No questions and format shift: Four takeaways from first Trump Cabinet meeting of the year

Published January 29, 2026 3:38pm ET



President Donald Trump used his first Cabinet meeting of the year to try to project unity, despite reports of multiple cracks emerging within his team.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the object of interest during the more than an hourlong meeting as her leadership of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection comes under scrutiny after two fatal shootings of anti-immigration law enforcement protesters this month in Minnesota.

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