Speaker Johnson has a roommate — and he has a big agenda

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  Good morning.

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  It's Friday, March 7th.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News today.

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  On today's show,

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  House Speaker Mike Johnson's pastor roommate

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  Rupert Murdoch's youngest son addresses the family's succession drama for the first time

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  and how daylight saving time affects your health.

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  But first, since President Trump took office,

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  he and Elon Musk have been working to dramatically reshape and shrink the federal workforce.

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  In less than two months, They've fired over 60,000 employees across at least 17 different agencies.

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  The speed of the firings has led to some confusion and mistakes.

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  Politico reported yesterday that Trump convened his Cabinet to make clear

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  that they should make the final calls on hiring and firing within their departments, not Musk.

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  But he also said if Cabinet secretaries aren't willing to make cuts, Musk will do the cutting.

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  The meeting came after a flood of concerns from lawmakers

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  and Cabinet secretaries over who has final firing power.

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  Musk was also in the room for the Cabinet meeting, according to POLITICO's reporting,

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  and acknowledged that the Doge team has made some missteps,

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  something he also said to members of Congress this week.

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