting fired.

1:04.6

In response, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters why Musk will be in today's

1:10.1

meeting. Elon is working with the cabinet secretaries and their staff every single day to identify waste and fraud and abuse at these respective agencies.

1:19.6

All of these cabinet secretaries are working alongside Doge.

1:22.6

Now, cabinet meetings are typically state affairs with brief photo opportunities at the start,

1:28.4

but this changed during Trump's first term.

1:31.1

He kicked them off by touting his administration's accomplishments, and then each member took

1:35.7

a turn praising the president while the cameras were rolling.

1:39.4

A White House official said today's gathering is meant to be more of a moment to touch base

1:44.0

and make sure

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