Trump Endorses House Budget Bill; Labor Sec. Nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer Testifies at Senate Hearing

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he supports the House of Representatives’s budget bill that would fund several of his policy initiatives, instead of a two-bill plan proffered by the Senate.

Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Wednesday—the first step in her confirmation process. During her term as a congresswoman, Chavez-DeRemer’s voting record earned her strong union support.

The Senate voted to confirm Kelly Loeffler as head of the Small Business Administration, with a final vote count of 52 to 46. This marks the 18th member of Trump’s cabinet to be confirmed, with four nominees left.

Topics in this episode include:

1. Trump Signs Orders on Wasteful Spending, IVF, Oversight
2. Musk: DOGE Is Challenging Bureaucracy to Restore Democracy
3. Trump Instructs DOJ to Fire All ‘Biden-Era’ US Attorneys
4. Trump to Put 25 Percent Tariffs on Autos, Drugs, and Chips
5. Fiery Court Debate Over Preferred Pronouns in Military
6. Delta CEO Says Regional Airliner Crew Was Experienced
7. Report: CIA Spy Drones in Search of Mexican Drug Labs
8. Howard Lutnick Confirmed as Commerce Secretary
9. DOGE Lawsuits Update
10. Layoffs Hit FEMA, Other Agencies
11. Task Force to Declassify Government Secrets Adds Members
12. Trump Weighs In on House, Senate Budget Battle
13. Hamas to Release 4 Bodies Thursday, 6 Hostages Saturday
14. Trump’s Special Envoy to Meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv
15. Zelenskyy: Trump Lives in Russian ‘Disinformation Space’
16. Trump–Putin Meeting Possible Before End of February
17. Rubio Skips G20, Says South Africa Policies Anti-American
18. US Condemns Chinese Air Maneuvers
19. Turkey Begins Exporting Thousands of Tons of Eggs to US
20. Snowflake Kingdom at Canadian Winter Festival
21. New Clinic Offers Noninvasive Health, Beauty Treatments
22. British Mayor: More of These Shows Across the Country!

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