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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Well, today is billionaire Elon Musk's official last day as a special government employee, although President Trump says his advisor and Doge architect isn't really leaving. Both men met today with a select group of reporters in the Oval Office. NPR's Stephen Fowler has more.
This marks the end of a 130-day tenure that also saw Musk face rising unfavorability numbers, financial stress on his business empire, and talk of a rift between the world's richest man and its most powerful political leader.
Trump, appearing to largely read notes from a binder, offered praise for Musk's work as, quote, one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced.
He stepped forward to put his very great talents first. into the service of our nation, and we appreciate it.
Musk and Trump both say the money Doge will save the government will continue to grow, though many of those claims have been inaccurate and overstated so far. Stephen Fowler, NPR News.
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to revoke, for now, a Biden-era program that gave migrants from unstable countries temporary legal status in the U.S. As NPR's Adrian Florido tells us, the decision means roughly half a million people could now face deportation.
The court's order was brief and unsigned, but its ramifications were clear. The government can, for the time being, move forward with expelling about 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua who benefited from the program known as humanitarian parole. The Biden administration had temporarily allowed them into the U.S. as long as they had a private sponsor.
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