New Jersey ICE Facility Showdown, Trump's Controversial DNI Pick, Dr. Oz Talks TDS： AM Update 6⧸3
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The State of New Jersey is suing the private operator of Newark s illegal immigrant detention center, as border czar Tom Homan disputes claims of inhumane conditions. President Trump makes a surprise pick to replace outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, drawing heavy criticism over his lack of national intelligence experience. New reporting suggests a massive Pentagon loan to a company linked to Donald Trump Jr. may have originated inside the White House. I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the president. But, you know, treating stupid is really hard.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Wednesday, June 3, 2026, and this is your AM
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Update. I went into that facility. I went to the medical. I went to outdoor recreation,
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indoor recreation. The food was good. It's all a false premise. The state of New Jersey
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suing the private operator of Newark's illegal immigrant detention center as border czar
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Tom Homan disputes claims of inhumane conditions. He knows nothing about intelligence, but what he
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has is the number one qualification. He's totally devoted to Donald Trump and will do whatever it
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is Trump wants. President Trump making a surprise pick to replace outgoing director of national
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intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, drawing heavy criticism over his lack of national intelligence experience.
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New reporting suggesting a massive Pentagon loan to a company linked to Donald Trump Jr.
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I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the
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president, but, you know, treating stupid is really hard.
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And Dr. Mehmet Oz stepping behind the White House lectern to take questions from reporters,
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including about the severe medical illness known as TDS.
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All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.
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The illegal immigration showdown in New Jersey expanding after nearly two weeks of protests
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outside an ICE facility. The state of New Jersey filing a lawsuit against the GEO Group, Inc.,
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the private operator of the Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Detention Facility in Newark.
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The suit filed yesterday in state court in Essex County, where Newark is located,
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the complaint asking the court to order GEO to provide the New Jersey Department of Health
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full access to the facility amid allegations of inhumane conditions, which state officials
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claim are well-documented. The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health,
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listed as the named plaintiff in the case, the complaint citing a state law that declares the
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commissioner, quote, shall have full access to any premises for the purpose of examination if
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he has reason to believe that on the premises there exists a violation of any health law of
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the state or any provision of the state sanitary code. Democratic Governor of New Jersey Mikey
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Sherrill writing in a statement, quote, if the GEO group with a $1 billion government contract
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has nothing to hide, and if the conditions inside Delaney Hall are as safe and as sanitary as this
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private corporation and the Trump administration claim, then there's no legitimate reason why my
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health inspectors are being kept from full access throughout the building. The move coming after a
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chaotic Memorial Day weekend where reports of detainee hunger and labor strikes led to clashes
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outside and a reported 21 arrests with agitators outside the facility. One of the anti-ice
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protesters arrested after allegedly biting and kicking ice officers during the demonstrations,
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causing serious injury. Newark City leaders reporting they've also been blocked from
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thorough inspections, with state health officials limited to food service areas during a recent
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visit. Newark Mayor Raz Baraka saying the goal is clear. Our objective is to close the building,
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right? And the people that have the greatest ability to close the building is the GEO Group.
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That's a private organization. They have a contract with the government, with HSI, to
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house detainees. This was a halfway house prior to what it is today. The Department of Homeland
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Security and Geo Group denying the allegations, saying detainees receive certified meals,
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medical care, and meet federal standards. DHS calling the facility well-run, saying specific
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claims of mistreatment have not been substantiated. Border czar Tom Homan telling Sean Hannity Monday
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night that he has personally inspected the facility. I went into that facility. I went
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to the medical. I went to outdoor recreation, indoor recreation. I even made a surprise visit
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this weekend and walked into the cafeteria and ate the same meal that the detainees around me
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were eating, and I made sure my tray equaled their tray. I had spaghetti and meat sauce. I had beans.
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I had green beans. I had bread and rolls. I had drinks. I had dessert. The food was good.
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It's all a false premise. There was never a hunger strike. The congressman said,
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oh, people are on hunger strike. No, they weren't. They may not be eating in the cafeteria,
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But what I found out, they're ordering food from the commissary, eating in their cells.
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Holman saying there will be no change there, despite the backlash.
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We're going to detain people and remove people.
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Matter of fact, a lot of people in that facility, we couldn't release because they're
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So we couldn't release them if we even wanted to.
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Everybody in that facility I have ascertained is legally being detained.
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legally being detained. Many of them, again, mandatory detention, many of them criminals.
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President Trump announcing he has tapped Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte as
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acting director of national intelligence, replacing the outgoing current DNI, Tulsi Gabbard.
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In a Truth Social post yesterday, the president praising Pulte's non-traditional experience,
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William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America,
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the safety and soundness of the markets, and over $10 trillion at Fannie Mae Freddie Mac,
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a substantial increase from where it was just 12 months ago.
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Pulte making headlines in the past for going after the president's political foes,
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including criminal referrals relating to mortgage fraud against New York State Attorney General
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Letitia James, Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, disgraced former U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell
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with Treasury Secretary Scott Besant this past September.
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Politico reporting Besant threatened to punch Pulte
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that Pulte spoke poorly about him to the president.
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The White House declining to comment on that report.
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he has no national security experience and is now entering perhaps the most important national
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security post there is. Here, Democratic U.S. Senators Mark Warner of Virginia, Peter Welsh
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of Vermont, and Adam Schiff of California. What do we know about Bill Pulte? One, he knows
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absolutely nothing about intelligence. Second, this guy currently serves as the director of
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federal housing programs. And what we've seen there is Pulte's complete willingness to manipulate
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facts, put out disinformation, and basically do whatever Donald Trump wants. He knows nothing
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about intelligence, but what he has is the number one qualification. He's totally devoted to Donald
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Trump and will do whatever it is Trump wants. We need a DNI who is experienced and knowledgeable,
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respected, but Pulte is none of these things. Republican leaders not exactly jumping to
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Pulte's defense yesterday. Here, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Republican Senator Tom
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Cotton. Do you think that Bill Pulte has the experience to be the active DNI and same with
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Senator Cotton as the chairman of the Intelligence Committee? Is he the kind of person you want
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leading the Intelligence Committee? I'll defer to the chairman on that. We was made aware of
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that appointment this morning. Obviously, it's something that if the administration decides to
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pursue a permanent appointment to that position, have to come through the Congress and have
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confirmation hearings and ultimately a vote here in the Senate.
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We have four more weeks with Director Gabbard as the DNI, and I look forward to implementing
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last year's Intelligence Authorization Act with her to implement wide-ranging reforms
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that will shrink the DNI and take it back to its original intent to provide a mere coordinator
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or process role for the intelligence community.
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The White House has not yet indicated when it will nominate a permanent successor.
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Pulte will need Senate confirmation if officially nominated for the post.
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Gabbard's last day as DNI is June 30th, the outgoing DNI citing her husband's recent
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bone cancer diagnosis as her reason for stepping down.
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Coming up, new reporting shining a spotlight on a massive Pentagon loan
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that went to a company tied to the president's son. And Dr. Mehmet Oz filling in for Press
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Secretary Caroline Levitt behind the White House briefing room lectern addressing Trump Rx and TDS.
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A new investigation by ProPublica bringing to light news that the White House asked the Pentagon
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to give a massive loan to a small North Carolina-based startup that has ties to
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President Donald Trump's oldest son. In August 2025, Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm,
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1789 Capital, taking an undisclosed stake in Vulcan Elements, a then two-year-old rare-earth
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magnet company with less than 50 employees. Three months later, the Pentagon's Office of
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Strategic Capital, or OSC, announcing a $620 million loan to Vulcan, raising the company's
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valuation tenfold, from roughly $200 million to nearly $2 billion, according to Bloomberg.
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At the time, representatives for the Pentagon, Vulcan, and Trump Jr., denying any impropriety,
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and until last week, there was zero evidence suggesting political interference. But Pro
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Publica's interviews with Pentagon officials and reviews of Department of War documents
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tell a different story. According to the outlet, sources and records showing the request to loan
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hundreds of millions of dollars to the firm, linked to Trump Jr., was made by Peter Navarro,
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a White House advisor to President Trump and a friend of Trump Jr. ProPublica reporter Robert
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Fadarecci explaining what he uncovered about Navarro's involvement in the Vulcan deal on NPR.
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I know that you reached out to both the White House and Peter Navarro, the White House advisor,
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about all of this, what did they tell you? So they denied that Don Jr. played any role in this
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deal, that there was any political favoritism. They say that this was an entirely merit-based
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process. But what our reporting found is that when the call came in from the White House,
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Pentagon staff were asked to move at an unusually rapid speed. The staff were working late nights
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with little sleep to get this loan done in a matter of weeks, which for the Office of Strategic
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Capital is quite fast. Usually these deals are deliberated for months. The quote from one of the
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people involved that I spoke to was, the call came from the White House, we have to get this done.
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That White House call reportedly coming from Navarro. According to a Pentagon official,
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of the dozens of companies being considered for funding at the time,
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Vulcan was the only deal initiated by a top aide to the president.
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Navarro did not respond to questions from ProPublica on the reporting,
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but Trump Jr.'s spokesperson telling the outlet the president's son does not discuss
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companies he has invested in with federal government officials and did not speak to
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Navarro about Vulcan. However, a month before the loan was announced, Trump Jr. hosting Navarro
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on his Triggered podcast, where the two spoke about rare earths without mentioning Vulcan.
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China has revealed itself with this rare earth issue as a country which is using the weaponization
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of their manufacturing floor, their supply chains to exert pressure, not just on the United States,
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but to every other country that might do something that gets in the way of the Chinese dream
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of world domination. That's what we're fighting now.
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A defense official involved in the deal telling ProPublica that the October 2025 interview
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happened shortly after word came down from Navarro to Pentagon staff to make the massive loan to
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Vulcan. Vulcan, which specializes in producing the rare-earth magnets needed for critical
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military technologies, including drones and satellites, saying it would use the funds to
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build a large new facility that would make thousands of tons of magnets a year. ProPublica
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noting the Pentagon was also accused of cronyism last year when it awarded a Florida drone parts
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maker, on which Trump Jr. is an advisory board member, with a contract to make drone engines
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for the Army. Still, reporter Faderecci telling NPR Navarro's reported involvement in the Vulcan
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loan is unique. So there have been other benefits and other contracts that have gone to firms that
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Trump family members either own a stake in or have a role in. This was actually the first
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instance of a contract given out by a federal agency that was traced back to the White House
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itself. The Pentagon, meanwhile, denying the allegations with a spokesperson telling
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ProPublica, quote, no company receives preferential treatment. Outside affiliations,
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investors or political connections play absolutely no role in the department's funding decisions.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator,
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leading the White House press briefing yesterday, becoming the latest member of the Trump
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administration to step behind the lectern while Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is out on maternity
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leave. The CMS administrator announcing a crackdown on federal spending for health care for illegal
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immigrants while imposing new work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Dr. Oz also
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making a major announcement regarding Trump-Rx and the growing availability of cheaper prescription
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drugs for Americans. We are adding 160 more drugs to this site. Now, the site already has
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700 or so or 600 or so drugs, so it's going to take it over 750 total. But that is an important
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number for other reasons. It means that four out of five medications that are picked up by Americans
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going into that same drugstore that I mentioned earlier now have the opportunity to double check
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that the price they're getting in that drugstore, wherever they're buying it from, is the best price
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out there. So it's a transparency site. The president's health also coming up during the
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briefing following the fourth known checkup of Mr. Trump's second term last week. Dr. Oz hoping to
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put that criticism to bed. I had the president on my show 10 years ago. He also presented records.
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And at the time, I was stunned at how well he was doing because so many of these numbers naturally
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over time will start going in the wrong direction. But if you look at these records, they're
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spectacular. You know, his cholesterol, his blood pressure, all the numbers in excellent
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parameters. His ability, and listen, I work with him frequently. Many of you get to see him almost
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every day. That amount of energy and that amount of mental acuity does not exist in a vacuum. You
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have to have a vessel to carry it. And the president has a unique ability to just keep going
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at all hours of the day with remarkable strength. And in a light briefing moment, Dr. Oz answering
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a reporter's question about a very specific medical ailment afflicting so many in that
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Do you have any medical advice for the Americans out there that are suffering from a very serious
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I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the
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It's disheartening to see people lost in that way, but treating stupid is really hard.
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and that'll do it for your am update i'm megan kelly join me back here for the mk show live on
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