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He's optimistic about ending a war. On Lisa Brady, Fox News. During the first meeting of his new cabinet, President Trump taking questions on his efforts to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, calling Russia's President Putin a smart guy and a cunning person. He had no intention, in my opinion, of settling this war. I think he wanted the whole thing. When I got elected, we spoke and...
I think we're going to have a deal. Though the administration is emphasizing the goal is to bring both sides to the table and that nothing has been conceded, President Trump says his number one goal is to end the killing. He also says Ukraine's president plans to visit Washington Friday and sign a new rare earth minerals deal with the U.S. Elon Musk telling cabinet members his Doge cuts are necessary to keep America from going bankrupt.
Federal agencies are being told in a memo from the president's budget and personnel chiefs to prepare for large-scale eliminations of positions. Freshman California Congressman Derek Tran, who's also an Army veteran, is proposing a bill that would reinstate any former service member fired without cause.
as part of government job cuts. - Democrats that sit on the House Appropriations Committee say up to 6,000 veterans have lost their government jobs, which many veterans have been encouraged to seek after their military service is done. Congressman Tran says it isn't right that many who served the country are being, in his words, kicked to the curb.
Republicans have a slim House majority. Nearly all of them support President Trump's plans to cut government waste and many jobs along with it. Fox's Grinnell Scott. The U.S. Postal Service just announcing new service standards aimed at saving at least $36 billion over 10 years, calling it transportation, mail processing, and real estate cost reductions. A good start, but a mixed finish on Wall Street.
The Dow down 188 at the bell. America's listening to Fox News.
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Prosecutors in Idaho are trying to limit some defense evidence in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Prosecutors in Latah County say that Brian Koberger's psychiatric evaluations and arguments about an alternate perpetrator are some of the defense's alibi evidence they'd want banned from Koberger's murder trial. In the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Zaina Kernodle, Madison Mogan, and Kaylee Goncalves,
who were killed in Moscow, Idaho in 2022 as attorneys on both sides attempt to set ground rules for what will and what won't be presented to jurors during a three-month trial set for August. Prosecutors vow to seek the death penalty if Koberger is convicted.
Jeff Manasso, Fox News. California Governor Gavin Newsom wants the state parole board to take another look at the Menendez brothers' murder case. They're pursuing several avenues to get out of prison or be resentenced for killing their parents. The governor is asking the board to analyze what led the brothers to kill their parents and if they have done what Newsom's office called
the transformational work needed to avoid repeating their mistakes. Fox's Jonathan Hunt, a clemency decision by the governor would supersede court proceedings. The Vatican says Pope Francis continues to show slight improvement as he remains hospitalized for severe bronchitis and pneumonia. The pope has been hospitalized for nearly two weeks now, the longest day of his papacy. The chest CT scan taken last night shows the pope's lungs continuing to improve and the slight kidney problem has been resolved.
The Pope has received no visitors today, but continues to work from his hospital room. Today is the first time no mention of the word critical. However, the Vatican saying the Pope's condition is guarded, that he is not out of danger. In Rome, Lauren Green, Fox News. Recapping stocks, the Dow loses ground, but the S&P and the Nasdaq with a late rebound back into positive territory. Elisa Brady, Fox News.