Good morning! Today is March 29th, and here’s your morning news rundown. Before I jump in—I want to say thank you. My work is 100% funded by you. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber today.
With that, here is all the news you missed:
Elon Musk says he is almost done with his work at DOGE, and that the work should be completed by the end of May. According to reports, this suggests he will be stepping down by the end of May. This makes sense as Musk is a Special Government Employee who could only serve 130 days before having to leave the federal government. 130 days would be May 30th.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire for bringing his wife—who used to produce at Fox News—to two meetings with foreign military officials where classified details were on the table. While secretaries technically have the authority to invite whoever they want to these kinds of meetings, it's standard practice to limit attendance to those with a legitimate need to access sensitive intel.
The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, has stepped down. In his resignation letter, he took aim at HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., writing: “It’s clear the Secretary isn’t interested in truth or transparency—he just wants people to validate his misinformation and lies.”
A Delta flight had a close call near Reagan National when a collision warning went off in the cockpit after an Air Force jet came too close, according to CNN.
JD Vance and Suse Wiles urged Trump to fire Mike Waltz, but so far, Trump’s holding off—he’s not ready to hand Jeffrey Goldberg a win just yet.
Federal judges have put parts of Trump’s executive orders on hold—orders that targeted top law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale—saying the firms are likely to prove the orders violate their First Amendment rights. Judge Bates called out the order’s mention of Jenner & Block’s pro-bono work, calling it “disturbing.”
RFK Jr. plans to dismantle the office responsible for vaccine promotion and HIV prevention.
Myanmar’s earthquake death toll has climbed past 1,000 as more bodies are pulled from the rubble, according to the AP.
The U.S. Naval Academy announced it will stop factoring in race, ethnicity, or sex when considering applicants for admission.
A judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing staff at Voice of America, the U.S. government’s international news outlet.
A town hall hosted by Rep. Victoria Spartz in her reliably red Indiana district turned chaotic, with the crowd booing and shouting over her. She got a standing ovation—ironically—not for anything she said, but when someone in the audience asked if she’d call for the immediate resignation of “Pete Hegseth, Michael Waltz, and the rest of the group chat.”
See you this evening.
— Aaron
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