Elon Musk will pay a visit to the Pentagon on Friday after the tech billionaire received an invitation from Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department said. The New York Times reported earlier Thursday that Musk will be briefed on the US military’s top-secret plan for any war that might break out with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla has recently been the target of protests in several cities across the US and Canada. On Tuesday, a person dressed in black shot and set fire to several Tesla vehicles at a repair facility in Las Vegas, police said, in what the FBI is investigating as a possible act of domestic terrorism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against the federal judiciary on Tuesday in a highly unusual statement that appeared to be aimed at the president’s call to impeach judges who rule against him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Israeli strikes have killed at least 86 people and wounded over 100, according to the Palestine Red Crescent. The Gaza Civil Defense said people were “trapped under the rubble of homes that were bombed in various areas.” CNN stringers in Gaza reported the sounds of strikes in multiple locations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. The stopgap measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All three major indexes dropped after President Donald Trump doubled down early Tuesday on his threat to levy a new round of hefty tariffs on Canada. Yet by the afternoon, markets had pared some losses as officials from both the US and Canada said they would meet this week to deescalate tensions and renegotiate trade policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump says his administration is making “very big” moves and has acknowledged there’s likely a “period of transition” or “disturbance” that could result. When asked during an interview that aired this weekend on Fox News about the likelihood of a recession being one of those outcomes, Trump said: “I hate to predict things like that.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look inside the meeting that caused Trump to knock Musk down a notch. Also, a medical examiner clears up all the mysteries surrounding Gene Hackman’s final days. Plus, the debate surrounding a confrontation between LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices