President Trump applauds DOGE's near-shutdown of USAID; House Democrats are prevented from entering the Education Department in protest of possible elimination; Senate confirms OMB Director Russell Vought in party-line vote; President Trump meets Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at White House to talk about trade and security; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commits to clean Pentagon audit within four year; Homeland Security Department leads security reparations for Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Interview with The Hill's Mychael Schnell on House Republicans having trouble finalizing Budget Reconciliation tax cuts and spending cuts, leading Senate Republicans to move ahead on separate immigration and border security funding; Federal judge delays deadline for federal employee buyout offers; Elon Musk says he will be involved in FAA technology upgrades; Senate Judiciary Committee postpones vote on FBI Director nominee Kash Patel; President Trump doubles down on Gaza rebuilding plan; President Trump speaks at two National Prayer Breakfasts.

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Reaction to President Trump's saying the U.S. will take “ownership” in redeveloping Gaza into “the Riviera of the Middle East"; Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn-in after the Senate voted to confirm her on a near party-line vote; President Trump signs an executive order to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's sports teams by withholding federal money for schools and colleges that allow it; Senate votes to advance the nomination of Russell Vought for White House Budget Director, with Senate Democrats planning to speak against the nominee on the Senate floor for 30 hours straight before the confirmation vote Thursday night; Democrats on the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee try and fail to subpoena Elon Musk to testify about the actions of the quasi-governmental Dept of Government Efficiency.

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Senate Finance Committee approves Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Health & Human Services Secretary and Senate Intelligence Committee approves Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, both on party-line votes; President Donald Trump on China's retaliatory tariffs, reports the Education Department will be dismantled and visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; White House Crypto & AI Czar David Sacks on digital asset policy.

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Today's program covers the latest updates on the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on Mexico, Canada, and China. We’ll also hear the current developments at USAID and the latest happenings with DOGE.

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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First a discussion about the role of faith leaders in politics with the Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush president and CEO of the Interfaith Alliance. Then, a conversation with Brian Blase (blaze) of the Paragon Institute about the "Make America Healthy Again" movement and Robert F. Kennedy Junior's nomination to be H-H-S secretary. Finally, we talk about the future of Electric Vehicles in the Trump administration with Detroit-based auto reporter Jeff Gilbert with WWJ radio.

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Updates on the investigation of the deadly plane-helicopter collision; tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico, China to take effect Saturday; outgoing DNC Chair Jaime Harrison gives farewell address; Senate confirms Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

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President Trump says FAA's DEI policies in hiring air traffic controllers could have led to deadly midair collision between Army helicopter and passenger plane over Potomac River; Senate confirmation hearings for DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard, FBI Director Kash Patel and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Senate Budget Committee approves OMB Director nominee Russell Vought with Republican votes after Democrats boycott.

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Health & Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on vaccine safety, nutrition & chronic disease, abortion and Medicaid reform; White House Budget Office rescinds a freeze on federal grants & loans, but says the president's Executive Order limiting money for such programs as DEI is still in effect; Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady; President Trump signs his first bill into law, the Laken Riley Act, requiring detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes; Senate confirms Lee Zeldin for EPA Administrator; Senate Judiciary Committee approves Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi.

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Federal judge puts a temporary hold on President Trump's order pausing federal grants and loans, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference, interview with NBC's Scott Wong from House Republican retreat in Doral, FL (20), Senate confirms Sean Duffy to be Transportation Secretary, Senate Democrats block a bill to sanction ICC, Israel bars UNWRA, Senate committee hearing on Panama Canal and treaty obligations, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moves hands on "Doomsday Clock" to 89 seconds to midnight.

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