5pm ET LIVE #WashingtonToday
⭕ Pres. Trump attends dignified transfer ceremony to receive U.S. troops killed by Iran
⭕ Pres. Trump approves civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia
⭕ NYC Mayor Mamdani says city cannot arrest Israeli PM for war crimes, but fed gov't should
⭕ House passes NDAA, budget res. to start $95B reconciliation package, bill banning Member stock purchases bill + voter ID
⭕ Pres. Trump campaigns for candidates in Georgia
⭕ Secret Service briefs ahead of rescheduled WH Correspondents Assn dinner
.@USAmbUN Mike Waltz on importance of U.S. involvement with the U.N.: "I want pilots around the world speaking English, air traffic controllers set to a standard...We can't just walk away because then there would be 192 countries without us."
Rep. @BradSherman criticizes bombing Iran while letting Saudi Arabia enrich Uranium: "The only difference I see here is that Westinghouse stands to make an awful lot of money on this deal, whereas the Iranians are not enriching American companies."
.@RepGregoryMeeks asks U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz what the war has done what diplomacy couldn't:
Waltz: "They still have enriched uranium that we have to deal with in negotiations."
Meeks: "There has been no oversight in this committee."
.@RepBrianMast opening statement on criticizing the United Nations: "It has become a corrupt entrenched den of snakes...President Trump has been clear we will not tolerate what has been the status quo.
Secretary of State Rubio on U.S. relations with Russia and playing a role to help end Russia-Ukraine war: "We are the two largest nuclear armed countries on the planet... for us not to talk would be reckless and irresponsible."
President Trump claims "Americans aren't against the war. A poll just came out. Americans don't want high gasoline prices but they're not against the war."
.@davelevinthal of NOTUS discusses the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would ban members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children, from purchasing new stocks
Watch here: https://t.co/U10g1coPqc
.@SenJohnKennedy grills Hegseth and Caine on Iran war: "Gosh! We need straight answers... do we have the ability to destroy whatever is underneath Pickaxe Mountain?
Hegseth: "If anybody in the world could reach anything on God's green earth, it's the United States military."
5pm ET LIVE #WashingtonToday
⭕ Pres. Trump says Iran 'desperate to meet' and end war, but he's not until they are serious
⭕ Def Sec Hegseth defends military spending request before Senate Approps Cmte
⭕ House debates bill to extend fed gov't funding thru Dec 4 amid fears of another shutdown
⭕ Canadian PM Carney responds to Pres. Trump's 50% tariff threat
⭕ HHS pausing $1B Medicaid payments to CA & MN over fraud allegations
⭕ Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of Amer. History Dir tells Congress they 'don't take sides in America's political debates'
Listen here: https://t.co/QquU5TuzyF
.@SenJackReed (D-RI) to Hegseth on Hormuz closure: "Your fallback to the Biden administration is... gross negligence... you did not fully inform the president that you had been in a situation where the Strait of Hormuz could be effectively closed."
Sen. @PattyMurray (D-WA) presses Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on contradictory statements about Iran war: "You claimed that Iran doesn't control the Strait... If that was true, how did Iran shrink ship traffic in the Strait to a trickle again last week?"
Protestors continuously interrupt Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during his opening statement: "Stop bombing our children in Iran and Palestine - this is illegal!"
Secretary Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Caine & Agriculture Secretary Rollins testify before @SenateApprops – LIVE on C-SPAN3 https://t.co/qPU468p3j6