White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a briefing on Thursday as President Trump fights a war of words with Ukrainian president Zelensky in pursuit of peace with Russia and tries to maintain a ceasefire in Gaza,

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats are launching a probe into Elon Musk’s status as a government employee, citing conflicting statements about his role in the Trump administration and power over the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The ceremony comes as the Trump administration has pushed to eradicate diversity programs from the government, which some agencies have interpreted to end the observance of identity-based months.

Trump called Black Americans an "indispensable core of America" at the White House event and decried focusing on 1619, the year the first recorded enslaved Africans arrived on American soil, saying that focus should instead be placed on 1776, the year the U.S. declared its independence.

This comes after President said in interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that Medicare and Medicaid would be "untouched."