He hosts the popular right-wing and pro-Trump podcast "The Dan Bongino Show."
President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government and crackdown on immigration -- and is being met with dozens of legal challenges.
On the foreign policy front, Trump's press secretary said the White House believes it can reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine this week even as Trump attacks Ukraine's president and blames it for starting the war, which even some in his own party are calling him out over.
Meanwhile, heads of federal government agencies were telling employees not to reply to an email from Elon Musk, Trump's ally who he picked to cut government waste, which asked for them to list their accomplishments for the week or face termination.
As thousands of federal employees continue to be terminated, sources at NASA tell ABC News that 10% of its workforce has been laid off.
“NASA is complying with the guidance and direction provided by OPM. It’s premature to discuss the impact to our agency, at this time,” they said in a statement.
– ABC News’ Gina Sunseri
The chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for Washington, D.C., abruptly resigned Tuesday amid pressure from top Trump Justice Department appointees to freeze assets stemming from a Biden administration-era environmental initiative, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
A resignation letter sent to the office's employees by prosecutor Denise Cheung did not detail specific reasons for her sudden departure from the office, but encouraged prosecutors to continue adhering to the Constitution.
The move came just one day after President Donald Trump announced Ed Martin as his nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney.
-- ABC News' Alexander Mallin and Katherine Faulders
Vice President JD Vance will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, a source familiar confirmed to ABC News.
Vance spoke at the event last year, where much of his speech centered around foreign policy. The vice president recently spoke at the Munich Security Conference, where he stoked controversy by focusing much of his remarks on criticizing European allies.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Following their meeting with a high-level Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said top on the agenda would be restoring U.S. and Russian diplomatic missions in Washington and Moscow, which have been reduced to skeleton staffs due to reciprocal cuts over the course of the last decade.
The secretary said both the U.S. and Russia would "appoint a high-level team to negotiate and work through the end of the conflict in Ukraine in a way that's enduring an acceptable to all parties engaged."
Rubio remained vague when asked about what concessions they expect Russia to make, and if sanctions on Russia should or would be lifted.
"Again, we're not going to pre-negotiate nor an end to this conflict. These are the kinds of things that have to happen through hard and difficult diplomacy in closed rooms over a period of time," Rubio said.
Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, also described the meeting as "positive, upbeat, constructive," and "solution-based."
– ABC News' Shannon Kingston
