The Megyn Kelly Show - May 28, 2026


Trump's Newsy Cabinet Meeting, GLP-1 Drugs and Cancer, NASA Eyes Return to Moon： AM Update 5⧸28


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Trump hosts a cabinet meeting with Iran high on the agenda as pressure mounts to make a deal. Former attorney general Pam Bondi reveals a cancer diagnosis as she prepares to return to the White House in a different capacity. New findings show Ozempic-style drugs could play a role in slowing the progression of certain cancers. And NASA announces details on the mission to return humans to the moon.

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00:00:37.320 Show on SiriusXM Channel 111. It's Thursday, May 28th, 2026. This is your AM Update.
00:00:44.260 They thought they were going to outweigh me, you know. We'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms.
00:00:48.220 I don't care about the midterms.
00:00:49.720 President Trump hosting a cabinet meeting with Iran high on the agenda as pressure mounts to
00:00:54.180 make a deal. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi reveals a cancer diagnosis as she prepares to
00:00:59.460 return to the White House in a different capacity. New findings show Ozempic-style drugs could play
00:01:05.060 a role in slowing the progression of certain cancers. We are leveraging the NASA playbook
00:01:09.600 from the 1960s, figuring out what works and what doesn't in this epic science of survival.
00:01:16.720 And NASA announcing details on the mission to return humans to the moon.
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00:02:30.620 originally expected to convene at Camp David in Maryland before weather concerns shifted the
00:02:35.580 gathering back to the White House. The president using the cabinet meeting to project strength,
00:02:40.680 rattling off what he describes as major wins. We took the most dangerous, unsafe, violent,
00:02:45.940 an open border in the world and created the most secure border in the history of our country.
00:02:51.200 In 2025, we achieved the largest drop in the murder rate ever recorded.
00:02:56.520 Fentanyl coming across our border is now down by 61 percent.
00:03:00.960 Thanks to our Republican majorities in Congress, we passed the largest tax cuts in American history.
00:03:07.160 The stock market has set 68 all-time record highs since the election.
00:03:11.340 The average 401k is up almost $30,000 since I took office.
00:03:17.620 We're delivering record-setting discounts on prescription drugs.
00:03:21.420 We made the largest ever investment in U.S. military, $1 trillion,
00:03:25.160 and we're asking actually for $1.5 trillion for the coming year.
00:03:29.840 And we have the strongest military anywhere in the world, as you know.
00:03:33.420 The war with Iran taking up a significant portion of the meeting,
00:03:36.580 as the White House faces continued pressure to bring the conflict to an end.
00:03:40.740 Over the weekend, U.S. and Iranian officials trading public signals about a possible breakthrough,
00:03:45.900 but no deal materializing.
00:03:48.020 On Monday, U.S. forces striking Iranian missile sites in boats that CENTCOM says were laying
00:03:52.700 mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:03:54.960 U.S. military officials describing the strikes as self-defense, while Iranian officials accuse
00:03:59.860 Washington of violating the ceasefire.
00:04:02.300 President Trump insisting the pressure is on Iran to come to the table.
00:04:06.060 It looks like they want to just make a deal. 0.69
00:04:08.000 they want to, they have, I don't think they have a choice. They're just going back to the internet
00:04:11.520 because they're getting clobbered. Their economy is in free fall. They have 250% inflation. Their
00:04:18.400 money has no value. Their whole economic system is broken down. They thought they were going to
00:04:25.200 outweigh me, you know, we'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms.
00:04:29.580 Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms. People understand it.
00:04:34.220 They know that, very simple, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
00:04:38.160 I'm doing that for the world.
00:04:39.240 I'm not doing it just for us.
00:04:41.100 The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil choke points, remaining a major
00:04:45.980 sticking point in the talks, asked whether he would accept even a short-term deal giving
00:04:50.380 Iran and Oman, which both border the Strait of Hormuz, control over shipping routes, President
00:04:56.420 Trump flatly rejecting the idea.
00:04:58.900 No, the strait's going to be open to everybody.
00:05:00.860 It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll
00:05:06.660 watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They
00:05:11.320 would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman
00:05:15.900 will behave just like everybody else and we'll have to blow them up. They understand that. 1.00
00:05:21.340 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempting to assuage concerns about spiking gas prices
00:05:25.980 as the AAA national gas average sits at $4.46.
00:05:31.080 In terms of prices, I believe the prices are transitory.
00:05:35.840 Oil will be lower than pre-conflict levels.
00:05:38.620 When this ends, natural gas is already down.
00:05:41.040 As you mentioned, drug and pharmaceutical prices, they are plummeting and rent is down.
00:05:49.320 We are more resilient to energy price fluctuations due to your energy dominance agenda.
00:05:54.760 to regulatory efforts, and we have never sold so much energy to the rest of the world.
00:06:01.160 Secretary of State Marco Rubio also shifting the focus closer to home,
00:06:04.680 outlining progress in Venezuela while warning that Cuba's worsening instability poses a growing
00:06:09.680 national security concern for the United States. I think over 10 million barrels of Venezuelan oil
00:06:15.420 have been delivered to the United States since the 3rd of January. That industry is being
00:06:19.660 professionalized for the first time ever. It's going to the benefit of the Venezuelan people.
00:06:23.640 They are selling oil in the market at market rates. Cuba's in a lot of trouble because,
00:06:28.520 unfortunately for them, it's run by a bunch of incompetent communists. And being communist is 0.97
00:06:33.240 bad. Being an incompetent communist is like the worst. So we'll be talking to them. We'll be 1.00
00:06:37.660 working on it. You know, we want something good for the Cuban people. And it's 90 miles from our
00:06:42.320 shores. And having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security
00:06:48.900 of the United States. Toward the end of the meeting, a more personal question. President
00:06:53.240 Trump asked about the latest security scare near the White House, a gunman opening fire near a
00:06:58.400 White House checkpoint over the weekend. The president was inside the residence at the time.
00:07:03.140 One bystander was struck, and the suspect was killed by officers returning fire. Here, the
00:07:08.120 president. Well, I can't think about it because if I thought about it a lot, you know, I wouldn't
00:07:13.180 be a very good president. I wouldn't be here, probably, be up in some room with a locked door
00:07:18.940 and said, just leave me alone.
00:07:20.640 So I can't really think about it.
00:07:22.400 It's just something that it's a sad part of life.
00:07:27.380 It's a dangerous business.
00:07:28.800 What I'm doing is a dangerous business.
00:07:30.300 And they say, and look, we have been maybe the most consequential,
00:07:35.960 but we certainly have been one of the most consequential.
00:07:38.200 This group has been a very consequential administration.
00:07:41.560 And they say if you're not consequential, you don't have so much problem.
00:07:45.240 If you are consequential, you do.
00:07:46.700 So you have to look at that. But it's a shame. It's a sad, it's a very sad fact of life.
00:07:54.120 Look, anybody in office, not only in this country, in other countries too,
00:07:58.820 but when you are a consequential president, your life is in grave danger. I knew that.
00:08:06.060 Former Attorney General Pam Bondi revealing she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer,
00:08:10.680 telling CNN she received the diagnosis after leaving the DOJ last month.
00:08:15.220 Bondi says she is now in treatment and underwent surgery,
00:08:18.220 telling the outlet she is still recovering but, quote, doing well.
00:08:21.620 The thyroid is a small endocrine gland at the front of the neck,
00:08:25.060 producing hormones that help regulate metabolism, heart rate, body temperature, and other functions.
00:08:30.480 According to the National Cancer Institute,
00:08:32.200 thyroid cancer accounts for roughly 45,000 new cases a year in the U.S.,
00:08:37.280 with a 98% five-year survival rate.
00:08:40.820 Bondi's diagnosis coming just weeks after President Trump removed her as attorney general
00:08:45.220 amid frustration from the president, especially relating to her handling of the Epstein files.
00:08:50.600 At the time, President Trump posting to Truth Social that Bondi would be moving into a, quote,
00:08:54.720 much-needed and important private sector role, with details to come later.
00:08:59.000 But Axios now reporting Bondi will return to the administration,
00:09:02.440 President Trump appointing her to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,
00:09:07.020 a panel of experts focused on the impact of emerging technologies like AI on American workers.
00:09:13.440 The panel, chaired by David Sachs, and includes major tech figures such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
00:09:19.120 and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.
00:09:21.920 Bondi expected to serve as a liaison between the federal government and the executives advising the White House on technology policy.
00:09:29.060 Vice President J.D. Vance releasing a statement, quote,
00:09:31.300 Pam has been an enormously valuable asset to the president's team, and I'm thrilled for her
00:09:36.040 and for all of us that she's going to remain involved in confronting some of the most important
00:09:40.480 issues the administration faces. Bondi is also scheduled to appear Friday before the House
00:09:45.400 Oversight Committee as part of its Jeffrey Epstein probe. Coming up, new research suggesting weight
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00:11:11.500 A promising new study suggesting popular weight loss and diabetes drugs may be linked to slower
00:11:16.940 progression in four major cancers, breast, colorectal, lung, and liver cancer. GLP-1 drugs,
00:11:23.900 including semiglutide and terzepatide, are best known through brand names like Ozempic,
00:11:28.680 Wegovi, and Manjaro. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzing data from more than 12,000 patients
00:11:34.740 with stage 1 through stage 3 solid tumors, comparing patients who started GLP-1 medications
00:11:40.560 after their cancer diagnosis with similar patients taking another class of diabetes drugs
00:11:45.480 known as gliptins. The study finding patients taking GLP-1s were significantly less likely to
00:11:51.700 see their cancer progress to stage 4 disease, the largest reduction seen in non-small cell lung
00:11:57.660 cancer, where GLP-1 users were about 50% less likely to see their cancer spread to other parts
00:12:03.440 of the body compared with patients taking gliptins. Among breast cancer patients, a 43% lower risk,
00:12:09.860 liver cancer patients seeing a 38% lower risk, and colorectal cancer patients with a 31% lower risk.
00:12:17.960 Researchers also finding lower rates of spread in prostate, pancreatic, and kidney cancer
00:12:22.780 among patients taking GLP-1s, but those differences were not large enough to be
00:12:27.080 considered statistically significant. Tumor biology may offer one clue, with better outcomes
00:12:32.540 seen in patients whose tumors had higher levels of GLP-1 receptors, the proteins that allow cells
00:12:38.020 to respond to GLP-1 hormones and medications. Lead study author Dr. Mark Orland telling the
00:12:44.200 American Society of Clinical Oncology Daily News, quote, these results deserve cautious optimism.
00:12:50.300 For patients managing both diabetes and cancer, the possibility that their anti-diabetic medication
00:12:55.100 may also be working in their favor is an encouraging finding. The study was retrospective,
00:13:00.920 meaning it cannot prove the GLP-1 drugs directly caused the improved outcomes. The results could
00:13:06.400 have been influenced by other factors, including patients' underlying health conditions, weight
00:13:10.900 loss, and broader metabolic improvements after starting the drugs. Dr. Orland noting the next
00:13:16.000 step would be a randomized controlled trial where GLP-1 use is assigned by researchers rather than
00:13:21.440 simply observed in patient records. After Artemis II sent astronauts farther from Earth than any
00:13:28.160 humans before them, NASA now turning to the next step in its Moon to Mars plan, a new wave of lunar
00:13:34.060 missions meant to test the landers, rovers, habitats, and power systems that could one
00:13:38.880 day support a mission to Mars. On Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other top
00:13:44.580 officials awarding the latest round of lucrative contracts to the U.S. companies set to provide
00:13:49.380 the equipment needed to pull off this historic achievement. Isaacman describing the brutal
00:13:54.400 reality of the task ahead. We are leveraging the NASA playbook from the 1960s, figuring out what
00:13:59.660 works and what doesn't in this epic science of survival, because the moon base is as beautiful
00:14:06.740 as it is hostile. In sunlight, the surface can heat to over 250 degrees. In darkness,
00:14:12.780 it can drop well below minus 200. In the permanently shaded craters, areas of great
00:14:18.120 interest that have been untouched by sunlight for millions, even billions of years,
00:14:22.800 temperatures can fall well below minus 400 degrees. There is no atmosphere to moderate
00:14:27.340 these extremes, no protection from radiation and solar particle events, and the surface is exposed
00:14:32.860 to meteorite impacts, including the kind of light flashes the Artemis 2 crew observed from orbit.
00:14:38.480 The contracts, totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars, marking the first phase
00:14:43.380 in NASA's projected $20 billion investment over the next seven years to establish a permanent
00:14:49.120 moon base. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin winning a $188 million contract, with a possible extension
00:14:56.440 worth another $280.4 million to deliver NASA equipment to the moon's south pole as soon as
00:15:02.980 fall 2026. Companies Astrolab and Lunar Outpost awarded $219 million and $220 million, respectively,
00:15:11.760 to develop and deliver NASA's first lunar terrain vehicles, giving astronauts and robotic missions
00:15:17.080 the ability to move across the moon's surface by 2028. The contracts tied to three missions,
00:15:22.820 Moonbase 1, 2, and 3, all targeted for launch this year, each aimed at testing a different
00:15:28.340 piece of NASA's long-term plan for a permanent lunar presence.
00:15:32.160 More from Isaacman.
00:15:33.700 Moonbase 1 will be the first privately funded lunar lander mission in history.
00:15:38.700 The mission objective is to demonstrate critical capabilities that reduce risk for the human
00:15:43.440 landing system missions.
00:15:45.360 Moonbase 2 will be the largest commercial payload delivered to the lunar surface ever.
00:15:50.740 The astrobotic Griffin lander will carry more than 500 kilograms of cargo.
00:15:54.860 This mission will help mature the capabilities necessary to support future lunar terrain vehicles,
00:16:01.340 autonomous operations, logistics, and especially the LTV astronaut mobility.
00:16:07.520 Moonbase 3 will expand our scientific understanding of the lunar surface.
00:16:11.200 NASA planning to announce more than a dozen missions this year, all in preparation to return astronauts to the moon.
00:16:17.240 The next crewed mission, Artemis 3, is currently slated for mid-2027 and will focus on testing the rendezvous and docking systems astronauts will need before attempting a lunar landing.
00:16:27.840 If successful, that would set the stage for Artemis 4 in 2028, when NASA hopes to return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.
00:16:40.540 That'll do it for your AM Update.
00:16:42.240 I'm Emily Jashinski, host of After Party.
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