Trump limits Musk's authority and Lando Norris' Formula 1 ambitions: Morning Rundown
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Donald Trump tells his Cabinet secretaries that staffing decisions aren’t up to Elon Musk. Changes to the U.S. military’s health care program puts providers in a tough spot. And Formula 1 star Lando Norris sets his sights on a 2025 title.
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Staffing decisions within federal agencies will be left up to the Trump administration's Cabinet secretaries and not Elon Musk, President Donald Trump said yesterday after a meeting that included some of the secretaries and his billionaire adviser. The new message marks a rare public curtailing of Musk's authority as he helps reshape the federal government through the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk had stepped on some Cabinet secretaries' toes, and other Republicans have bristled at the speed and intensity of the cuts.
"It's very important that we cut levels down to where they should be, but it's also important to keep the best and most productive people," Trump said on Truth Social. "We say the 'scalpel' rather than the 'hatchet,'" he added later in the social media post.
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