The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump's Newsy First Cabinet Meeting, Afghanistan Withdrawal Accountability: AM Update for 2/27
27 Feb 2025
AM Update for 2/27: President Trump's newsy first cabinet meeting includes a DOGE-related warning to all federal workers, teases Afghanistan withdrawal accountability coming, and announces a Zelensky White House visit tomorrow. House and Senate Republicans work to craft a budget. The Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act will get a Senate vote. Jeff Bezos causes another staff revolt with an announcement about the Washington Post's opinion page. Herald Group: Learn more at https:/GuardYourCard.comFYSI: https://FYSI.com/Megyn or call 800-877-4000
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn 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 Hegseth 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.
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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 email. If you have a pulse and two neurons, you can reply to an email. This is, you know, I think not a high bar. But what we are trying to get to the bottom of is we think there are a number of people on the government payroll who are dead. which is probably why they can't respond.
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