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Federal workers are told again to send an email. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News, and it's again from Elon Musk at Doge. In a post on X last night, as the deadline passed for government employees to reply to an email demanding that they list their five accomplishments on the job last week. That was from earlier.
As for the new demand, Fox's Madeline Rivera reports. There's a lot of confusion regarding this directive. Elon Musk says while there is a second chance to respond, failure to answer again will result in termination this time. But the Office of Personal Management says agencies will be the ones to review responses and evaluate non-responses. And the personnel office also says replying is voluntary, not mandatory.
Days after the Senate approved a budget resolution, the House is readying a bigger blueprint. The bill includes over $300 billion in border and national security, as well as $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in spending cuts. Republican Tim Burchett of Tennessee says he's currently a no because he doesn't think the bill does enough to curb spending. All that money.
is going to be, we're going to send it right over to the Pentagon. The war pimps are just locked up, you know, they're licking their chops. Republicans can only afford to lose a few votes because of their slim House majority. Fox's Ryan Schmelz of the Capitol, he mentioned the border. Illegal crossings are way down. The head of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, says we just had the least migrants stopped in a day in 15 years. Meanwhile...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth goes to Guantanamo today, and Fox's Griff Jenkins reports. 17 high-threat illegal aliens are currently being held there. Now, DHS not outlining what crimes the 17 committed, which make them high threat, but we know that interior ICE arrests are up over 130%.
And arrests have included matches to the terror watch list, convicted murderers, child rapists, and known members of gangs. But in the Los Angeles area, some activists are warning immigrants about raids, even putting up posters of federal agents showing their pictures and putting out their personal info. America's listening to Fox News.
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Didn't work out in 2024. Now the Republican is running for something else. Ohio governor in 2026. We need to bring down the income tax, eventually down to zero, because you deserve to keep what you earn. Vowing to also bring Ohio property taxes down to zero. And then Ramaswamy, who briefly co-led Doge with Elon Musk, told Fox. I want to make Ohio the first state in the country where we implement merit-based pay.
For teachers, principals, superintendents. In Florida, there's speculation about who could be the state's next governor from the current governor, his wife. Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis has never sought public office before, but that isn't stopping her husband from saying she could potentially succeed him as governor. Ron DeSantis told reporters on Monday he thinks she could bring in more votes than he did in a state he won in 2022's re-election by a 20-point margin.
Last week, President Trump threw his support for governor behind Florida Congressman Byron Donalds, despite the fact that Donalds hasn't said he's running for the seat, although he is expected to. Donalds, who was a Trump surrogate during the presidential campaign, told last weekend's crowd at the conservative congressman.
political action conference to stay tuned about his future plans. Tanya J. Powers, Fox News. The Coast Guard has suspended a search in the water off New York City for a man still missing after a boat capsized Sunday, killing three others on board, injuring two. And now the latest on Pope Francis. Who remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement. Still hospitalized with double pneumonia 11 days after being admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital. The Vatican saying this morning the pontiff
slept well all night. Monday, he resumed some work activities and called the priests of the parish of Gaza to express his paternal closeness. Officials have said he hadn't had any more respiratory crises since Saturday and that his supplemental oxygen has been slightly reduced. Lillian Wu, Fox News. On Wall Street, stock futures are mixed. I'm Dave Anthony. This is Fox News.