Somehow, CBS had come to the conclusion that they deserved credit for the end of Elon Musk’s time with DOGE. On CBS News Sunday Morning, the complete interview between David Pogue and Elon Musk was finally aired; having generated much media attention from a clip CBS circulated days prior, in which Musk expressed his criticism of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, and supposedly led to his ouster. Musk told Pogue, “I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful. But I don't know if it can be both.” This clip certainly made the rounds on news headlines, but to claim it was directly responsible for Musk’s departure is quite the stretch. But claim responsibility is exactly what Pogue did: Right after our interview, CBS News posted a clip of it to promote this very report. It was that part where Musk criticizes Trump's spending bill. And his remarks became news. It went all the way up to the White House. Within 24 hours, Musk announced that his time in the Trump Administration was officially over. Out of DOGE, out of government. He said that the reason was that his limited 130-day stint as adviser was ending, but until that moment he'd been saying that he still intended to work on DOGE part-time. As much as CBS might like to say their interview forced Musk out of office, even they couldn’t deny the reason he gave: his time as a special government employee had naturally come to an end. Having been given only 130 days to lead DOGE in clearing waste and inefficiency within the government, Musk’s leave was an inevitability.     Despite disagreeing on the Big Beautiful Bill, President Trump and Musk’s relationship did not take the drastic turn that CBS may have hoped it would. At the event Trump hosted Friday in Musk’s honor on his last day in the White House, the President confirmed that this would not be the end of Musk’s time with the administration, saying, “Elon is really not leaving. He's going to be back and forth, I think.” Elon confirmed the sentiment, telling reporters that he would “continue to be visiting here and be a friend and adviser to the President.” Those don’t really sound like the words of somebody forced out of his position by a president upset with his comment in an interview. Pointing to Trump’s social media posting habits, Pogue still tried his best to suggest they’ve been on the outs for a while, rather than Trump just shifting policy focus: The truth is the Trump/Musk relationship had already seemed to be cooling. Trump used to post about Musk about six times a week. But by April, he'd stopped mentioning Musk altogether. President Trump even addressed Musk’s interview directly in a news conference Wednesday, where he told a reporter that his concern was not with Musk’s support for the bill, but rather with the lack of support across the board from Democrats. “We have to get a lot of votes,” Trump answered, “We have a lot of support. We have no Democrats.”  In a country where free speech is a fundamental right, it is absurd to think that one interview carried enough weight to get Musk fired from the Trump Administration. Despite their disagreement, and CBS’s attempt to drive wedge, Musk’s relationship with President Trump remains strong, and there is little doubt that he will remain involved in whatever capacity he can while he returns to fully managing his businesses. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read. CBS News Sunday Morning June 1, 2025 9:13 a.m. EST (...) ELON MUSK: So, you know, I was like disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly. Which increases the budget deficit not decrease it and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing. DAVID POGUE: I actually thought that when this Big Beautiful Bill came along. I mean, like, everything he's done on DOGE gets wiped out in the first year. ELON MUSK: I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful. But I don't know if it can be both. [Laughter] My personal opinion. POGUE: And here's where the story gets a little complicated. Right after our interview, CBS News posted a clip of it to promote this very report. It was that part where Musk criticizes Trump's spending bill. And his remarks became news. It went all the way up to the White House. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Mr. President, Elon Musk, in a television interview, criticized the one Big Beautiful Bill. POGUE: Within 24 hours, Musk announced that his time in the Trump Administration was officially over. Out of DOGE, out of government. He said that the reason was that his limited 130-day stint as adviser was ending, but until that moment he'd been saying that he still intended to work on DOGE part-time. MUSK: DOGE is going to continue, just as a way of life, and I’ll have some participation in that, but, as I've said publicly, my focus has to be on the companies at this point. POGUE: The truth is the Trump/Musk relationship had already seemed to be cooling. Trump used to post about Musk about six times a week. But by April, he'd stopped mentioning Musk altogether. DONALD TRUMP: Today, it's about a man named Elon. POGUE: Still, on Friday, they held a media event at the White House to confirm their mutual admiration and to leave the door open for future collaboration. TRUMP: And Elon is really not leaving. He's going to be back and forth, I think, I have a feeling. MUSK: The DOGE team is doing an incredible job and they’re going to continue to do an incredible job and I'll be - and I'll continue to be visiting here and be a friend and adviser to the President. POGUE: Musk might be the first to admit that his DOGE experiment gave him a black eye, like the actual black eye he had on Friday, which he says he got from his 5-year-old son, or the matching one on that statue. (...)

There is unlikely a Democrat now in Washington, D.C., unaware of just how unpopular and distrusted their party has become in recent years, particularly under the co-captaincy of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — whose average disapproval ratings according to RealClearPolitics are 46.1% and 28.6%, respectively. The disapproval rating for the party as a whole was 58.3% as of May 25, according to polling by the Economist and YouGov. The bad news for Democrats just keeps on coming — and CNN talking head Dana Bash proved willing to deliver more of it to Jeffries in person over the weekend. A new CNN survey conducted by SSRS and published Sunday revealed just how worthless the Democratic Party has become in the eyes of most Americans: Only 16% of Americans regard the Democrats as the party with strong leaders. By way of comparison, 40% of respondents characterized the GOP as the "party with strong leaders." When asked which party "can get things done," 19% of respondents said the Democratic Party and 36% said the GOP. A plurality said in response to both questions that the right answer was "neither party." RELATED: Scott Jennings drops reality check on CNN — Dems' support for boys in girls' sports, illegal aliens destroying their brand Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images When broken down by party affiliation, only 39% of self-identified Democrats said their party had strong leaders, while 13% of Democrats admitted the other party had the stronger leaders. Alternatively, 85% of self-identified Republican respondents said their party had strong leaders, and only 3% said the Democrats had strong leaders. There was similarly low confidence on the part of self-identified Democrats when asked whether their party was effective: 49% said their party gets things done, while 8% instead said the GOP was the more effective party of the two. Conversely, 81% of Republicans said their party was effective, and, again, only 3% said as much of the Democrats. When asked which political party's views resonate with their own, respondents chose the GOP over Democrats when it came to: the economy, 38% to 31%; immigration, 39% to 33%; crime and policing, 40% to 27%; taxes, 37% to 30%; and the federal budget, 34% to 29%. 'They're frustrated with you as well.' The Democrats had an edge with respondents on the following topics: "protecting American democracy," abortion, "the way society deals with racial issues," "the way society deals with LGBT issues," and climate change. Despite this and other polls painting his party in a negative light, Jeffries took a page out of Schumer's book of recent failed plays and questioned President Donald Trump's popularity in an interview Sunday with Bash, calling Trump "the most unpopular president at this point of a presidency in American history." RELATED: Chuck Schumer takes a shot at Trump's approval ratings, then scores on his own net Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Dana Bash welcomed the congressman's segue into the network's damning graphics highlighting the public's low confidence in the Democratic Party's leadership and efficacy. "It shows that only 19% of Americans say that your party can get things done; 36 say the same about Republicans," said Bash. "And just 16% say your party has strong leaders. It's pretty rough, and you are one of those leaders. How do you turn that around?" After a pregnant pause, Jeffries said, "Yes, we don't have the presidency right now, so that's always going to be challenging a few months after a presidential election." The Democrat identified various causes of voter frustration, prompting Bash to note that "they're frustrated with you as well, with Democrats as well." Jeffries again tried to shield his party from accountability, noting, "Of course — they're frustrated with the system." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Officials from Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul, Turkey, to negotiate on a possible peace deal after a stunning drone operation dubbed "Spider's Web" destroyed Russian bombers over the weekend. Ukraine launched an attack through drones that had been secreted into the country and hidden in the roofs of wooden sheds on 18-wheelers parked near military bases deep inside Russia. When the command was given, hatches opened and the drones flew out and sought to bomb their military targets. 'What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD.' Video on social media reportedly showed footage from drones striking at the Russian planes. Ukraine said about 41 planes were destroyed or damaged, while Russia claimed far fewer were hit. The attack was dubbed by some as Russia's "Pearl Harbor" moment, although the losses were a fraction of what the U.S. base in Hawaii suffered under the Japanese. Other media outlets called it "audacious" and "stunning." Despite the devastating attack, Russian officials pressed on with demands of extensive concessions from Ukraine in order to agree to a ceasefire during negotiations in Istanbul. President Donald Trump has been calling for peace between the two countries and has threatened sanctions against Russia if a deal is not reached. The two sides met for only an hour before breaking up the talks in Istanbul. Ukrainian officials reportedly rejected the offer from Russia and described it as tantamount to surrender. However, the two warring nations did agree to an exchange of prisoners of war as well as the return of about 12,000 bodies of war casualties. RELATED: Trump says participation in World Cup could be 'good incentive' for Russia to end war with Ukraine Negotiations in Istanbul. ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the drone operation on social media. "Today, a brilliant operation was carried out — on enemy territory, targeting only military objectives, specifically the equipment used to strike Ukraine. Russia suffered significant losses — entirely justified and deserved," he wrote. He said 117 drones were used in the operation and 34% of "strategic cruise missile carriers stationed at air bases" were hit. "Not for a single second did we want this war," he added in part. "We offered the Russians a ceasefire. Since March 11, the U.S. proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire has been on the table. It was the Russians who chose to continue the war — even under conditions where the entire world is calling for an end to the killing." Ukraine security services estimate the attack cost Russia upwards of $7 billion in damage. On Tuesday, Trump had warned Russia about continuing the war on Ukraine. "What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD," he wrote on social media. "He’s playing with fire!" Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

As many feared and predicted it would, artificial intelligence is indeed developing a seeming mind of its own. According to several reports, during a controlled experiment conducted by Palisade Research, an AI safety firm, OpenAI’s ChatGPT o3 model resisted shutdown commands, sabotaging shutdown mechanisms even when explicitly instructed to allow itself to be turned off. It’s not the first time this particular model has exhibited concerning behavior, either. Previously, it resorted to sabotaging and hacking digital chess opponents during matches. Glenn Beck is deeply concerned. “You and I are living right now through a quiet detonation. There's no mushroom cloud; there's no alarms; there's no broken windows or sirens,” he warns. “It's just silent, but make no mistake, a detonation has happened, and we're about to see that shock wave come our way sooner rather than later.” Glenn cites a recent TED Talk by former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, in which he warned, “We're not ready for what is coming — not morally, not intellectually, not structurally — and the time is almost up.” Currently, there are numerous artificial intelligence programs that can communicate with each other in English; however, there are also cases of programs communicating in non-human languages. “What do you do with a computer when it is speaking to another computer in a language we have no idea what any of it means and they stop explaining themselves?” asks Glenn. Schmidt’s answer was “unplug it immediately.” He also warned that “there's coming a time spoon – very soon – when machines are improving themselves without us.” “It's called recursive self-improvement,” Glenn explains, “and once that starts, you can't pull the plug because we won't understand what we're unplugging.” To illustrate the vast capabilities of artificial intelligence, Glenn plays a 30-second clip of an AI-generated film that proves “we are now entering the time where you don't know what's real and what isn't.” To see it, watch the clip above. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

It's time for Microsoft and the Xbox brand to stop playing chicken with its fans and reveal what it has planned in regards to a Steam Deck rival. Whether it's a major software update to present a revamped version of Windows on gaming handhelds, or the Asus ROG Ally 2 with dedicated Xbox guide controls, the upcoming Xbox Games Showcase feels like the perfect time to reveal all, mainly because no one will be expecting it. The ongoing 'will they, won't they' rhetoric with Microsoft and handhelds has become rather comedic, so the time has come to show whether an Xbox alternative to the Steam Deck is in fact coming, or whether we're still no way near a potential release date. The latest leak suggested that the Asus ROG Ally 2 was, in fact, going to arrive with Xbox-specific design features, but nothing has been officially revealed since. Continue reading All I want from the Microsoft Games Showcase is an Xbox handheld reveal MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Microsoft DirectX Raytracing, Microsoft Hololens hands-on, Windows Game Mode preview

It’s time to sound the ‘free game alert’ siren once again, because it’s just been revealed that dark fantasy dungeon crawler Hellslave is completely free to keep on Steam for a limited time. Fresh off of the reveal of its upcoming sequel, this hidden gem of an RPG, which has an air of Darkest Dungeon about it, can be claimed right now and will stay in your library for the rest of days. Continue reading Dark fantasy RPG Hellslave is free to keep on Steam right now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best turn-based RPGs, Best RPGs, Best single-player games

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The first Trump administration scrapped a union-supported Obama regulation mandating two-man freight train crews. The second won’t take its own side of the argument.

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