Main topics included: negotiating to avert a possible partial government shutdown (DHS funding/ICE demands), immigration enforcement and operations in Minnesota, reopening U.S. commercial airspace to Venezuela, updates on TrumpRx (HHS), a planned Federal Reserve chair announcement, U.S. actions on Venezuela and Ukraine (Trump said he asked Putin for a temporary pause on strikes on Kyiv), and routine agency reports from several Cabinet officials.
The meeting included many Cabinet-level officials; reporting named Vice President JD Vance, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HUD Secretary Scott Turner, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard among those present or who spoke.
No official verbatim transcript of the Cabinet meeting was posted at the time of reporting; the White House published the video of the meeting but reporters’ live coverage and press readouts (AP, PBS, CNBC) provide summaries and excerpts rather than a formal White House transcript/minutes.
Reporters and media noted several newsworthy announcements and policy items reported during the session — e.g., Trump said he would reopen U.S. commercial airspace to Venezuela, HHS said TrumpRx would launch "probably in the next 10 days," and Trump said he would announce his Fed chair pick next week — but the meeting did not produce a single binding new executive order or detailed formal directive published at the time; coverage shows statements and updates rather than immediate, fully specified policy actions.
The Cabinet meeting was video-broadcast by the White House and covered live by multiple news organizations (AP, PBS, CNBC); reporters were present outside the meeting but the session ended without taking questions from the president and reporters were not given a question-and-answer period at the conclusion.
Full video of the meeting is posted by the White House on its video page and the White House YouTube channel (the item is titled "President Trump Participates in a Cabinet Meeting, Jan. 29, 2026"). No formal White House transcript or minutes were posted at the time; for summarized readouts, consult major news outlets' live coverage (AP, PBS, CNBC) in addition to the White House video.