Good morning, it's Wednesday, Oct. 14. The new White House press secretary's first big announcement was that Trump's ambassador to Greece is out, and a $100,000 credit card bill is at the center of it.

Also in today's issue: Migrant kids offered $3,000, A judge keeps the press in, GOP money pulls back, Bootleg weight-loss deaths, A Texas autism program at risk.

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The new White House press secretary used her first briefing to show someone the door, and the reason traces back to a single credit card bill.

On Tuesday, Katie Zacharia told reporters the White House had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign. Less than two hours later, Guilfoyle confirmed on social media that she was leaving. The trigger was an account from businessman Eric Deters, who says a request for money came with an offer attached. The names in that offer reach into the Justice Department.

Here's why it matters beyond one diplomat. Everyone the Senate confirms must file a public financial report listing what they own and what they owe. Those forms are how senators, reporters and voters spot an official who might be in debt to someone seeking favors. Deters says that in July 2025, while Guilfoyle awaited her confirmation hearing, she asked him to wire $100,000 to her American Express account so the debt wouldn't show up on those forms.

He says he never paid, because he didn't have the money to spare at the time. The Wall Street Journal first reported the text messages. White House officials were told they were authentic, according to sources who spoke to CBS News.

Now the offer. Deters says Guilfoyle signaled she could help him reach senior officials, including the attorney general and the head of the IRS, the agency that collects your taxes. He calls it "pay to play." Guilfoyle denies the allegations and says she will fight to clear her name.

The White House moved fast. President Trump said Monday he was "looking at" firing her. By Tuesday he was done. "I didn't like what I read," he told reporters. He also stressed that his son's former fiancée "wasn't a member of my family." Supporters can fairly point out that the administration acted within a week of the first report, before any investigation forced its hand.

Critics see a bigger pattern. A new AP-NORC poll, released the same day, found that 56% of Americans say Trump has put "a lot" of emphasis on his own businesses since returning to office. About 6 in 10 believe he is profiting in illegal or unethical ways. Republicans see it very differently, with only about 1 in 10 saying he is breaking the law. The White House says Trump has no conflicts and acts only for the country.

So what happens next? Resigning ends the job, not the questions. House Oversight Democrats had already asked Guilfoyle to preserve her records. If Democrats win the House on Nov. 3, they would gain the power to subpoena witnesses and documents. And when Trump names a replacement, senators will get a fresh chance to ask what their own vetting caught, and what it may have missed.

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Unaccompanied migrant children are being offered $3,000 to leave the country on their own, a Homeland Security official told ABC News on Tuesday. The offer covers children 14 and older who are in government custody and have no gang ties. It is $500 more than last year's, and a legal service provider says it began earlier this month. The administration says it is protecting children, arguing many were placed with sponsors who turned out to be smugglers or traffickers. Advocates worry about pressure on kids who often have no parent nearby to advise them. That worry is sharper because the government now supplies the lawyers who represent these children in court, after cutting ties with nonprofit groups.

The White House can't shut out CNN, MS NOW and Politico, at least for now. Late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a preliminary injunction, a longer-lasting court order, that keeps the three outlets' press passes in place while their lawsuit plays out. Kelly, whom Trump appointed in 2017, had already blocked the ban temporarily in September. The administration says the outlets published false and sensitive national security information. The outlets say they are being punished for coverage the president dislikes, which the First Amendment forbids. Unlike last month's order, this one can be appealed. The Justice Department has said it wants to overturn a 50-year-old precedent that requires due process before a press pass is pulled.

Republicans are pulling money out of key House races with three weeks to go. The leading House GOP super PAC canceled ads in four districts and boosted spending in 16 others, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. One abandoned race is Iowa's 1st District, decided by just 799 votes last time. Senate Republicans also put $15 million into Nebraska, a state Trump won by more than 20 points. Democrats are shifting too, pulling Senate ads from Georgia, where early voting began Tuesday, to spend in tighter states. Money follows close races, so these moves show which seats each party thinks are truly in play. In Alaska, where Trump rallied Tuesday, a local pollster says the trade fight with Canada sits uneasily with many voters (PBS News).

The FDA received reports of two deaths tied to bootleg versions of retatrutide, an experimental Eli Lilly weight-loss drug, CBS News reported Tuesday. In one case, a 49-year-old woman died after a nurse sold her vials from an online vendor and gave her dosing advice. The reports are unverified, and the FDA wouldn't say whether it is investigating. Selling unapproved drugs is illegal, yet retatrutide turns up online, in wellness spas and even in convenience stores. Lilly says both people were using black-market products and is suing sellers. A Harvard medical professor told CBS that if the FDA isn't pursuing these cases hard, that should worry everyone.

Texas wants to end a program that pays for autism therapy for children from lower-income families, the Texas Tribune reported Tuesday. The state health agency proposed zeroing it out to meet a 3% budget cut ordered in July by Gov. Greg Abbott and legislative leaders. The program served 583 kids last year, with at least 1,000 more on waitlists, and cost $13.7 million over two years. The agency says it chose cuts with the least direct impact on clients, and Medicaid has covered this therapy for young Texans since 2022. Advocates say many families lack insurance that covers it, and few providers accept Medicaid's low rates. Lawmakers have the final say, and services would continue through August 2027.

That's how many exposures to retatrutide U.S. poison centers logged in the three months ending in September, nearly double the quarter before. In early 2026, the count was 249. It tracks how fast an unapproved drug is spreading with little medical supervision.

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