Atlanta Braves starter Chris Sale reached 2,500 strikeouts, faster than any pitcher in MLB history, during the teams 9-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies Thursday night at Citizen Bank Park.Sale, 36, struck out Phillies third baseman Edmundo Sosa with his signature wipeout slider to end the sixth inning.Sale surpassed the 2,500-strikeout mark in 2,026 innings, breaking the record of 2,107 innings set by Randy Johnson.Sale pitched six shutout innings, yielded only two hits and three walks and struck out eight batters in the win.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSale became the 40th pitcher in major league history to reach 2,500 strikeouts, joining Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer as the only active pitchers to have reached that plateau.The eight-time All-Star won his first career Cy Young with the Braves last season while leading the National League with 225 strikeouts.BRAVES OUTFIELDER MICHAEL HARRIS II ROBS PHILLIES OF THREE-RUN HOMER WITH SENSATIONAL SNAGSale spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Chicago White Sox and was traded to the Boston Red Sox. Sale was an integral part of the 2018 Red Sox team that won the World Series.Sale spent six seasons with the Red Sox before they traded him to the Braves prior to the beginning of the 2024 season.The Phillies and Braves played a doubleheader and split it. The Phillies won the first game, 5-4, before the Braves bounced back behind Sales strong outing.The Braves (26-29) begin a three-game series with the Red Sox (27-31) Friday at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Phillies (36-20) begin a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers (29-28) Friday at 6:45 p.m. ET.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is "lucky to be alive" after suffering a motorcycle accident.The Italian royal took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared multiple photos of herself recovering at the hospital. In the series of photos, she is seen wearing a helmet and then a neck brace. One photo showed her with wires surrounding her head.In her Instagram post, Maria Carolina warned her 173,000 followers to be careful when out on the road. The eldest daughter of Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, and Princess Camilla, Duchess of Castro, recently attended the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 13 in France.PRINCESS ANNE ADMITS HOSPITAL STAFF HAD TO FILL IN 'THE BLANKS AFTER SUFFERING CONCUSSION, MEMORY LOSS"Im incredibly lucky to be alive," the 21-year-old began her post. "I crashed headfirst into a wall whilst riding a motorcycle and ended up in reanimation in the Intensive Care Unit. Surviving this was nothing short of a miracle.""I wanted to share my own experience as Ive realized now more than ever that motorcycles are powerful and thrilling but also unforgiving," she shared. "Please ride with care. Wear full protection, especially a proper helmet. Mine saved my life.""My deepest thanks to the outstanding team at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace for their expert care during those critical days, and to the emergency medical team and first responders on the scene, whose quick and decisive actions in those first moments made all the difference," Maria Carolina concluded her post with a praying emoji.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERFox News Digital reached out to the royal's office for comment.It is believed that the socialite suffered her accident days after attending the Monaco Grand Prix over Memorial Day weekend, People magazine reported. According to the outlet, she lives between Paris, Monte Carlo and Rome.Maria Carolina, who also goes by "Carolina," is a member of the Spanish branch of Bourbons, Tatler magazine reported. They ruled Southern Italy and Sicily for over a century. She is described as "one of society's most eligible beauties." Maria Carolina is a sportswoman and made a cameo in 2014s "Grace of Monaco," starring Nicole Kidman as the late Hollywood actress-turned-princess.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSAccording to the royals website, Maria Carolina is an ambassador of the Passion Sea Project, a nonprofit that advocates the preservation of our waters. She also supports the Ocean 1 project, UNICEF and the Italian Association "Salvamamme." She previously completed an internship at the Monaco Red Cross.WATCH: ITALIAN PRINCE EXPLAINS DECISION TO RENOUNCE THRONE TO FASHION MODEL DAUGHTERMaria Carolina is also active on TikTok alongside her younger sister, Princess Maria Chiara. She told Tatler in 2022 that she saw the social media platform as a space to share "important messages such as fighting against gender inequality, racism or climate change."

Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is "lucky to be alive" after suffering a motorcycle accident.The Italian royal took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared multiple photos of herself recovering at the hospital. In the series of photos, she is seen wearing a helmet and then a neck brace. One photo showed her with wires surrounding her head.In her Instagram post, Maria Carolina warned her 173,000 followers to be careful when out on the road. The eldest daughter of Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, and Princess Camilla, Duchess of Castro, recently attended the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 13 in France.PRINCESS ANNE ADMITS HOSPITAL STAFF HAD TO FILL IN 'THE BLANKS AFTER SUFFERING CONCUSSION, MEMORY LOSS"Im incredibly lucky to be alive," the 21-year-old began her post. "I crashed headfirst into a wall whilst riding a motorcycle and ended up in reanimation in the Intensive Care Unit. Surviving this was nothing short of a miracle.""I wanted to share my own experience as Ive realized now more than ever that motorcycles are powerful and thrilling but also unforgiving," she shared. "Please ride with care. Wear full protection, especially a proper helmet. Mine saved my life.""My deepest thanks to the outstanding team at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace for their expert care during those critical days, and to the emergency medical team and first responders on the scene, whose quick and decisive actions in those first moments made all the difference," Maria Carolina concluded her post with a praying emoji.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERFox News Digital reached out to the royal's office for comment.It is believed that the socialite suffered her accident days after attending the Monaco Grand Prix over Memorial Day weekend, People magazine reported. According to the outlet, she lives between Paris, Monte Carlo and Rome.Maria Carolina, who also goes by "Carolina," is a member of the Spanish branch of Bourbons, Tatler magazine reported. They ruled Southern Italy and Sicily for over a century. She is described as "one of society's most eligible beauties." Maria Carolina is a sportswoman and made a cameo in 2014s "Grace of Monaco," starring Nicole Kidman as the late Hollywood actress-turned-princess.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSAccording to the royals website, Maria Carolina is an ambassador of the Passion Sea Project, a nonprofit that advocates the preservation of our waters. She also supports the Ocean 1 project, UNICEF and the Italian Association "Salvamamme." She previously completed an internship at the Monaco Red Cross.WATCH: ITALIAN PRINCE EXPLAINS DECISION TO RENOUNCE THRONE TO FASHION MODEL DAUGHTERMaria Carolina is also active on TikTok alongside her younger sister, Princess Maria Chiara. She told Tatler in 2022 that she saw the social media platform as a space to share "important messages such as fighting against gender inequality, racism or climate change."

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. The United States should stockpile guns, ammunition and drones instead of bitcoin, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday at the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum in California."We shouldn't be stockpiling bitcoins," Dimon said when asked about how industrial policy is entwined with national security policies during a panel. "We should stockpiling guns, bullets, tanks, planes, drones, you know, rare earths. We know we need to do it. It's not a mystery."Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that operates outside of banking or government authority. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March establishing a Bitcoin reserve, which he described as "a virtual Fort Knox for digital gold.""We should be stockpiling bullets," he continued. "Like, you know, the military guys tell you that, you know, if there's a war in the South China Sea, we have missiles for seven days. Okay, come on. I mean, we can't say that with a straight face and think that's okay. So we know what to do. We just got to now go about doing it. Get the people together, roll up our sleeves, you know, have the debates."ELON MUSK SAYS US NEEDS MANY HYPERSONIC MISSILES, LONG-RANGE DRONES: 'ANYTHING MANNED WILL DIE VERY FAST'Dimon joined a fireside chat during the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California, at the Reagan Presidential Library Friday for a sweeping discussion on the economy and how the world's "tectonic plates are shifting" in geopolitics in the form of wars, proxy terrorists and the potential proliferation of nuclear weapons.Dimon underscored during his address that he does not view China as America's top adversary, and instead pointed his attention to the "enemy within" that could lead to the U.S.' status as the world's leader crater.PALANTIR'S CEO WARNS THE US IS FACING A 'LEGITIMATION CRISIS' AS DEFENSE EXPERTS MEET AT REAGAN FORUM"I'm not as worried about China," Dimon said. "China is a potential adversary. They're doing a lot of things well, they have a lot of problems. But what I really worry about is us. Can we get our own act together, our own values, our own capability, our own management?""I always get asked this question: Are we going to be the reserve currency?" he said. "No. You know, if we are not the preeminent military and the preeminent economy in 40 years, we will not be the reserve currency. That's a fact. Just read history."He referred to the U.S. government as a "Leviathan" that is too weak to carry out policies, while simultaneously imposing "things on the American public that they're getting sick of."Dimon argued that instead, the U.S. needs to celebrate its long-held values.TRUMP, GOP COULD REPRISE RONALD REAGAN'S 'PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH' DEFENSE STRATEGY IN 2025"Celebrate our virtues: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise, equal opportunity, family, God, country," he said. "You know, and you can acknowledge the flaws that we have, which are extraordinary what we did the Black population for years. Don't denigrate the great things of this country, because those are two different things.""We don't talk that much to each other deal with our policies this is the enemy within," he continued. "We've got to fix our permitting our regulations our immigration our taxation, which I, I think they're on their way. We have to fix our inner city schools, our health care system."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Reagan National Economic forum kicked off Friday, and includes panels featuring Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, lawmakers such as Sens. Mike Rounds and Bill Cassidy, and leaders from the private sector, such as the CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, Horacio Rozanski. The bipartisan event works to promote "President Reagan's enduring belief in the power of the free market and individual opportunity to drive national prosperity," according to forum organizers.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrapped up his time as the public face of DOGE in a press conference with President Donald Trump on Monday, leaving behind a total estimated $175 billion in government cost-cutting over the past few months.The $175 billion in savings from slashing government contracts, selling assets, identifying improper payments, and other cost-cutting measures amounts to $1,086.96 per each individual taxpayer, according to the DOGE website.The cuts took place all across the government, highlighted by a complete dismantling of USAID, where83% of the agencys programs and 5,200 contracts were canceled following the conclusion of a six-week review by DOGE.Trump discussed some of the other more significant cuts in the Friday press conference.FLASHBACK: TOP FIVE WILDEST MOMENTS FROM ELON MUSK'S DOGE TENURE AS IT COMES TO AN END"$20 million for Arab Sesame Street in the Middle East," Trump said. "Nobody knows what that's all about. Nobody's been able to find it. $8 million for making mice transgenders. So they spent $8 million in making mice transgender. And those are better than many others. I could sit here all day and read things just like that."While some outlets, including The New York Times and BBC News, havedisputed DOGEs $175 billion estimate and argued the true number is smaller, Musk told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that the savings will continue to build, and he is confident the total cuts will amount to $1 trillion in the coming years.WHAT'S NEXT FOR DOGE AFTER ELON MUSK'S DEPARTURE? 'ONLY JUST BEGUN'"The DOGE influence will only grow stronger," Musk said. "I liken it to a sort of person of Buddhism. It's like a way of life so it is permeating throughout the government. And I'm confident that over time, we'll see $1 trillion of savings, and a reduction in $1 trillion of waste, fraud reduction."Additionally, Musk said that the DOGE cuts would soon hit the $200 billion threshold for fiscal year 25-26.From the start, DOGE was hit with not only a tsunami of negative press and outraged Democratic lawmakers, but also a series of lawsuits, which bogged it down in protracted legal battles as Musk struggled to reach his original estimates of $1-2 trillion in cuts.This, coupled with the reality of most of the major end cuts requiring congressional approval to carry out, relegated DOGEs impact on cutting around the edges of the big programs and agencies it likely would have liked to eliminate entirely.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMusk was asked on Friday what the biggest "roadblock" was for him at DOGE."It's mostly just a lot of hard work," Musk responded. "It's really not any one person or Congress. It's going through really millions of line items and saying just each one of them makes sense or does not make sense.""Obviously, at times when you cut expenses, those who are receiving the money, whether they receive, whether they're receiving that money legitimately or not. They do complain, and you're not going to hear someone confessing that they received money inappropriately. Never. They're going to always say that they received money appropriately for a report. Of course, naturally, that's what you'd expect."Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.

With Elon Musk leaving his role at the White House as head of the Department of Government Efficiency and President Donald Trump saying DOGEs work will continue, the question now in Washington is who will take the reins to become Musks successor.Musk, who has led Trumps waste-cutting task force from Inauguration Day until now, announced his departure in an X post this week, saying: "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,"Musk said the DOGE mission "will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."So, who will take Musks place? Right now, no one.A senior White House official previously told Fox News Digital that "the DOGE employees at their respective agency or department will be reporting to and executing the agenda of the president through the leadership of each agency or department head."'AMERICAN HERO' OR 'FAILURE': ELON MUSK'S DOGE DEPARTURE DIVIDES CAPITOL HILLThe official said DOGE is now part of the "DNA" of the federal government, and that it will keep operating as it already has.Speaking with reporters on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that "the DOGE leaders are each and every member of the president's cabinet and the president himself, who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste, fraud and abuse from our government."These statements cast doubt on whether any singular individual will succeed Musk as the DOGE chief. However, if Trump finds a DOGE successor necessary and decides to shift gears, who could fill Musks shoes?While Musk was never an official federal employee, Amy Gleason, a little-known government employee who also worked in the first Trump administration, has been serving as the official acting chief of the United States DOGE Service (USDS) since February.DOGE STAFFING SHAKEUP AS ELON MUSK HANGS UP HIS HAT, WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMSIf the president decides to steer clear of any public-facing DOGE chief, it seems likely that he will keep Gleason on as a more behind-the-scenes DOGE leader at USDS.Gleason, 53, is a career official who was recognized by the Obama administration as a "champion of change" for her work with several nonprofits researching and raising awareness about a rare autoimmune disorder known as Juvenile Myositis. Gleason previously worked in the first Trump administration in what was then called the U.S. Digital Service before leaving to work at Russell Street Ventures, which was founded by Brad Smith, another DOGE leader.Keeping Gleason on as DOGE chief would allow the president to keep the agencys efforts alive while following the structure of each cabinet head leading their own waste-cutting programs.As director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought has already been a central figure in DOGEs waste-cutting efforts.STATE DEPT SAYS DOGE'S CHANGES WILL BE PERMANENT AMID MUSK'S DEPARTUREThe Wall Street Journal reported that Vought already has plans to continue Musks efforts, even in his current role as OMB head. Vought is a close ally of Trump and a much more subdued personality than Musk, making him appear as a likely pick to take over DOGE.However, Vought does come with his own political baggage, with many on the left labeling him a "Christian nationalist" and criticizing his role as a co-author of Project 2025. Still, he was successfully confirmed by the Senate in his current role as OMB director.A one-time GOP presidential candidate-turned key Trump ally, Vivek Ramaswamy, has been widely reported as a top contender to replace Musk at the helm of DOGE. Ramaswamy co-led DOGE alongside Musk for a short period at the start of Trumps second term. However, he stepped down from his DOGE leadership role in February to begin his run for Ohio governor.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThough Ramaswamy shares Musk's and Trumps vision for cutting government waste, it would seem unlikely he would rejoin the DOGE team any time soon with his eyes on winning the keys to the Ohio governor's mansion in 2026.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. The United States should stockpile guns, ammunition and drones instead of bitcoin, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday at the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum in California."We shouldn't be stockpiling bitcoins," Dimon said when asked about how industrial policy is entwined with national security policies during a panel. "We should stockpiling guns, bullets, tanks, planes, drones, you know, rare earths. We know we need to do it. It's not a mystery."Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that operates outside of banking or government authority. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March establishing a Bitcoin reserve, which he described as "a virtual Fort Knox for digital gold.""We should be stockpiling bullets," he continued. "Like, you know, the military guys tell you that, you know, if there's a war in the South China Sea, we have missiles for seven days. Okay, come on. I mean, we can't say that with a straight face and think that's okay. So we know what to do. We just got to now go about doing it. Get the people together, roll up our sleeves, you know, have the debates."ELON MUSK SAYS US NEEDS MANY HYPERSONIC MISSILES, LONG-RANGE DRONES: 'ANYTHING MANNED WILL DIE VERY FAST'Dimon joined a fireside chat during the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California, at the Reagan Presidential Library Friday for a sweeping discussion on the economy and how the world's "tectonic plates are shifting" in geopolitics in the form of wars, proxy terrorists and the potential proliferation of nuclear weapons.Dimon underscored during his address that he does not view China as America's top adversary, and instead pointed his attention to the "enemy within" that could lead to the U.S.' status as the world's leader crater.PALANTIR'S CEO WARNS THE US IS FACING A 'LEGITIMATION CRISIS' AS DEFENSE EXPERTS MEET AT REAGAN FORUM"I'm not as worried about China," Dimon said. "China is a potential adversary. They're doing a lot of things well, they have a lot of problems. But what I really worry about is us. Can we get our own act together, our own values, our own capability, our own management?""I always get asked this question: Are we going to be the reserve currency?" he said. "No. You know, if we are not the preeminent military and the preeminent economy in 40 years, we will not be the reserve currency. That's a fact. Just read history."He referred to the U.S. government as a "Leviathan" that is too weak to carry out policies, while simultaneously imposing "things on the American public that they're getting sick of."Dimon argued that instead, the U.S. needs to celebrate its long-held values.TRUMP, GOP COULD REPRISE RONALD REAGAN'S 'PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH' DEFENSE STRATEGY IN 2025"Celebrate our virtues: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise, equal opportunity, family, God, country," he said. "You know, and you can acknowledge the flaws that we have, which are extraordinary what we did the Black population for years. Don't denigrate the great things of this country, because those are two different things.""We don't talk that much to each other deal with our policies this is the enemy within," he continued. "We've got to fix our permitting our regulations our immigration our taxation, which I, I think they're on their way. We have to fix our inner city schools, our health care system."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Reagan National Economic forum kicked off Friday, and includes panels featuring Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, lawmakers such as Sens. Mike Rounds and Bill Cassidy, and leaders from the private sector, such as the CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, Horacio Rozanski. The bipartisan event works to promote "President Reagan's enduring belief in the power of the free market and individual opportunity to drive national prosperity," according to forum organizers.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrapped up his time as the public face of DOGE in a press conference with President Donald Trump on Monday, leaving behind a total estimated $175 billion in government cost-cutting over the past few months.The $175 billion in savings from slashing government contracts, selling assets, identifying improper payments, and other cost-cutting measures amounts to $1,086.96 per each individual taxpayer, according to the DOGE website.The cuts took place all across the government, highlighted by a complete dismantling of USAID, where83% of the agencys programs and 5,200 contracts were canceled following the conclusion of a six-week review by DOGE.Trump discussed some of the other more significant cuts in the Friday press conference.FLASHBACK: TOP FIVE WILDEST MOMENTS FROM ELON MUSK'S DOGE TENURE AS IT COMES TO AN END"$20 million for Arab Sesame Street in the Middle East," Trump said. "Nobody knows what that's all about. Nobody's been able to find it. $8 million for making mice transgenders. So they spent $8 million in making mice transgender. And those are better than many others. I could sit here all day and read things just like that."While some outlets, including The New York Times and BBC News, havedisputed DOGEs $175 billion estimate and argued the true number is smaller, Musk told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that the savings will continue to build, and he is confident the total cuts will amount to $1 trillion in the coming years.WHAT'S NEXT FOR DOGE AFTER ELON MUSK'S DEPARTURE? 'ONLY JUST BEGUN'"The DOGE influence will only grow stronger," Musk said. "I liken it to a sort of person of Buddhism. It's like a way of life so it is permeating throughout the government. And I'm confident that over time, we'll see $1 trillion of savings, and a reduction in $1 trillion of waste, fraud reduction."Additionally, Musk said that the DOGE cuts would soon hit the $200 billion threshold for fiscal year 25-26.From the start, DOGE was hit with not only a tsunami of negative press and outraged Democratic lawmakers, but also a series of lawsuits, which bogged it down in protracted legal battles as Musk struggled to reach his original estimates of $1-2 trillion in cuts.This, coupled with the reality of most of the major end cuts requiring congressional approval to carry out, relegated DOGEs impact on cutting around the edges of the big programs and agencies it likely would have liked to eliminate entirely.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMusk was asked on Friday what the biggest "roadblock" was for him at DOGE."It's mostly just a lot of hard work," Musk responded. "It's really not any one person or Congress. It's going through really millions of line items and saying just each one of them makes sense or does not make sense.""Obviously, at times when you cut expenses, those who are receiving the money, whether they receive, whether they're receiving that money legitimately or not. They do complain, and you're not going to hear someone confessing that they received money inappropriately. Never. They're going to always say that they received money appropriately for a report. Of course, naturally, that's what you'd expect."Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.

With Elon Musk leaving his role at the White House as head of the Department of Government Efficiency and President Donald Trump saying DOGEs work will continue, the question now in Washington is who will take the reins to become Musks successor.Musk, who has led Trumps waste-cutting task force from Inauguration Day until now, announced his departure in an X post this week, saying: "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,"Musk said the DOGE mission "will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."So, who will take Musks place? Right now, no one.A senior White House official previously told Fox News Digital that "the DOGE employees at their respective agency or department will be reporting to and executing the agenda of the president through the leadership of each agency or department head."'AMERICAN HERO' OR 'FAILURE': ELON MUSK'S DOGE DEPARTURE DIVIDES CAPITOL HILLThe official said DOGE is now part of the "DNA" of the federal government, and that it will keep operating as it already has.Speaking with reporters on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that "the DOGE leaders are each and every member of the president's cabinet and the president himself, who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste, fraud and abuse from our government."These statements cast doubt on whether any singular individual will succeed Musk as the DOGE chief. However, if Trump finds a DOGE successor necessary and decides to shift gears, who could fill Musks shoes?While Musk was never an official federal employee, Amy Gleason, a little-known government employee who also worked in the first Trump administration, has been serving as the official acting chief of the United States DOGE Service (USDS) since February.DOGE STAFFING SHAKEUP AS ELON MUSK HANGS UP HIS HAT, WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMSIf the president decides to steer clear of any public-facing DOGE chief, it seems likely that he will keep Gleason on as a more behind-the-scenes DOGE leader at USDS.Gleason, 53, is a career official who was recognized by the Obama administration as a "champion of change" for her work with several nonprofits researching and raising awareness about a rare autoimmune disorder known as Juvenile Myositis. Gleason previously worked in the first Trump administration in what was then called the U.S. Digital Service before leaving to work at Russell Street Ventures, which was founded by Brad Smith, another DOGE leader.Keeping Gleason on as DOGE chief would allow the president to keep the agencys efforts alive while following the structure of each cabinet head leading their own waste-cutting programs.As director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought has already been a central figure in DOGEs waste-cutting efforts.STATE DEPT SAYS DOGE'S CHANGES WILL BE PERMANENT AMID MUSK'S DEPARTUREThe Wall Street Journal reported that Vought already has plans to continue Musks efforts, even in his current role as OMB head. Vought is a close ally of Trump and a much more subdued personality than Musk, making him appear as a likely pick to take over DOGE.However, Vought does come with his own political baggage, with many on the left labeling him a "Christian nationalist" and criticizing his role as a co-author of Project 2025. Still, he was successfully confirmed by the Senate in his current role as OMB director.A one-time GOP presidential candidate-turned key Trump ally, Vivek Ramaswamy, has been widely reported as a top contender to replace Musk at the helm of DOGE. Ramaswamy co-led DOGE alongside Musk for a short period at the start of Trumps second term. However, he stepped down from his DOGE leadership role in February to begin his run for Ohio governor.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThough Ramaswamy shares Musk's and Trumps vision for cutting government waste, it would seem unlikely he would rejoin the DOGE team any time soon with his eyes on winning the keys to the Ohio governor's mansion in 2026.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) penned a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan Thursday, thanking the Trump administration for its ban on Navy-funded dog and cat experiments announced this week and requesting a broader ban on all animal testing in all military branches.Phelan on Tuesday terminated all Department of the Navy testing on cats and dogs, saving taxpayer dollars and ending these inhumane studies."This is long overdue," Phelan said in a video posted to X. "In addition to this termination, I'm directing the surgeon general of the Navy to conduct a comprehensive review of all medical research programs to ensure they align with ethical guidelines, scientific necessity, and our core values of integrity and readiness."PETA on Thursday further urged the Department of Defense to conduct a similar comprehensive, agency-wide audit aimed at rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in cruel and outdated animal experimentation.NIH CLOSES EXPERIMENTATION LABS ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY KILLING THOUSANDS OF BEAGLES FOR 40+ YEARSSpecifically, the international organization requested the Department of Defense (DOD) ban the use of animals in Navy decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity tests and prohibit the use of dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, marine animals and other animals currently permitted in Army weapon-wounding tests.The weapon-wounding tests, which were banned during the Reagan administration, were reintroduced in 2020 when the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) issued a policy allowing for the purchase of "dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, or marine mammals to inflict wounds upon using a weapon for the purpose of conducting medical research, development, testing, or evaluation."The Army in 2023, with encouragement from PETA, cut $750,000 in taxpayer funding for a brain-damaging weapon-wounding experiment on ferrets at Wayne State University in Michigan.While reviewing other branches, PETA obtained public records showing decompression sickness experiments at the Naval Medical Research Command sliced open baby pigs, implanted devices and locked them in high-pressure chambers for up to eight days before killing them.Researchers are also accused of administering a drug to a pig and inducing a severe escalation in body temperature and muscle contractions before killing the animal. Officials said potentially faulty sedatives may have prolonged the pigs suffering.PETA, ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS PRAISE TRUMP ADMIN FOR PHASING OUT 'CRUEL TESTS ON DOGS' AND OTHER ANIMALSIn another incident, a rat suffocated to death after an equipment malfunction, and the researcher failed to report the incident for 23 days, according to PETA.The organization alleged the Navy has wasted more than $5.1 million in federal funding since 2020 for decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity tests on thousands of animals at Duke University, the University of Maryland in Baltimore, the University of California in San Diego and the University of South Florida."Pigs, rats and other animals feel pain and fear just as dogs and cats do, and their torment in gruesome military experiments must end," PETA Vice President Shalin Gala wrote in a statement."PETA appreciates the Trump administrations decision to stop the Navys torture tests on dogs and cats, and we urge a broader ban across the Pentagon to end the use of animals in Navy-funded decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity tests, Army-funded weapon-wounding tests and DOD-funded foreign experiments."TRUMP ADMIN CUTS ADDITIONAL $1M IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 'TRANSGENDER ANIMAL' EXPERIMENTSPETA also requested in the letter that Defense Department officials prohibit funding of tests on animals at foreign institutions.In one experiment in Canada, which is receiving $429,347 in DOD funding,a University of Alberta experimenter is using dogs as "models" of a muscle wasting disease.In another ongoing DOD-funded foreign experiment in Australia, which is receiving $599,984, a James Cook University researcher is burning 30% of rats body surface with scalding water and into their livers, inflicting an "[u]ncontrolled hemorrhage."The Department of Defense, Secretary of the Navy's office and Navy Office of Information did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.