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![Alan RappeportPresident Trump says that Nippon Steel is looking at making a big investment in U.S. Steel rather than owning it. He says he will help mediate the transaction. The Biden administration blocked the $14 billion takeover last year.Zolan Kanno-YoungsPresident Trump makes clear that Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team will continue to look at other federal agencies. He mentions the Education Department as one example.Zolan Kanno-YoungsThe president just joined JD Vance in calling for the reinstatement of a Department of Government Efficiency staff member who had resigned after being linked to racist posts he made on X under a pseudonym.Shawn McCreeshPresident Trump confirmed that he granted Elon Musk the authority to review Pentagon spending.Zolan Kanno-YoungsAsked if there’s anything in the federal government that Elon Musk has been told not to touch with his cost-cutting effort, Trump says: “Well, we haven’t discussed that much.”](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/06/12/multimedia/author-alan-rappeport/author-alan-rappeport-thumbLarge-v2.png)
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West Point leaders complied with President Trump’s D.E.I. ban. Critics say the move contradicts decades of efforts to diversify the nation’s fighting force.
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Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia began a recent hearing of the House education committee by addressing the "elephant in the room" — President Trump's efforts to diminish, and eventually dissolve, the U.S. Education Department.
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