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

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0:39They thought they were going to outweigh me, you know. We'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms. President Trump hosting 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. We are leveraging the NASA playbook from the 1960s, figuring out what works and what doesn't in this epic science of survival. And NASA announcing details on the mission to return humans to the moon.

1:16All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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2:46In 2025, we achieved the largest drop in the murder rate ever recorded. Fentanyl coming across our border is now down by 61%. Thanks to our Republican majorities in Congress, we passed the largest tax cuts in American history. The stock market has set 68 all-time record highs since the election. The average 401k is up almost$30 ,000 since I took office. We're delivering record-setting discounts on prescription drugs. We made the largest ever investment in U.S. military,$1 trillion, and we're asking actually for$1.5 trillion for the coming year. And we have the strongest military anywhere in the world, as you know.

3:29The war with Iran taking up a significant portion of the meeting, as the White House faces continued pressure to bring the conflict to an end. Over the weekend, U.S. and Iranian officials trading public signals about a possible breakthrough, but no deal materializing. On Monday, U.S. forces striking Iranian missile sites in boats that CENTCOM says were laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. military officials describing the strikes as self-defense, while Iranian officials accuse Washington of violating the ceasefire. President Trump insisting the pressure is on Iran to come to the table. It looks like they want to just make a deal.

4:03I don't think they have a choice. They're just going back to the internet because they're getting clobbered. Their economy is in freefall. They have 250 percent inflation. Their money has no value. Their whole economic system is broken down. They thought they were going to outweigh me. You know, we'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms. People understand it. They know that very simple. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I'm doing that for the world. I'm not doing it just for us. The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil choke points, remaining a major sticking point in the talks, asked whether he would accept even a short-term deal giving Iran and Oman, which both border the Strait of Hormuz, control over shipping routes, President Trump flatly rejecting the idea.

4:53No, the strait's going to be open to everybody. It's international waters. Nobody's going to control it. We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else and we'll have to blow them up. They understand that. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempting to assuage concerns about spiking gas prices, as the AAA national gas average sits at$4.46. In terms of prices, I believe the prices are transitory.

5:31Oil will be lower than pre-conflict levels. When this ends, natural gas is already down. As you mentioned, drug and pharmaceutical prices, they are plummeting and rent is down. We are more resilient to energy price fluctuations due to your energy dominance agenda, to regulatory efforts, and we have never sold so much energy to the rest of the world. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also shifting the focus closer to home, outlining progress in Venezuela while warning that Cuba's worsening instability poses a growing national security concern for the United States. I think over 10 million barrels of Venezuelan oil have been delivered to the United States since the 3rd of January.

6:13That industry is being professionalized for the first time ever. It's going to the benefit of the Venezuelan people. They are selling oil in the market at market rates. Cuba's in a lot of trouble because, unfortunately for them, it's run by a bunch of incompetent communists. And being communist is bad. Being an incompetent communist is like the worst. So we'll be talking to them. We'll be working on it. You know, we want something good for the Cuban people. And it's 90 miles from our shores. And having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States.

6:45Toward the end of the meeting, a more personal question. President Trump asked about the latest security scare near the White House, a gunman opening fire near a White House checkpoint over the weekend. The president was inside the residence at the time. One bystander was struck, and the suspect was killed by officers returning fire. Here, the president. Well, I can't think about it because if I thought about it a lot, you know, I wouldn't be a very good president. I wouldn't be here, probably. He's up in some room with a locked door and said, just leave me alone. So I can't really think about it.

7:17It's just something that it's a sad part of life. It's a dangerous business. What I'm doing is a dangerous business. And they say, and look, we have been maybe the most consequential, but we certainly have been one of the most consequential. This group has been a very consequential administration. And they say if you're not consequential, you don't have so much problem. If you are consequential, you do. So you have to look at that. But it's a shame. It's a sad, it's a very sad fact of life. Look, anybody in office, not only in this country, in other countries too, but when you are a consequential president, your life is in grave danger.

7:59I knew that. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi revealing she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, telling CNN she received the diagnosis after leaving the DOJ last month. Bondi says she is now in treatment and underwent surgery, telling the outlet she is still recovering but, quote, doing well. The thyroid is a small endocrine gland at the front of the neck, producing hormones that help regulate metabolism, heart rate, body temperature, and other functions. According to the National Cancer Institute, thyroid cancer accounts for roughly 45 ,000 new cases a year in the U.S., with a 98 % five-year survival rate.

8:36Bondi's diagnosis coming just weeks after President Trump removed her as attorney general amid frustration from the president, especially relating to her handling of the Epstein files. At the time, President Trump posting to Truth Social that Bondi would be moving into a quote, much needed and important private sector role, with details to come later. But Axios now reporting Bondi will return to the administration, President Trump appointing her to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a panel of experts focused on the impact of emerging technologies like AI on American workers.

9:08The panel, chaired by David Sachs, and includes major tech figures such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. Bondi expected to serve as a liaison between the federal government and the executives advising the White House on technology policy. Vice President J.D. Vance releasing a statement, quote, Pam has been an enormously valuable asset to the president's team, and I'm thrilled for her and for all of us that she's going to remain involved in confronting some of the most important issues the administration faces. Bondi is also scheduled to appear Friday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its Jeffrey Epstein probe.

9:45Coming up, new research suggesting weight loss drugs like Ozempic could do much more than help people lose weight, and NASA mapping out the next steps toward putting astronauts back on the moon.

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11:17GLP-1 drugs, including semiglutide and terzepatide, are best known through brand names like Ozempic, Wegovi, and Manjaro. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzing data from more than 12 ,000 patients with stage 1 through stage 3 solid tumors, comparing patients who started GLP-1 medications after their cancer diagnosis with similar patients taking another class of diabetes drugs known as gliptins. The study finding patients taking GLP-1s were significantly less likely to see their cancer progress to stage 4 disease. The largest reduction seen in non-small cell lung cancer, where GLP-1 users were about 50 % less likely to see their cancer spread to other parts of the body compared with patients taking gliptins.

12:02Among breast cancer patients, a 43 % lower risk. Liver cancer patients, seeing a 38 % lower risk. And colorectal cancer patients, with a 31 % lower risk. Researchers also finding lower rates of spread in prostate, pancreatic, and kidney cancer among patients taking GLP-1s. But those differences were not large enough to be considered statistically significant. Tumor biology may offer one clue. with better outcomes seen in patients whose tumors had higher levels of GLP-1 receptors, the proteins that allow cells to respond to GLP-1 hormones and medications. Lead study author Dr. Mark Orland telling the American Society of Clinical Oncology Daily News, quote, These results deserve cautious optimism.

12:45For patients managing both diabetes and cancer, the possibility that their anti-diabetic medication may also be working in their favor is an encouraging finding. The study was retrospective, meaning it cannot prove the GLP-1 drugs directly caused the improved outcomes. The results could have been influenced by other factors, including patients' underlying health conditions, weight loss, and broader metabolic improvements after starting the drugs. Dr. Orland noting the next step would be a randomized controlled trial where GLP-1 use is assigned by researchers rather than simply observed in patient records.

13:20After Artemis II sent astronauts farther from Earth than any humans before them, NASA now turning to the next step in its Moon to Mars plan, a new wave of lunar missions meant to test the landers, rovers, habitats, and power systems that could one day support a mission to Mars. On Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other top officials awarding the latest round of lucrative contracts to the U.S. company set to provide the equipment needed to pull off this historic achievement. Isaacman describing the brutal reality of the task ahead. We are leveraging the NASA playbook from the 1960s, figuring out what works and what doesn't in this epic science of survival because the moon base is as beautiful as it is hostile.

14:03In sunlight, the surface can heat to over 250 degrees. In darkness, it can drop well below minus 200. In the permanently shaded craters, areas of great interest that have been untouched by sunlight for millions, even billions of years, temperatures can fall well below minus 400 degrees. There is no atmosphere to moderate these extremes, no protection from radiation and solar particle events, and the surface is exposed to meteorite impacts, including the kind of light flashes the Artemis 2 crew observed from orbit. The contracts, totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars, marking the first phase in NASA's projected$20 billion investment over the next seven years to establish a permanent moon base.

14:45Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin winning a$188 million contract, with a possible extension worth another$280.4 million to deliver NASA equipment to the moon's south pole as soon as fall 2026. Companies Astrolab and Lunar Outpost awarded$219 million and$220 million, respectively, to develop and deliver NASA's first lunar terrain vehicles, giving astronauts and robotic missions the ability to move across the moon's surface by 2028. The contracts tied to three missions, Moonbase 1, 2, and 3, all targeted for launch this year, each aimed at testing a different piece of NASA's long-term plan for a permanent lunar presence.

15:27More from Isaacman. Moonbase 1 will be the first privately funded lunar lander mission in history. The mission objective is to demonstrate critical capabilities that reduce risk for the human landing system missions. Moonbase 2 will be the largest commercial payload delivered to the lunar surface ever. The astrobotic Griffin lander will carry more than 500 kilograms of cargo. This mission will help mature the capabilities necessary to support future lunar terrain vehicles, autonomous operations, logistics, and especially the LTV astronaut mobility. Moonbase 3 will expand our scientific understanding of the lunar surface.

16:06NASA planning to announce more than a dozen missions this year. all in preparation to return astronauts to the moon. 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. 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.

16:36That'll do it for your AM update. I'm Emily Jashinski, host of After Party. Catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Channel, 111 at noon east, on youtube.com slash megynkelly, and all podcast platforms.

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