U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
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Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic:
Trump’s Cabinet Shakeup and the Courts Push Back:
Just days after marking the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump is shaking up his cabinet. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, the president announced that he’s nominating National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as the Acting National Security Advisor.
Waltz’s move comes weeks after the now infamous “Signalgate” fiasco, in which he mistakenly added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic and the moderator of Washington Week with The Atlantic, to a Signal group chat where several of President Trump’s closest advisors discussed the military’s Yemen attack plans.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s immigration agenda faces mounting pushback from the courts.
Joining guest moderator and White House Correspondent at PBS News Hour, Laura Barrón-López, to discuss this and more:
- Leigh Ann Caldwell, Chief Washington Correspondent, Puck
- Michael Scherer, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
- Ali Vitali, Host of “Way Too Early”, MSNBC
- Alexander Ward, National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
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