President Donald Trump's administration, including Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, is continuing its sweeping effort to cut much of the federal government -- but it's being met with legal challenges.
Trump is also making his second administration's first forays on the diplomatic front with calls to Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy on ending the 3-year-old war that began in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.
And a day after Hamas released more hostages taken when it attacked Israel in October 2023, Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the militant organization needs to be "eliminated."
Google Maps renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America'
Following President Donald Trump's executive order, Google Maps has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the United States.
Users in Mexico will continue to see the body of water that spans the eastern coast of the country to the Florida panhandle labeled as the Gulf of Mexico.
Google Maps officially renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America for U.S. users.
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Google Maps users in the rest of the world will see the original name with “Gulf of America” in parentheses.
In a press release about the change, Google said it follows the Geographic Names Information System, which is a U.S. database.
Feb 10, 2025, 8:15 PM EST
Trump declines to give specifics on communication with Putin
In the Oval Office on Monday, President Donald Trump declined to give any details on his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
When asked if he was trying to set up a meeting with Putin, Trump said, "I can't tell you what I'm talking about, but we are talking as a group also. I think he'd like to make a deal, but it takes two to tango."
He did not provide any additional clarification on whether he has personally spoken with Putin.
The president went on to suggest that Europe should shoulder the costs of the Russia-Ukraine war, saying, "We're much further away. Remember, we have an ocean separating. They don't -- Europe should be paying what we're paying."
Trump also repeated that he will "probably" talk with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine this week.
-ABC News' Molly Nagle
Feb 10, 2025, 7:35 PM EST
Trump calls CFPB 'a waste,' attacks Warren
After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was effectively shuttered Monday morning, Trump said it was "the right thing" to do and laid into Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who originally proposed plans for the agency in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
When asked by a reporter in the Oval Office for his response to Democrats, including Warren, who said freezing the CFPB is giving big banks and corporations the greenlight to scam families, Trump replied, "Pocahontas," turning to an old disparaging nickname for Warren.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, speaks during a protest against President Donald Trump and DOGE Elon Musk's anticipated plan to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the CFPB headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2025.
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"You know, that was set up to destroy people. She used that as her little personal agency to go around and destroy people," he continued.
Trump said the agency "was a very important thing to get rid of" and "also a waste."
"If you looked at when she really ran it, wow, that was a vicious group of people. They really destroyed a lot of people,” Trump claimed, despite the CFPB’s mission to prevent U.S. consumers from falling victim to fraud and scams.
Asked whether his goal was to completely get rid of the CFPB, Trump said, "I would say yeah, because we’re trying to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse."
-ABC News' Sarah Kolinovsky
Feb 10, 2025, 7:24 PM EST
Trump says he would consider suspending aid to Egypt and Jordan over Palestinian relocation
Asked if he would consider withholding some of the billions in U.S. aid provided to Egypt and Jordan each year if they don’t agree to take in Palestinians from Gaza, Trump told reporters, "Yeah, maybe. Sure. Why not?"
"I mean, if they don't agree, if they don't agree, I would. I would conceivably withhold aid, yeah," Trump said during his Oval Office spray.
Trump was also asked whether Palestinians in the West Bank would be relocated under his plan.
"No, I assume they want to remain there," he said. "It's different. They're there. It's never been like what we're talking about with the Gaza Strip."
