It's sad, but it's true: DOGE and others in the Trump Administration expose more graft and corruption daily. How deep does that graft and corruption go inside our government? How much taxpayer money have these corrupt bureaucrats siphoned illegally away from taxpayers? Will we ever know for sure how much has been stolen and who the thieves actually are? We address these and much more on today's show.

The U.S. and Russia conducted their third meeting on Thursday to discuss details and potential plans for an upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. We are told from Turkey, where those meetings took place, that it was successful. Those meetings happened while Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was headed to the White House today to meet with President Trump to sign an agreement between Ukraine and the United States. Ukraine has one of the largest troves of precious minerals, and the U.S. needs to create numerous essential parts and machinery. Zelensky meets today with Trump in Washington.