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Elon Musk Bids Farewell As Official Trump Administration Role Comes To An End
Elon Musk said so long to his official government role this evening, as his status as a special government employee expires. 'As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,' Musk wrote. 'The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.' More from Deadline Fox News Continued To See Audience Growth In May While MSNBC And CNN Posted Double-Digit Declines Vs. 2024 Paramount Offers Millions To Trump To End $20B '60 Minutes' Suit & Let Skydance Merger Go Through Judge Declines To Immediately Block Trump's Effort To Fire Register Of Copyrights Musk led the Department of Government Efficiency effort to slash government agencies, wreaking havoc across the federal workforce as he and his staff quickly moved to shut down USAID, among other entities. Musk boasted of the achievement by brandishing a chainsaw at CPAC. But his actions drove up his unpopularity and tarnished the brand of Tesla, while Musk signaled earlier this month that he would start moving away from politics to spend more time on his companies. He reportedly clashed with other administration officials, including Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. They at one point had a shouting match at the White House over Musk's efforts to install his own acting director of the IRS, according to a report in The Atlantic. In an interview this week with CBS News' David Pogue, Musk was critical of Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' the massive tax and spending package that recent passed the House. Although it would extend Trump's tax cuts from his first term, the legislation also is estimated to add trillions to the deficit. Best of Deadline 'The Morning Show' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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Elon Musk Bids Farewell As Official Trump Administration Role Comes To An End
Elon Musk said so long to his official government role this evening, as his status as a special government employee expires. 'As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,' Musk wrote. 'The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.' More from Deadline Fox News Continued To See Audience Growth In May While MSNBC And CNN Posted Double-Digit Declines Vs. 2024 Paramount Offers Millions To Trump To End $20B '60 Minutes' Suit & Let Skydance Merger Go Through Judge Declines To Immediately Block Trump's Effort To Fire Register Of Copyrights Musk led the Department of Government Efficiency effort to slash government agencies, wreaking havoc across the federal workforce as he and his staff quickly moved to shut down USAID, among other entities. Musk boasted of the achievement by brandishing a chainsaw at CPAC. But his actions drove up his unpopularity and tarnished the brand of Tesla, while Musk signaled earlier this month that he would start moving away from politics to spend more time on his companies. He reportedly clashed with other administration officials, including Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. They at one point had a shouting match at the White House over Musk's efforts to install his own acting director of the IRS, according to a report in The Atlantic. In an interview this week with CBS News' David Pogue, Musk was critical of Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' the massive tax and spending package that recent passed the House. Although it would extend Trump's tax cuts from his first term, the legislation also is estimated to add trillions to the deficit. Best of Deadline 'The Morning Show' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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Fox News Continued To See Audience Growth In May While MSNBC And CNN Posted Double-Digit Declines Vs. 2024
Fox News continued to show robust ratings growth for the month of May, again dominating its cable news rivals MSNBC and CNN, which have seen year-over-year declines. The past month saw the debut of MSNBC's new nighttime lineup, with The Weeknight taking the 7 p.m. ET slot, Rachel Maddow returning to one night a week at 9 p.m. ET and Jen Psaki filling that time period Tuesday to Thursday. More from Deadline David Leavy To Depart As COO Of CNN, Will Return To Parent Warner Bros. Discovery Hoda Kotb, In Return 'Today' Visit, Denies Rumors She Will Succeed Kelly Clarkson With Daytime Talk Show Donald Trump Says He Plans To Pardon Reality Stars Todd And Julie Chrisley But the new shows are not reversing the trendlines vs. 2024. While MSNBC has recovered some audience since a post-election fall off, the network, like CNN, has seen double-digit drops from a year ago. The caveat is that last year was a presidential election year, when networks typically see an increase in viewership. In primetime, Fox News averaged 2.46 million viewers, up 23%, while MSNBC posted 877,000, down 24%, and CNN averaged 426,000, down 18%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 262,000, up 32%, compared to CNN with 76,000, down 21%, and MSNBC with 73,000, down 34%. In total day, Fox News averaged 1.56 million viewers, up 21%, compared to MSNBC with 545,000, down 33%, and CNN with 353,000, down 24%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 180,000, up 22%, while CNN posted 59,000, down 27%, and MSNBC averaged 49,000, down 41%. The Rachel Maddow Show was MSNBC's top rated show, averaging 1.89 million viewers, while The Briefing with Jen Psaki averaged 950,000, according to Nielsen figures of the four weeks through May 23. The latter is down from the previous occupant of the Tuesday-Friday time slot, Alex Wagner Tonight, which averaged 1.3 million viewers of its run from 2022 to 2025. Psaki's show did improve on its lead in, All In with Chris Hayes, which averaged 912,000. The Weeknight, featuring hosts Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez, averaged 772,000 total viewers. In its final month in February, Joy Reid's ReidOut averaged 955,000. Fox News' The Five was the most viewed cable news show of the month, drawing an average of 3.77 million viewers, followed by Jesse Watters Primetime with 3.23 million, Gutfeld! with 2.92 million, Special Report with 2.81 million and Hannity with 2.73 million. In the 25-54 demo, The Five averaged 368,000, followed by Jesse Watters Primetime with 363,000, Gutfeld! with 328,000, Hannity with 299,000 and The Ingraham Angle with 297,000. The figures are from Nielsen via Fox News. Best of Deadline 'The Morning Show' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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Trump Promises That Harvard Is ‘Getting Their A** Kicked' in Ongoing Feud
President Donald Trump assured that Harvard is 'getting their a-- kicked' as the school continues to fight the administration's demands. While addressing reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday following the swearing-in of former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC, the president chastised Harvard for its behavior. 'Harvard's got to behave themselves,' he said. 'Harvard is treating our country with great disrespect and all they're doing is getting in deeper and deeper and deeper.' The president clarified that 'Harvard has to understand the last thing I want to do is hurt them.' 'They're hurting themselves. They're fighting,' he said. Trump went on to compare the oldest university in the nation to Columbia University, which has caved in to the administration's demands on every occasion. 'You know, Columbia has been really—they were very, very bad, what they've done. They're very anti-Semitic and lots of other things,' he said. 'But they're working with us on finding a solution, and, you know, they're taken off that hot seat.' 'But Harvard wants to fight. They want to show how smart they are, and they're getting their a-- kicked,' he declared. Harvard's president, Alan Garber, has urged other universities to not abandon their values in the face of the current administration, stating that 'we need to be firm in our commitments to what we stand for.' Trump promised that he had the institution's best interest at heart, and that he was simply 'looking out for the country and for Harvard.' 'I want Harvard to do well. I want Harvard to be great again, probably, because how could it be great?' he added skeptically. Trump also blasted the university for its 'remedial math' class, saying that the school is 'bragging' about how they're teaching students 'basic mathematics.' 'How could it be great, when you have Harvard announce two weeks ago that they are going to teach remedial mathematics, remedial, meaning they're going to teach low-grade mathematics, like two plus two is four,' he said. The school's new introductory math course is being offered to students who 'have taken a break from mathematics,' and will use techniques taught in high school algebra classes. 'How did these people get into Harvard if they can't do basic mathematics? How did they do it?' he asked. 'Where do these people come from?' he mused, saying that this is why 'we have to look at the list,' referring to a list of every international student currently at Harvard, which he demanded the institution hand over. Trump has also used this new math class to justify banning international students from the university, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcing Thursday that it would be revoking the school's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. 'This means Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status,' the DHS statement read. The ban, which would have affected 6,800 international students enrolled at the university, was quickly blocked by a federal judge the next day, and the school was issued a temporary restraining order. But this didn't discourage the administration. Only four days later, the State Department ordered U.S. embassies to temporarily stop scheduling new student visa appointments as they expanded their screening process for applicants. Most recently, Trump has threatened to withhold $3 billion more of federal grant money from the institution, in addition to the $2.2 billion in federal funding it has already frozen. The administration is also moving to cancel its remaining federal contracts with Harvard, which are worth about $100 million in total.
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FBI Director Kash Patel fumes over James Comey ‘copycats' forcing overwhelmed agency to pull agents off child sex predator, drug trafficking cases
The FBI has been overwhelmed investigating James Comey 'copycats' in the wake of his controversial '86 47' Instagram post, Director Kash Patel revealed Wednesday. 'Do you know how many copycats we've had to investigate as a result of that beachside venture from the former director?' Patel told Fox News 'Special Report' host Bret Baier, during an interview from the bureau's academy in Quantico, Virginia. Patel indicated that the uptick in potential threats against President Trump since Comey's May 15 post has been so substantial that the FBI has had to redirect significant resources – including agents focused on child sex crimes and drug trafficking – to investigate them. 4 Patel discussed the Comey copycats during an interview with Bret Baier. Fox News 4 James Comey, former FBI Director, speaks at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images 'Do you know how many agents I've had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists .. because everywhere across this country people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke … and they can do it because [Comey] did it?' the FBI chief said. 'That's what I'm having to deal with every single day,' Patel fumed. 'And that's why I'm having to pull my agents and analysts off – because [Comey] thought it was funny to go out there and make a political statement.' The FBI did not immediately respond to The Post's request for details on the surge in possible threats against Trump since the former FBI director's Instagram post. 4 Patel indicated that the uptick in potential threats against President Trump since Comey's May 15 post has been so substantial that the FBI has had to redirect significant resources. comey/Instagram 4 Former FBI Director James Comey departs after giving a private deposition to the House Judiciary and House Government and Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2018. REUTERS In the since-deleted post, Comey shared an image of seashells arranged on a beach to form the numbers '86 47,' which many Republicans, including Trump, viewed as a call to assassinate the 47th president. Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017 after serving as FBI director since September 2013, was interviewed by Secret Service investigators the day after the post. The former director indicated during an interview with MSNBC last week that he doesn't expect criminal charges or any additional action from the Trump administration over the shell post, which he viewed at the time – and still does – as 'totally innocent.'
