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President Donald Trump’s seventh week in office will spotlight his first joint session of Congress address since his return to the Oval Office in January. 

Trump is scheduled to speak before all members of Congress on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. 

The speech is not officially called the State of the Union, as Trump has not been in office for a full year, though it operates in a similar fashion. The yearly presidential address is intended to showcase the administration’s achievements and policies. 

Trump and his administration have been working at a breakneck pace to realign the federal government with the president’s Make America Great Again policies, including Department of Government Efficiency chair Elon Musk and his team poring through federal agencies in the search for overspending, fraud and mismanagement, and prioritizing border security. The 47th president has signed at least 76 executive orders since his inauguration in January, in addition to dozens of other executive actions and proclamations. 

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office on Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The address comes after Trump and Vice President JD Vance had a fiery meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, which was cut short when Trump asked the Ukraine leader to leave. 

The White House meeting grew tense in approximately its final 10 minutes after Vance said that peace would be reached between Russia and Ukraine through U.S. diplomacy efforts.

“You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people,” Trump added at one point during the meeting. “You’re gambling with World War III. You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country.”

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Vance interjected, asking Zelenskyy whether he had “said thank you once this entire meeting.” He also added that Zelenskyy “went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October” and that he should “offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country.”

Trump said on social media after the meeting that Zelenskyy could return to the White House “when he is ready for peace.” 

Zelenskyy traveled to the U.K. over the weekend, joining European leaders to hash out a potential peace deal. 

WORLD LEADERS BACK ZELENSKYY FOLLOWING TRUMP, VANCE OVAL OFFICE SPAT

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told local media that he had spoken with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the U.K. and France taking the reins on crafting a plan for peace that will be presented to the U.S. 

Keir Starmer, U.K.’s prime minister, bottom center, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, bottom second right, and other world leaders are shown a summit in London, UK, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Let me be clear, we agree with Trump on the urgent need for a durable peace. Now we need to deliver together,” Starmer said at a press conference on Sunday. He added that the U.K. is willing to put “boots on the ground” in its support of Ukraine. 

“The U.K. is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air. Together with others, Europe must do the heavy lifting. But to support peace in our continent and to succeed, this effort must have strong U.S. backing,” he added. 

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

In addition to his address to Congress and the ongoing efforts related to the war in Ukraine this week, Trump is also expected to hit Canada and Mexico with tariffs on Tuesday. 

Trump signed an executive order last month authorizing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China through the new International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The tariffs included 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on imports from China. 

EUROPEAN LEADERS FLAMED FOR ‘CREEPY’ PRO-ZELENSKYY POSTS THAT READ EXACTLY THE SAME

Both Canada and Mexico agreed to concessions with Trump the day before the tariffs were set to take effect, pledging to send additional security personnel to their respective borders with the U.S. Trump agreed to pause the tariffs on the two nations for one month in light of the border security concessions. 

The month’s pause ends this week, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that tariffs will go into effect on Tuesday, but he did not elaborate on what the tariffs will entail. 

“That is a fluid situation,” Lutnick said. 

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“There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada. Exactly what they are, we’re going to leave that for the president and his team to negotiate,” he added. 

EXCLUSIVE: A well-known Catholic bishop will be in the audience for President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress, Fox News Digital has learned.

Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Catholic media organization Word On Fire, is coming to the Tuesday night speech as a guest of first-term Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va.

Moore also invited Barron to participate in a Catholic Mass with lawmakers before the address.

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Bishop Robert Barron is founder of “Word on Fire.” (Fox News Digital)

“Through Word on Fire, Bishop Barron has helped countless souls discover, strengthen, or return to the Catholic Church by proclaiming the Gospel ‘through the culture.’ His use of contemporary media to reach people is innovative and highly effective,” Moore said in a statement first shared with Fox News Digital. 

“I am honored to host him as my guest for President Trump’s joint address to Congress, and am equally thrilled to have him celebrate the Mass for my colleagues and me prior to the speech.”

Barron called himself a “student of history” in his own statement shared with Fox News Digital accepting the invitation.

JD VANCE STEPS INTO SPOTLIGHT DEFENDING TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY IN OVAL OFFICE DUSTUP WITH ZELENSKYY

Rep. Riley Moore invited the bishop to attend Trump’s address to Congress. (Office of Rep. Riley Moore)

“I want to express my sincere gratitude to Representative Riley Moore for his kind invitation to celebrate Mass for Catholic members of Congress and to attend, as his guest, the State of the Union Address,” Barron said.

Barron is bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota. His name has traveled further, however, as a leader in bringing Catholic teachings to more people using digital media.

Trump is making his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night since returning to the White House for his second term.

President Donald Trump will speak to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. (Evan Vucci/AP)

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Senior Trump adviser Jason Miller previewed the speech during “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday morning.

Miller said Trump will discuss getting his 2017 tax cuts extended, “Making sure we get to Mars,” our artificial intelligence competition against China, and reversing the high cost of living seen under the previous Democratic administration.

“We need more money for the border to keep it secure,” Miller continued, adding Trump would also discuss “making sure we keep peace and stability around the world, but we have to do it with respect and strength.”

A handful of European leaders are coming under the microscope of critics on social media for issuing pro-Ukraine messages with the exact same wording following Ukraine President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy’s fiery meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday.  

“Your dignity honours the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President @ZelenskyyUa. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace,” read verbatim social media posts from at least five different European leaders since Friday. 

The president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, European Parliament member Manfred Weber, and European Council President António Costa all posted the same exact social media message on Friday, a review of X shows. 

DNI GABBARD SOUNDS OFF ON EUROPE’S ‘DIVERGENCE’ FROM U.S. VALUES AFTER TENSE TRUMP-ZELENSKYY MEETING

Fox Digital reached out to the European Parliament and European Commission on Sunday afternoon regarding the posts but did not immediately receive replies. 

WORLD LEADERS BACK ZELENSKYY FOLLOWING TRUMP, VANCE OVAL OFFICE SPAT

Keir Starmer, the UK’s prime minister, bottom center, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, bottom second right, and other world leaders at a family photo during a summit at Lancaster House in London on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Starmer is hosting Zelenskiy and more than a dozen other European leaders to discuss security guarantees the continent can offer Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Photographer: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images)

Social media users quickly caught on that the messages were exactly the same, criticizing them as “kinda creepy” and asking tongue-in-cheek questions such as, “has the EU been bots this whole time?”

JD VANCE STEPS INTO SPOTLIGHT DEFENDING TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY IN OVAL OFFICE DUSTUP WITH ZELENSKYY

Trump asked Zelenskyy to leave the White House on Friday following a fiery meeting in the Oval Office, with Zelenskyy heading to Europe shortly afterward. Trump said Zelenskyy could return to the White House “when he is ready for peace.”

Zelenskyy met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday, with the pair spotted on camera embracing upon Zelenskyy’s arrival. 

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraces and greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street, London, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

“We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take,” Starmer said on Saturday while offering the UK’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine.

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

A group of European leaders met in London on Sunday after Starmer told local media that he had spoken with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the UK and France taking the reins on crafting a plan for peace that will eventually be presented to the U.S. 

The UK leader vowed in comments on Sunday that the nation is “ready to put boots on the ground and planes in the air” to support Ukraine against Russia and ultimately reach a peace deal. 

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference after hosting a summit of European leaders at Lancaster House in central London on March 2, 2025. European leaders descend upon London today for talks to “drive forward” action on Ukraine, according to the office of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The summit caps off a week of intense diplomacy for host Starmer, who met with President Donald Trump on Thursday in an effort to draw together the European and US approaches to the Ukraine conflict. (Photo by Julian Simmonds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

“We discussed a plan today to reach a peace that is tough and fair, that Ukraine will help shape, that’s backed by strength, to stop Putin coming back for more,” Starmer said on Sunday. “I’m working closely with other European leaders on this, and I’m clear that the U.K. is ready to put boots on the ground and planes in the air to support a deal, working together with our allies, because that is the only way that peace will last.” 

TRUMP, VANCE AND ZELENSKYY SPAR OVER RUSSIAN WAR IN TENSE EXCHANGE: ‘VERY DISRESPECTFUL’

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined “Fox News Sunday” ahead of the London meeting, slamming some European nations for breaking with the U.S. on the value of freedom and reaching peace in Eastern Europe after criticizing Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy. 

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) speak on the stairs on their way to a plenary meeting at a summit held at Lancaster House in central London on March 2, 2025. European leaders descend upon London today for talks to “drive forward” action on Ukraine, according to the office of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The summit caps off a week of intense diplomacy for host Starmer, who met with President Donald Trump on Thursday in an effort to draw together the European and US approaches to the Ukraine conflict. (Photo by Justin Tallis / POOL/AFP)  (Getty Images)

“I think those who are criticizing [Trump’s] efforts in this way are showing that they are not committed to peace, and in the case of many of those European countries, that they’re not committed to the cause and values of freedom, even though they speak of this,” Gabbard told Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday morning when asked about Democrat U.S. politicians criticizing the meeting at the White House and Russia celebrating Trump’s tense meeting with Zelenskyy. 

Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s prime minister, left, greets Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, following a family photo during a summit at Lancaster House in London on Sunday, March 2, 2025. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting Zelenskiy and more than a dozen other European leaders to discuss security guarantees the continent can offer Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Photographer: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images)

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“We heard very clearly, during Vice President Vance’s speech in Munich, different examples of how these European partners and longtime allies, in many cases, are actually implementing policies that undermine democracy that shows that they don’t actually believe in the voices of the people being heard, and implementing anti-freedom policies. We’re seeing this in the United Kingdom. We’re seeing this in Germany. We saw it with the tossing out of the elections in Romania,” she continued.

Ric Grenell, the Trump administration’s special presidential envoy for special missions, slammed Obama and Biden-era diplomat Susan Rice for the Democratic Party’s years of foreign policies that he said landed the U.S. in two different wars under the Biden administration alone.  

“Your guy couldn’t even talk to Putin. For 3.5 years! Your policies helped usher in a war in Ukraine, Gaza…and Rwanda if you remember,” Grenell posted to X on Saturday afternoon. 

“And then you lied about Libya – it wasn’t caused by a video,” he continued, referring to claims in 2012 that an anti-Islam video led to the Benghazi terror attack on U.S. government facilities in the Libyan city. “You made that up…. Donald Trump handed you peace in the Middle East and Europe – you handed us two wars. We see you,” he added. 

Grenell was responding to a post from Susan Rice, who served as an Obama administration national security advisor and U.N. ambassador, that claimed conservatives “are up to the same old tired crap” following President Donald Trump’s tense meeting with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on Friday. 

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TRUMP, VANCE AND ZELENSKYY SPAR OVER RUSSIAN WAR IN TENSE EXCHANGE: ‘VERY DISRESPECTFUL’

Susan Rice (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway had posted to X speculating that Rice and other Democrats may have “personally” advised Zelenskyy on acting “hostile and to try to goad Trump into blowing up” during the meeting, sparking Rice to weigh in. 

“You clowns are up to the same old tired crap,” Rice posted to X. “When your guy screws up and royally embarrasses himself and the U.S., you try to change the subject and lie about a favorite target to distract and deflect. For the record, I have never met Zelenskyy and never spoken to him. Ever. Or advised him or anybody around him. It’s a shame that you contend that it is in the U.S. national interest to sell out Ukraine and suck up to Putin.”

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Hemingway shot back, “Thank you for your response. Where would we place this denial, compared to your oft-repeated lie that the Benghazi debacle was due to a YouTube video, and your lie that you ‘knew nothing’ about the unmasking of Trump officials before being forced to admit you did it widely?”

Susan Rice (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Last week, Rice joined MSNBC and declared “there’s no question” that the Trump-Vance meeting with Zelenskyy “was a setup.”

“It’s a very sad day and an embarrassment for the United States on the world stage. But let’s step back and analyze what’s happened here. I think there’s no question that this was a setup,” she said on MSNBC. 

“Soon after [Zelenskyy] got there, the vice president of the United States lit into him and started a confrontation. Now, I’ve been in countless Oval Office meetings with heads of state, presidents and vice presidents, as national security advisor, as U.N. ambassador, and in other roles. I can tell you that the vice president or the secretary of state or anybody else, they don’t jump in, hijack a conversation without the express blessing of the president of the United States. So JD Vance did that deliberately. Donald Trump knew what he was going to do,” she continued. 

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

Ahead of his meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy also met with a group of bipartisan Senate lawmakers, including Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Chris Coons, D-Del., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. Zelenskyy reportedly told the group that he would not “support a fake peace agreement” during that meeting.  

“Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky (sic) here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., posted to X on Friday morning. 

Ric Grenell (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy joined Trump and his team in the Oval Office shortly after the Senate meeting, where political fireworks were on full display following Zelenskyy taking issue with Vice President JD Vance arguing the path to securing peace between Russia and Ukraine was through the U.S. engaging in diplomacy.

Ric Grenell and Susan Rice (Getty Images)

“You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people,” Trump said at one point during the meeting. “You’re gambling with World War III. You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country.”

Vance also interjected, asking Zelenskyy whether he had “said thank you once this entire meeting.” 

Congress has appropriated $175 billion since 2022 for aid to Ukraine, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, though exact monetary figures on how much the U.S. has provided to Ukraine vary based on what is considered aid. 

Total European assistance to Ukraine between January 2022 and December 2024 totals $138.7 billion, according to German think tank the Kiel Institute. The U.S. contributed $119.7 billion during that same timeframe, Fox Digital previously reported.

TRUMP SAYS UKRAINE RARE EARTH MINERALS DEAL WILL LEAD TO ‘SUSTAINABLE’ FUTURE BETWEEN US, UKRAINE

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office on February 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Your people are very brave,” Trump continued in the meeting. “But you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out. But you don’t have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you’re in a much better position. But you’re not acting at all thankful. And that’s not a nice thing. I’ll be honest. That’s not a nice thing.”

ZELENSKYY SPEAKS OUT AFTER PUBLIC SPAT WITH TRUMP, VANCE, SAYS DUST-UP ‘BAD FOR BOTH SIDES’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves the White House on February 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

Zelenskyy traveled to the U.K. over the weekend, meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who told local media that he had spoken with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the U.K. and France taking the reins on crafting a plan for peace that will eventually be presented to the U.S. 

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European leaders are meeting in London on Sunday to continue peace talks. 

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday that he has signed a declaration to expedite the delivery of nearly $4 billion in military aid to Israel, reversing a partial arms blockage imposed during the Biden administration.

“The decision to reverse the Biden Administration’s partial arms embargo, which wrongly withheld a number of weapons and ammunition from Israel, is yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the White House than President Trump,” Rubio said in a statement. 

The announcement comes as solutions to achieve a permanent cease-fire between longtime American ally Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas remain unclear.  

Since taking office, the Trump administration has approved nearly $12 billion in major foreign military sales to Israel, Rubio said. 

ISRAEL BLOCKS HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA AFTER HAMAS REJECTS CEASEFIRE EXTENSION PROPOSAL

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he has used emergency authority to expedite the delivery of military assistance worth nearly $4 billion to Israel. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

“This important decision coincides with President Trump’s repeal of a Biden-era memorandum which had imposed baseless and politicized conditions on military assistance to Israel at a time when our close ally was fighting a war of survival on multiple fronts against Iran and terror proxies,” Rubio continued.

Saturday’s announcement comes two days after the State Department said it has approved the potential sale of nearly $3 billion in bombs, demolition kits and other weaponry to Israel, according to the Associated Press.

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A Department of Defense plaque outside the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

The sales include approximately 40,000 defense items, including 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs as well as 4,000 Predator warheads worth $2.04 billion.

The weaponry is expected to be delivered in 2026. However, some items may be ready for immediate shipment due to the possibility that “a portion of this procurement will come from U.S. stock,” according to the Associated Press, citing the Pentagon.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of State for more information but did not immediately receive a response. 

A test pilot drops several MK-84 bombs midair. (USAF)

Rubio also approved a second package of munitions sales to Israel valued at $675 million for 2028, the Department of Defense reportedly stated.  

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“The Trump Administration will continue to use all available tools to fulfill America’s long-standing commitment to Israel’s security, including means to counter security threats,” Rubio said in Saturday’s statement. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The tense meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy puts the spotlight on some European nations’ “divergence” from promoting freedom and reaching peace in Eastern Europe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“I think those who are criticizing [Trump’s] efforts in this way are showing that they are not committed to peace, and in the case of many of those European countries, that they’re not committed to the cause and values of freedom, even though they speak of this,” Gabbard told Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday morning when asked about Democrat U.S. politicians criticizing the meeting at the White House and Russia celebrating Trump’s tense meeting with Zelenskyy. 

“We heard very clearly during Vice President Vance’s speech in Munich, different examples of how these European partners and longtime allies, in many cases, are actually implementing policies that undermine democracy that shows that they don’t actually believe in the voices of the people being heard, and implementing anti-freedom policies. We’re seeing this in the United Kingdom. We’re seeing this in Germany. We saw it with the tossing out of the elections in Romania,” she continued. 

Zelenskyy traveled to the UK over the weekend, following his meeting with Trump and Vance, which culminated in Trump telling the Ukraine leader to leave the White House, while adding in a social media post that Zelenskyy can come back for another meeting “when he is ready for Peace.”

WORLD LEADERS BACK ZELENSKYY FOLLOWING TRUMP, VANCE OVAL OFFICE SPAT

Tulsi Gabbard before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell) (AP)

On Saturday, Zelenskyy met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who was seen hugging him and told local media on Sunday that he had spoken with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the UK and France taking the reins on crafting a plan for peace that will eventually be presented to the U.S. 

European leaders are meeting in London on Sunday to further discuss a peace plan. 

Gabbard argued in her interview that “there’s something fundamentally deeper here that shows a huge difference and divergence between” U.S. values and national security versus European countries offering continued support for the war. 

JD VANCE STEPS INTO SPOTLIGHT DEFENDING TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY IN OVAL OFFICE DUSTUP WITH ZELENSKYY

DNI Tulsi Gabbard joins Fox News Sunday on March 2, 2025.  (Fox News )

“There’s something fundamentally deeper here that shows a huge difference and divergence between the values that President Trump and Vice President Vance are fighting for, the values that are enshrined in our Constitution, the interests of the American people in our peace and freedom and national security, versus those of many of these European countries who are coming to Zelenskyy’s side as he walked out of the White House, saying basically, that they are going to support him in continuing this war, and that they don’t stand with us around these fundamental values of freedom,” she said. 

Bream followed-up by asking Gabbard whether she would identify Russia as a country that celebrates freedom similarly to the U.S., which Gabbard denied, adding “that’s not really what we’re talking about here.” 

“I would not make that claim, and it’s clear that that’s not the case, nor does President Trump. But that’s not really what we’re talking about here. We’re talking about many of these European countries and Zelenskyy himself, who claim to be standing and fighting for the cause of freedom and democracy, when we actually look at what’s happening in reality in these countries, as well as with the Zelenskyy’s government in Ukraine, is the exact opposite.”

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference at the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

“You have the canceling of elections in Ukraine. You have political parties being silenced or even criminalized or thrown in prison. You have the freedom of religion, churches being shut down, you have political opposition being silenced, you have total government control of the media.”

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

“It really begs the question,” she continued. “As Vice President Vance said again in Munich, it’s clear that they’re standing against Putin. Obviously, that’s clear. But what are they actually really fighting for, and are they aligned with the values that they claim to hold in agreement with us? The values that President Trump and Vice President Vance are standing for, and those are the values of freedom, of peace and true security.” 

Zelenskyy’s White House visit was cut short on Friday following the heated exchange, which included Vance asking the Ukraine leader about his gratitude for the U.S.’s assistance across the years, and Trump telling Zelenskyy that Ukraine will either make a deal with the U.S. or battle the war on their own. 

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photo)

“You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out. But you don’t have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you’re in a much better position. But you’re not acting at all thankful. And that’s not a nice thing. I’ll be honest. That’s not a nice thing,” Trump said on Friday. 

As part of the peace deal, the Trump administration was also working to ink an agreement with Ukraine that would allow the U.S. access to Ukraine’s minerals in exchange for support that the U.S. has offered the nation since war broke out in 2022.

TRUMP, VANCE AND ZELENSKYY SPAR OVER RUSSIAN WAR IN TENSE EXCHANGE: ‘VERY DISRESPECTFUL’

Zelenskyy did join Fox News’ Bret Baier for an exclusive interview on Friday evening, where he was pressed on whether he would apologize to Trump over the meeting. 

The Ukraine president, however, did not offer an apology but did say that he respects Trump and the U.S.

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraces and greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street in London on Saturday, March 1, 2025.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

“I’m very thankful to Americans for all your support. You did a lot. I’m thankful to President Trump and to Congress for bipartisan support,” he responded when asked about an apology. “You helped us a lot from the very beginning, during three years of full-scale invasion, you helped us to survive.”

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“No, I respect the president, and I respect American people … I think that we have to be very open and very honest, and I’m not sure that we did something bad,” he added when asked again whether he believes he owes Trump an apology. 

Norway made clear that it will continue supplying fuel for U.S. Navy ships after a private marine fuel supplier threatened to boycott the U.S. in response to deteriorating U.S.-Ukraine relations.

“We have seen reports raising concerns about support for U.S. Navy vessels in Norway. This is not in line with the Norwegian government’s policy,” Norway’s Defense Minister Tore Sandvik said in a statement Sunday, according to a report from Reuters.

The statement comes after privately held Norwegian fuel supplier Haltbakk Bunkers took to social media Friday and threatened a boycott of the U.S. Navy in response to President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heated Oval Office exchange.

TRUMP SAYS UKRAINE RARE EARTH MINERALS DEAL WILL LEAD TO ‘SUSTAINABLE’ FUTURE BETWEEN US, UKRAINE

The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is seen during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson in waters around Okinawa southwest of the Korean peninsula, October 9, 2017. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Abbate/via Reuters)

“Huge credit to the president of Ukraine restraining himself and for keeping calm even though USA put on a backstabbing TV show. It made us sick… No Fuel to Americans!,” the company said in a Facebook post that has since been deleted.

The company’s CEO, Gunnar Gran, confirmed to the Norwegian newspaper VG that he had decided not to supply the U.S. military, according to the Reuters report, though the company also acknowledged that the move would only have a “symbolic” impact, since Haltbakk Bunkers does not have a fixed contract with the U.S. government.

The company’s threat comes after a heated exchange in the Oval Office among Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance on Friday, when Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being “disrespectful” to Trump in the White House.

“Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media,” Vance told Zelenskyy. “Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines, because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for bringing it, to bring it into this country.”

Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

ZELENSKYY SPEAKS OUT AFTER PUBLIC SPAT WITH TRUMP, VANCE, SAYS DUSTUP ‘BAD FOR BOTH SIDES’

Trump then joined the fray after Zelenskyy claimed that the U.S. would feel the war “in the future,” an argument the American leader did not appreciate.

“You don’t know that,” Trump responded. “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel.”

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photo)

The exchange caused some to express concerns about not only the U.S.’s commitment to Ukraine’s continued war effort but also Trump’s apparent strained relationship with European allies overall.

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But Norway, a NATO ally, made clear that the country has no plans to join the threats to cut off the U.S. military.

“American forces will continue to receive the supply and support they require from Norway,” Sandvik said.

Months after war broke out between Russia and Ukraine, then-President Joe Biden had a fiery private phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which included Biden allegedly losing “his temper” and calling on Ukraine to “show a little more gratitude” towards the U.S. for its support, a resurfaced 2022 NBC News report shows. 

“Biden had barely finished telling Zelenskyy that he had just greenlighted another $1 billion in U.S. military assistance for Ukraine when Zelenskyy started listing all the additional help he needed and wasn’t getting,” according to an NBC report published in November 2022, recounting a prior June 2022 call that Biden and Zelenskyy shared. 

“Biden lost his temper, the people familiar with the call said. The American people were being quite generous, and his administration and the U.S. military were working hard to help Ukraine, he said, raising his voice, and Zelenskyy could show a little more gratitude,” the report continued. 

The reported tense exchange on the phone came just months after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The pair’s relationship “only improved” following the phone call, Biden administration officials told NBC at the time. 

TRUMP, VANCE AND ZELENSKYY SPAR OVER RUSSIAN WAR IN TENSE EXCHANGE: ‘VERY DISRESPECTFUL’

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden walk to the Oval Office of the White House September 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office on Sunday morning for additional comment on the 2022 phone call but did not immediately receive a reply. 

The report resurfaced over the weekend, following President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s fiery meeting with Zelenskyy, which included the VP pressing the Ukraine leader on his gratitude for the U.S.’s assistance across the years, and Trump asking Zelenskyy to leave the White House – stipulating that he can return “when he is ready for Peace.”

The White House meeting grew tense in approximately its final 10 minutes, after Vance said that peace would be reached between Russia and Ukraine through U.S. diplomacy efforts.

Zelenskyy and Trump (Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance/Curtis Means/Daily Mail/Bloomberg)

“Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media,” Vance told Zelenskyy. “Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines, because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for bringing it, to bring it into this country.” 

“Have you’ve ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?” Zelenskyy shot back. 

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

“I’ve actually watched and seen the stories and I know that what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour,” Vance continued. “Mr. President, do you disagree that you’ve had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to, trying to prevent the destruction of your country?” 

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Zelenskyy continued that under war, “everybody has problems, even you,” and that the U.S. would feel the war “in the future.”

TRUMP SAYS UKRAINE RARE EARTH MINERALS DEAL WILL LEAD TO ‘SUSTAINABLE’ FUTURE BETWEEN US, UKRAINE

“Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel,” Trump shot back at Zelenskyy. 

“You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people,” Trump added at another point during the exchange. “You’re gambling with World War III. You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country.”

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2025. Zelenskyy and Trump openly clashed in the White House on February 28 at a meeting where they were due to sign a deal on sharing Ukraine’s mineral riches and discuss a peace deal with Russia. “You’re not acting at all thankful. It’s not a nice thing,” Trump said. “It’s going to be very hard to do business like this,” he added. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)  (Getty Images)

Vance interjected, asking Zelenskyy whether he had “said thank you once this entire meeting.” He also added that Zelenskyy “went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October” and that he should “offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country.”

Congress has appropriated $175 billion since 2022 for aid to Ukraine, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, though exact monetary figures on how much the U.S. has provided to Ukraine vary based on what is considered aid. 

Total European assistance to Ukraine between January 2022 and December 2024 totals roughly $138.7 billion, according to German think tank the Kiel Institute. The U.S. contributed $119.7 billion during that same timeframe, Fox Digital previously reported. 

Trump continued in his remarks to Zelenskyy that “the problem is, I’ve empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don’t think you’d be a tough guy without the United States.”

ZELENSKYY SPEAKS OUT AFTER PUBLIC SPAT WITH TRUMP, VANCE, SAYS DUST-UP ‘BAD FOR BOTH SIDES’

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (Reuters/Brian Snyder/File Photo)

“And your people are very brave. But you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out. But you don’t have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you’re in a much better position. But you’re not acting at all thankful. And that’s not a nice thing. I’ll be honest. That’s not a nice thing,” Trump said. 

Zelenskyy left the White House shortly after. The Trump administration canceled a planned press conference with Zelenskyy later that day, while a planned speaking event featuring the Ukraine leader at a Washington, D.C.-based think tank was canceled.  

Zelenskyy did join Fox News’ Bret Baier for an exclusive interview on Friday evening, where he was pressed on whether he would apologize to Trump. U.S. leaders, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, called on Zelenskyy to apologize for the Oval Office meeting, but the Ukraine president bucked the calls during the Baier interview, while adding that he respects Trump and the U.S.

TRUMP TO MAKE ENGLISH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF US IN NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER

“I’m very thankful to Americans for all your support. You did a lot. I’m thankful to President Trump and to Congress for bipartisan support,” he responded when asked about an apology. “You helped us a lot from the very beginning, during three years of full-scale invasion, you helped us to survive.”

“No, I respect the president and I respect American people. . . . I think that we have to be very open and very honest, and I’m not sure that we did something bad,” he added when asked again whether he believes he owes Trump an apology. 

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Zelenskyy traveled to the UK over the weekend, meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who told local media that he had spoken with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the UK and France taking the reins on crafting a plan for peace that will eventually be presented to the U.S. 

European leaders are slated to travel to London on Sunday to further discuss a peace plan. 

Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy contributed to this report. 

More than 50 school districts in Maine have policies that allow minors to hide their gender identity from their parents, according to a new watchdog report. 

Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization tracking gender ideologies in schools across the country, filed public records requests to confirm that at least 57 of the state’s 192 school districts have policies excluding parents from knowing whether their children identify as another gender.

The report comes after President Donald Trump chastised Democrat Maine Gov. Janet Millis last week over her refusal to enforce Trump’s “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order.

TRUMP VOWS TO CUT OFF FEDERAL FUNDING TO MAINE OVER REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH ‘NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS’ ORDER

President Trump and the Department of Education building. (Getty Images)

“It was totally unsurprising to see the governor of Maine go to the mat to keep males in women’s sports when over 50 school districts in Maine have written policies to deceive parents about their own child,” PDE spokesperson Erika Sanzi told Fox News Digital Friday. 

“We have seen a groundswell of parents in Maine speaking out about this now that they are aware of it, and it is our hope that districts begin to roll back these policies, not only because of the executive orders from the Trump administration but because nearly 80% of their constituents oppose them,” she said.

In one example from the state’s largest district, Portland Public Schools, district policy on “transgender and gender expansive students” requires that if “a student and their parent or legal guardian do not agree with regard to the student’s gender identity or gender expression, the school shall abide by the wishes of the student with regard to their gender identity and gender expression while at school.

“School staff shall comply with the student’s wishes regarding disclosure of their transgender status to others, including but not limited to parents or guardians, students, volunteers or other school staff, unless the student has explicitly authorized the disclosure or unless legally required to do so.”

MAINE FEMALE ATHLETE ‘GRATEFUL’ FOR TRUMP’S FOCUS ON TRANS COMPETITORS AFTER LOCAL LEADERS ‘FAILED’ GIRLS

A student leads a group of demonstrators in Knoxville, Tenn., in protest of the state’s 2022 transgender athlete ban. (Saul Young/Knoxville News-Sentinel /USA Today)

Policies like Portland’s are also still in place after Trump signed an executive order at the end of January, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” which states that “steering students toward surgical and chemical mutilation without parental consent or involvement or allowing males access to private spaces designated for females may contravene Federal laws that protect parental rights.” 

Trump has already threatened to cut off Maine’s federal funding if it continues to defy his orders. 

“I heard men are still playing in Maine,” Trump told to a gathering of Republican governors in Washington last week.

“I hate to tell you this, but we’re not going to give them any federal money. They are still saying, ‘We want men to play in women’s sports,’ and I cannot believe that they’re doing that. … So, we’re not going to give them any federal funding, none whatsoever, until they clean that up.”

MAINE STATE REP TALKS ‘EXTREME’ TRANSGENDER ATHLETE POLICY

President Donald Trump told Maine Gov. Janet Mills her state needs to comply with an executive order on transgender athletes in school sports during a Feb. 21, 2025, event at the White House. (Reuters Photos | Pool)

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Trump signed the executive order barring men from women’s sports earlier this month, which directs federal agencies to review grants, programs and policies that fail to align with efforts to block male participation in women’s sports “as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.” The order mandates strict enforcement of Title IX and threatens to revoke federal funding from noncompliant educational institutions and athletic organizations.

After the order, several other blue states indicated they would not be complying with it, including California and Minnesota.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Maine Department of Education for comment. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday in a bid to fast-track wildfire prevention projects.

Newsom announced the move after President Donald Trump blasted the governor’s handling of previous wildfire disasters. The order suspends certain environmental regulations that would have delayed forest management projects and other wildfire prevention measures.

“This year has already seen some of the most destructive wildfires in California history, and we’re only in March. Building on unprecedented work cutting red tape and making historic investments – we’re taking action with a state of emergency to fast-track critical wildfire projects even more,” Newsom said in a statement.

“These are the forest management projects we need to protect our communities most vulnerable to wildfire, and we’re going to get them done,” he added.

NEWSOM CALLS TRUMP’S CLAIMS ‘PURE FICTION’ AFTER HE POINTED FINGER OVER CALIFORNIA FIRE TRAGEDY

California’s wider efforts will cost roughly $2.5 billion, funding controlled burns, reducing fuel in burn areas, as well as implementing public tracking of wildfire prevention efforts.

TRUMP MEETS WITH CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS, FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO SEE LA WILDFIRE DAMAGE FIRST HAND

The state of emergency announcement comes weeks after Trump blasted Newsom for “gross incompetence” in handling the recent wildfires.

“Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!” Trump charged in a social media post on Jan. 8, repeating a derogatory name he often uses for the governor.

President Trump criticized Gov. Newsom’s handling of wildfires. (AP/Getty Images)

Newsom traveled to Washington, D.C., in early February in a bid to secure federal backing for the disaster relief efforts. He said he had a “very productive” meeting at the White House at the time.

The governor held two meetings on Capitol Hill before traveling to the White House and petitioning Trump for “unconditional disaster aid,” his office said.

A large wildfire near Carolina Forest. (Horry County Fire Rescue)

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“As we approach one month since the devastating wildfires across Southern California, we continue to cut red tape to speed up recovery and clean up efforts as well as ensure rebuilding efforts are swift,” Newsom said in a statement. “We’re working across the aisle, as we always have, to ensure survivors have the resources and support they need.”

Fox News’ Stepheny Price contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump will address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4 at 9 p.m. ET.

The forum is not officially a State of the Union address, which traditionally comes during the second, third and fourth year of a presidency.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., invited Trump earlier this month to address Congress on Tuesday.

“Thanks to your strong leadership and bold action in the first days of your presidency, the United States is already experiencing a resurgence of patriotism, unity, and hope for the future,” Johnson wrote in a letter to Trump first obtained by Fox News Digital.

HONORING TRUMP: SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS FLAGS TO FLY FULL-STAFF AT US CAPITOL DURING PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

“Your administration and the 119th Congress working together have the chance to make these next four years some of the most consequential in our nation’s history,” the speaker wrote.

“To that end, it is my distinct honor and great privilege to invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, to share your America First vision for our legislative future. I eagerly await your response.”

Fox News Channel, Fox News Digital and Fox News Go will have live coverage of the event Tuesday evening.

Fox News Channel will also preview the speech during its primetime and afternoon programming.

Will Cain will have the latest on the “Will Cain Show” at 4 p.m. ET.

Following him, join Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, Judge Jeanine Pirro and the hosts of “The Five” for more coverage leading up to the event.

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) gives his State of the Union address to Congress in Washington, D.C., January 1960. Behind him, on the left, is Vice President Richard Nixon and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, D-TX. (Keystone/Getty)

Chief political anchor Bret Baier continues the coverage at 6 p.m. ET on “Special Report,” followed by “The Ingraham Angle” with Laura Ingraham at 7 p.m. ET; before Jesse Watters offers a curtain-raiser just before the address at 8 p.m. ET on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

While it is officially an address to a joint session, historically, these speeches tend to follow the same customs as the official State of the Union forums.

The latter are required by the Constitution under Article II Sec. 3 – which stipulates that a president must provide Congress with information about the state of the Union and offer legislative recommendations.

Before the audiovisual and digital ages, the addresses tended to come in print form.

Former President Woodrow Wilson delivered the first address in-person since former President John Adams.

The title itself, “State of the Union,” was standardized by former President Harry S. Truman in the 1940s. Truman also offered the first televised State of the Union, as radio gave way to TV.

Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson began the tradition of a primetime address.

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Then-President Bill Clinton delivering his State of Union address, framed by Vice President Al Gore, left, and House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Diana Walker/Getty Images)

During such addresses, when all three branches of government are typically present, one member of the president’s cabinet is named “designated survivor” – and stays home from the address in case terrorism or another catastrophe leads to the deaths of all assembled in the chamber.

The U.S. Senate keeps records of each designated survivor going back to 1984, when former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce Jr. was designated the potential leader of the nation if former President Ronald Reagan and everyone else in attendance perished.

Notable designated survivors have included then-future New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during former President Bill Clinton’s 1999 address, former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley – son of the famed Chicago Democratic Party boss – in 1998, and then-Attorney General Eric Holder in 2009.

Most recently, former President Joe Biden’s education chief, Miguel Cardona, was 2024’s designated survivor.

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order making English the official language of the U.S.

The order revokes an executive order issued by former President Bill Clinton in 2000, “Improving Access Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency,” that required federal agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.

However, Trump’s order notes it does not “require or direct” any change in services provided by any agency.

It will be up to agency heads to decide if any changes should be made.

President Donald Trump waves as he departs in his motorcade from the Trump International Golf Club, Saturday, in West Palm Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

TRUMP TO MAKE ENGLISH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF US IN NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER

While English has been used as the country’s national language — seen in every historic governing document — the U.S. has never had an official language.

“A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society, and the United States is strengthened by a citizenry that can freely exhange ideas in one shared language,” Trump wrote in the order.

The U.S. is one of just a few countries without an official language. About 180 of the 195 countries across the globe have made the distinction.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2025.  (Pool)

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Trump has been outspoken about designating English as the nation’s language, specifically in 2024, as he criticized former President Joe Biden‘s immigration policies.  

“We have languages coming into our country. We don’t have one instructor in our entire nation that can speak that language,” Trump said while speaking before the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2024. “These are languages—it’s the craziest thing—they have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It’s a very horrible thing.” 

President Trump on Saturday signed an executive order making English the official language of the U.S. (iStock)

The order states it is intended to “promote unity” and “cultivate a shared American culture for all citizens,” while ensuring consistency in government operations and creating a pathway to civic engagement.

First lady Melania Trump speaks at least five languages, including English, French, Italian, German and Slovene, Fox News Digital previously reported.

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Trump has signed at least 76 executive orders since reclaiming the Oval Office in January, Fox News Digital previously reported.

Executive orders and actions included renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and signing an executive order to restore the Obama-named Mount Denali to its original Mount McKinley. 

Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.

A D.C.-based federal district judge ruled late Saturday evening that President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel was unlawful, keeping him in his post. The Trump administration filed their notice of appeal shortly thereafter. 

Hampton Dellinger, appointed by former President Joe Biden to head the Office of Special Counsel, sued the Trump administration in Washington, D.C., federal court after his Feb. 7 firing. 

SUPREME COURT PAUSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORT TO FIRE HEAD OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AGENCY

D.C. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in the Saturday filing that the court’s ruling that Dellinger’s firing was “unlawful” is consistent with Supreme Court precedent. 

Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger poses for a portrait in an undated handout image.   (U.S. Office of Special Counsel/Handout via REUTERS )

The Trump administration filed its notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shortly after Jackson’s ruling. 

Jackson wrote that the court “finds that the elimination of the restrictions on plaintiff’s removal would be fatal to the defining and essential feature of the Office of Special Counsel as it was conceived by Congress and signed into law by the President:  its independence.  The Court concludes that they must stand.”

FEDERAL JUDGE HINTS SHE WILL CONTINUE BLOCKING TRUMP FROM FIRING HEAD OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AGENCY

Jackson enjoined the defendants in the suit, including Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, ordering them to recognize Dellinger’s post. Jackson did not enjoin Trump. 

The Trump administration filed its notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shortly after Jackson’s ruling.  (Trump-Vance Transition Team)

“It would be ironic, to say the least, and inimical to the ends furthered by the statute if the Special Counsel himself could be chilled in his work by fear of arbitrary or partisan removal,” Jackson wrote. 

Jackson’s decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court paused the Trump administration’s efforts to dismiss Dellinger. The Trump administration had asked the high court to overturn a lower court’s temporary reinstatement of Dellinger. 

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. 

Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love’s family is focusing on enjoying the time they have left with her after her cancer stopped responding to treatments, the Utah Republican’s daughter, Abigale, said Saturday. 

“Hello Friends, I’m Mia’s daughter Abigale. Many of you are aware that Mom has been fighting GBM brain cancer,” Abigale wrote on her mother’s X account. 

Love was diagnosed in 2022 with glioblastoma, a brain tumor, and revealed her diagnosis in August 2023. 

Abigale added, “Sadly her cancer is no longer responding to treatment and the cancer is progressing. We have shifted our focus from treatment to enjoying our remaining time with her.” 

KAT TIMPF REVEALS BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS WHILE ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH OF HER SON

Former Rep. Mia Love’s family is focusing on enjoying the time they have left with her after her cancer stopped responding to treatments, Love’s daughter Abigale said Saturday.  (Mia Love/X)

Love became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress when she won a redrawn district near Salt Lake City in 2014 that had previously been represented by a Democrat. She was also the first Black Congress member from Utah. 

“I wasn’t elected in Saratoga Springs because of my race or my gender or my heels,” Love said in 2013 of her time as mayor of the Utah city. “I was elected by the people there because I had a plan and a vision to get us financially stable.”

The 49-year-old served two terms in Congress, working on the Financial Services Committee, and she was the only Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus.

She was defeated by a Democrat in 2018. 

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Love last posted about her diagnosis in May, writing, “These past few years have not been easy, but I have found strength and solace in my faith and constant support and love in my family. Together, they have given me hope! Whatever challenges you are facing now, keep fighting and know that there is hope.”

Love told a church youth group in 2023 that when she went on a vacation in 2022, headaches she’d been having started to get worse. 

“As soon as we landed, I felt a headache come on,” she told the group, according to KSL Radio. “When we went to the beach, the reflection of the sun on the water made the headache worse. My husband took me to the hospital.” 

Doctors found a tumor, and she underwent surgery to remove 95% of it.

Love became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress when she won a redrawn district near Salt Lake City in 2014 that had previously been represented by a Democrat. She was also the first Black congressperson from Utah.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

After the tumor was revealed to be malignant, Love began chemotherapy, radiation treatments and, eventually, immunotherapy. 

Love, who had previously converted from Catholicism to the Church of Jesus Church of Latter-day Saints, told CNN last year she was “looking for a cure in my faith and science.” 

Late Sen. John McCain was also diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2017. He died in 2018. 

Despite her diagnosis, Love remained politically engaged over the last election cycle, denouncing an assassination attempt on President Trump in July on X.

“Political violence is despicable,” she wrote. “There is not, nor will there ever be, a place for it in our Republic. If you find yourself supporting or wishing for violence, know you are wrong. May we recommit to civility, reasonable discourse, and proper civil engagement rather over anger and hatred.”

Mia Love speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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A week later, she posted, “After this past week, I’m all in on team Trump/Vance! They have a passionate vision of an American revival that enables all Americans to pursue their dreams.” 

After her daughter’s announcement Saturday, Love received an outpouring of support. 

“Mia Love is a dear friend. I pray for her and her family,” Sen. Mike Lee of Utah posted on X. 

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wrote, “Mia Love has served Utah with integrity, and her strength and grace continue to inspire us. Our hearts are with Mia and her family during this difficult time. Utah stands with you.”

“I’m so sorry,” Love’s former colleague, former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, wrote. 

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Vermont Saturday to protest Vice President JD Vance’s visit to a local ski resort, less than 24 hours after his explosive exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Vance, who brought his family to Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont, was greeted by a half-mile gauntlet of protesters holding pro-Ukraine signs Saturday. There appeared to be hundreds in the crowd.

The protesters carried signs calling Vance “Nazi scum,” accusing him of being a “traitor” and telling him to “go ski in Russia.”

Other signs said “Trump serves Putin,” “Theocracy is not freedom” and “Stand with Ukraine.” 

ZELENSKYY SPEAKS OUT AFTER PUBLIC SPAT WITH TRUMP, VANCE, SAYS DUSTUP ‘BAD FOR BOTH SIDES’

JD Vance’s visit to a Vermont ski resort was interrupted by protesters Saturday. (Getty Images; Obtained by Fox News)

But not all Green Mountain State skiers were upset with Vance’s visit, and one local skier complained about the demonstrations to Fox News Digital.

“Those people protesting Vance are f—ing morons,” the skier said.

Fox News was also told Vance and his family planned to stay at a four-star inn near the resort, but they moved to an undisclosed location after seeing the ruckus.

“Those people protesting Vance are f—ing morons,” one local skier remarked.

Vance and his family later skied on one side of a mountain to avoid crowds, but protesters gathered there as well. 

The demonstrations came less than a day after Vance and Zelenskyy had a tense argument in the White House, which began when the Ukrainian leader balked at signing a mineral rights deal that President Trump said would pave the way for a peace deal.

TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE

The protesters carried pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin signs. (Obtained by Fox News)

“Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media,” Vance told Zelenskyy. “Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.”

Later, Vance implied that Zelenskyy, who was visiting Washington, D.C., to sign a rare earth minerals deal that has since been dropped, was ungrateful again and asked if he’d “said ‘thank you’ once this entire meeting.”

“You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country,” the former Ohio senator said.

The Ukrainian leader replied that Vance was speaking “loudly” before President Donald Trump jumped in to support Vance, telling Zelenskyy that his country was “in trouble.”

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Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Sugarbush Resort for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump took to social media Saturday afternoon to declare “The Invasion of our Country is OVER” after his first full month in office, which saw only 8,326 apprehensions of illegal immigrants by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), a record-setting low. 

In a post on Truth Social, Trump relayed the apprehensions of illegal immigrants by Border Patrol at the southern border, all of whom were “quickly ejected from our Nation or, when necessary, prosecuted for crimes against the United States of America.” 

The Trump administration’s apprehension numbers in its first full month represent a 96% drop from Biden administration highs in December 2023, when CBP reported 301,981 encounters at the southern border.

The U.S. southern border near El Paso, Texas.  (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)

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“This means that very few people came – The Invasion of our Country is OVER,” Trump wrote in the post. “In comparison, under Joe Biden, there were 300,000 Illegals crossing in one month, and virtually ALL of them were released into our Country. Thanks to the Trump Administration Policies, the Border is CLOSED to all Illegal Immigrants.”

In fiscal year 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported 271,484 removals, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported about 700,000 removals and returns, more than any prior fiscal year since 2010.

The Biden administration repeatedly had single days when apprehensions approached 10,000 illegal immigrants, surpassing the new administration’s monthly total.

Illegal immigrants traveling in a group (Fox Nation)

The Trump administration’s accomplishments come solely from executive action and tougher messaging after no border bill was signed.

“Anyone who tries to illegally enter the U.S.A. will face significant criminal penalties and immediate deportation,” the president wrote.

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After heavily campaigning on border security and cracking down on illegal immigration, Trump signed executive orders that declared a national emergency at the border and deployed the U.S. military to combat the surge.

He also signed orders ending birthright citizenship, suspending refugee admissions, ending the use of an app at the southern border to admit migrants via humanitarian parole and resuming border wall construction.

The Pentagon stepped in, deploying troops to the southern border and opening up Guantánamo Bay to migrants.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and border czar Tom Homan discuss efforts to combat illegal immigration Feb. 3 in Texas. (Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ICE restrictions previously put in place by the Biden administration were overturned by the DHS, allowing law enforcement to go into “sensitive” places, conduct expedited removal and review the parole status of migrants brought in under parole.

According to DHS data obtained by Fox News Digital, there were 11,791 interior ICE arrests from Jan. 20 to Feb. 8, compared to 4,969 during the same period in 2024, a 137% increase.

A number of high-profile raids in “sanctuary” cities yielded more than a thousand daily arrests, including those of violent criminals and gang members.

The country has also benefited financially from the new Trump border policies, with tens of millions of dollars taken back from New York City designated for hotels where migrants are being housed.

A recent order directed all federal agencies to identify all federally funded programs providing financial benefits to illegal immigrants and “take corrective action.” 

The goal of the order is to make sure federal funds will not be used to support sanctuary policies or assist illegal immigration.

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Fox News’ Adam Shaw and Bill Melguin contributed to this report.

As the prospect of a mid-March government shutdown looms, President Donald Trump endorsed the idea of a continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of September.

“As usual, Sleepy Joe Biden left us a total MESS. The Budget from last YEAR is still not done. We are working very hard with the House and Senate to pass a clean, temporary government funding Bill (“CR”) to the end of September. Let’s get it done!” he declared in a Thursday night Truth Social post.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital in a statement on Friday that he will back Trump’s request.

“I will support President Trump’s request for a clean CR to hold spending flat while DOGE continues to identify cuts, the administration re-programs those funds, and Congress readies a strong FY26 appropriation package that cuts waste and reflects DOGE and common sense,” the congressman noted in the statement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated that “anomalies” can be inserted into a CR to increase or decrease spending, noting that language could be added to reflect spending changes like cuts associated with USAID.

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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shakes hands with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Johnson made the comments during a Wednesday appearance on CNN after Kaitlan Collins asked him if passing a CR would “refund” programs Elon Musk has been seeking to slash. 

Johnson said he thinks a continuing resolution would largely be a “clean CR,” with changes to account for the “new realities” of “less government” and “more efficiency.” 

“I would have a real hard time voting for a clean [continuing resolution] after everything that we’ve seen out of DOGE,” Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., said, according to The Hill. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Crane’s office on Friday to request a comment from the congressman. “I have little confidence that Congress will be able to keep up with President Trump,” Crane said in a statement emailed over by a staffer who explained the lawmaker was referring to the prospect of Congress making the Trump administration’s actions permanent via legislation.

“Why are we even having DOGE if we’re not gonna solidify and put it in the CR?” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., asked, according to The Hill.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Norman’s office on Friday, but the office did not provide a comment from the congressman. 

CQ Roll Call reported that it obtained a list of anomalies that the White House budget office sent to lawmakers this week.

The document titled “FY 2025 FULL-YEAR CONTINUING RESOLUTION ASSUMPTIONS,” includes some proposed anomalies to increase spending but others to decrease spending.

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For example, one entry on the list notes, “An anomaly is needed to provide the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program with an additional $3,654 million in order to maintain current services for 2.3 million low-income families in 2025.” The document states that, “At the full year CR level, approximately 230,000 households could lose assistance.”

But another item goes the other direction, declaring, “An anomaly is needed to include a recurring rescission for the Enforcement account of the Internal Revenue Service in the Department of the Treasury in the amount of $20.2 billion. This anomaly would rescind funding that was enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act,” the document notes.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House on Friday to request comment on the CR situation and seek confirmation of the document obtained by CQ Roll Call, but did not receive a response.

Ukraine lost hundreds of troops on the battlefield on the same day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fiery fallout with President Donald Trump in the White House – underlining the high-stakes nature of the tense negotiations.

The Ukrainian army lost over 220 troops in the Kursk Region in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, per the Russian news agency Tass. The Kursk region, also known as Kursk Oblast, is located in western Russia and borders the northeastern part of Ukraine.

The troops were killed as 11 armored combat vehicles, 12 motor vehicles and seven artillery pieces were destroyed by the Russian army. 

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. It came on the same day that Ukraine lost 220 troops on the battlefield.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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An infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, seven drone control points and an ammunition depot were also “wiped out,” the statement reads.

The heavy losses come as talks between Trump and Zelenskyy publicly fell apart on Friday, in a discussion where Vice President JD Vance highlighted Ukraine’s struggles to recruit troops.

 “During the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have a nice ocean and don’t feel [it] now, but you will feel it in the future,” Zelenskyy said. 

That comment irked Trump and drew him into the clash which ultimately led to the talks falling apart, a canceled press conference and a minerals deal off the table.

Exact numbers of war casualties are hard to quantify due to conflicting reports and limited access to reliable data.

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Trump has previously said that “millions” of troops have perished, but Zelenskyy reported earlier this month that around 45,100 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed with an additional 390,000 wounded.

A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimates that a minimum of 172,000 Russian troops have been killed and 611,000 wounded, of which at least 376,000 are severely wounded.

Ukrainian servicemen ride atop an armored fighting vehicle in Eastern Ukraine. (Press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces/Handout via REUTERS)

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Trump accused Zelenskyy of “disrespecting” the U.S. during their meeting Friday and said the Ukrainian leader was not ready to secure peace for his country. 

“I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday. “I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.” 

Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February 2022, when Russia first invaded its neighboring nation. Trump had repeatedly said while on the campaign trail that if he had been president in 2022, the war would not have broken out — vowing to end it if re-elected.

Fox News’ Diane Stancy and Emma Colton contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump believes former President Joe Biden or his son, Hunter Biden, left behind the infamous bag of cocaine at the White House in 2023, the 47th president revealed in a recent interview. 

“So … who actually left the cocaine in the White House?” The Spectator’s Ben Domenech asked Trump in an interview at the White House Thursday afternoon. 

“Well, either Joe or Hunter,” Trump responded. “Could be Joe, too.” 

The bag of cocaine was discovered July 2, 2023, in a storage locker near the entrance to the White House’s West Wing. The Secret Service discovered the small bag of cocaine and launched an investigation, which turned up inconclusive for a suspect. 

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A photo of the bag of cocaine discovered in the White House July 2, 2023.  (Secret Service)

“That was such a terrible thing because, you know, those bins are very loaded up with … they’re not clean, and they have hundreds and even thousands of fingerprints,”  Trump said of the discovery. “And when they went to look at it, it was absolutely stone cold, wiped dry. You know that, right?”

Trump added that the lockers typically are covered with fingerprints, but that the locker containing the bag of cocaine “was wiped out with, with the strongest form of alcohol.”

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A photo of the bag of cocaine discovered in the White House July 2, 2023.  (Secret Service)

“By the way, and I have to tell you, I think I’m going to look into that because it was … bad stuff happened there,” Trump added without elaborating. 

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Hunter Biden has a long and well-documented history of substance abuse, and he detailed his hourly need for crack cocaine in his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things.” (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)

The Biden family, including the former president and his son, Hunter Biden, were not staying at the White House when the cocaine was discovered. Instead, the family was staying at presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland.

Hunter Biden has a long and well-documented history with substance abuse, and he detailed his hourly need for crack cocaine in his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things.” He has since gone through recovery efforts and has been sober since 2019, according to sworn testimony in federal court in 2023.

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was grilled about the cocaine when it was found but stressed the Biden family was not at the White House when it was discovered in a high-traffic area of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. 

“The Biden family was not here,” Jean-Pierre said during a July 2023 press conference when pressed about the cocaine. 

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“They were not here. They were at Camp David,” she said. “They were not here Friday. They were not here Saturday or Sunday. They were not even here Monday. They came back on Tuesday. So, to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible, and I’ll just leave it there.” 

President Donald Trump revealed in a recent interview he believed former President Joe Biden or his son, Hunter Biden, left behind the infamous bag of cocaine at the White House in 2023. (Reuters/Getty/AP Images)

Shortly after the Secret Service announced it had discovered the cocaine, the agency announced it had closed its investigation and could not determine a suspect.

“There was no surveillance video footage found that provided investigative leads or any other means for investigators to identify who may have deposited the found substance in this area,” the Secret Service said in a statement announcing an end to the investigation. 

“Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office and Hunter Biden’s legal team for comment on Trump’s remarks but did not immediately receive a reply. 

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is once again asking federal workers to explain what they have accomplished as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk work to root out waste.

This week’s email reportedly came from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the subject line “What did you do last week? Part II,” referencing the previous DOGE email. The Associated Press reports that this differed from how the email was expected to go out, as the new version was reportedly supposed to be from individual agencies, not OPM.

Elon Musk shows off his t-shirt reading “Tech Support” while speaking at the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2025. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

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However, unlike the last email, this one reportedly instructed workers to give five bullet points describing their accomplishments each week, according to multiple reports. The weekly email will allegedly be due by Mondays at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Another key difference, according to CBS News, was an instruction to not send classified or sensitive information. Additionally, those whose work is entirely sensitive or classified were allegedly told to write “All of my activities are sensitive.”

Businessman using laptop computer (iStock)

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On Saturday, as news of the email spread, Musk responded to a tweet claiming that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Department of Defense staff to reply to the email.

“The President has made it clear that this is mandatory for the executive branch,” Musk wrote on X. “Anyone working on classified or other sensitive matters is still required to respond if they receive the email, but can simply reply that their work is sensitive.”

Elon Musk, Department of Government Efficiency leader, speaks at the first cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump’s second term at the White House on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C.  (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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When asked about the previous email during Trump’s first full Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Musk described it as a “pulse check.”

“I think that email was perhaps interpreted as a performance review, but actually it was a pulse check review. Do you have a pulse?” Musk said. “And if you have a pulse and two neurons, you could reply to an email.”

While meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office, President Trump defended the email and said that those who don’t answer are at risk of being fired.