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President Trump's motorcade just left the White House and is making the short trip to a review stand on Constitution Avenue where he will observe the parade. VIP guests who will be watching from the stand with the president include: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,
Trump's White House wants Congress to codify some of the cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by billionaire Elon Musk.
Speaker Mike Johnson was on the verge of an embarrassing defeat on the floor: the narrowly-divided GOP House was on track to reject billions in DOGE cuts.
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A congressional hearing quickly devolved into a shouting match between two Republicans and a Democrat who sought a subpoena for Kristi Noem over the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from a Thursday press conference.
The House has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fentanyl. The bill approved Thursday permanently reclassifies analogs of the synthetic opioid fentanyl as Schedule I drugs, making it easier to prosecute drug traffickers for their possession.
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