One month into Trump’s new administration, the president is continuing with his efforts to reshape the federal government. More than 6,000 IRS employees are expected to be fired by the end of the week, including 3,500 from the small business self-employed division. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the details. Source

One day after an angry exchange between Presidents Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, Mr. Trump’s special envoy. A planned joint news conference was canceled, but Zelenskyy said they had a “good discussion,” and it gives him hope of reaching an agreement with the U.S. The Ukraine war will be the topic when Mr. Trump meets at the White House with the French president and British prime minister. Robert Costa has the latest. Source

Actions from the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, have led to thousands of firings and more than a dozen lawsuits. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro reports on its impact so far, one month into President Trump’s second administration. Source

Last month, Katie Sandlin uprooted her life in a small town in Alabama to accept a job at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, before she even unpacked her apartment, Sandlin became one of the thousands of federal probationary workers to be fired by the Trump administration. As Weijia Jiang reports, it hasn’t been easy. Source

According to a CBS News analysis, President Trump has signed 73 executive orders so far, targeting everything from the border to the environment and federal spending. Many online users have pointed out that his orders mirror proposals in Project 2025, a conservative blueprint he said he had “nothing to do with” during the campaign. CBS News Confirmed executive producer Melissa Mahtani breaks it down. Source

Former Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection in 2026. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small reports. Source

Recent wildfires throughout the U.S. have been significantly more devastating. However, the number of these fires has actually gone down in the past few decades, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal “Nature Communications.” Co-author of the study Donald Falk joins “The Daily Report” to explain. Source

On his first full day as transportation secretary, Sean Duffy faced the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in more than 20 years. The midair collision near Washington, D.C., killed 67 people and just on Monday, a flight from Minneapolis crash-landed in Toronto with all passengers surviving. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave spoke with Duffy about that and the recent layoffs at the Federal Aviation Administration. Source

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research. Source

The president has endorsed the House GOP’s one-bill approach while Senate Republicans want to separate his priorities into two bills. Source