House Budget Panel Rejects Tax-Cut Bill; New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Reacts to Transit Strike

House Republicans failed on Friday to push their big package of tax breaks and spending cuts through the Budget Committee, as a handful of conservatives joined all Democrats in a vote against it.

President Donald Trump departed Abu Dhabi on Friday following his tour of the Gulf region. Trump said the United Arab Emirates and the United States had agreed to create a path for the Gulf country to buy some of the most advanced artificial intelligence semiconductors from U.S. companies. Trump wrapped up his Gulf tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE with a pledge by Abu Dhabi to hike the value of its energy investments in the United States to $440 billion in the next decade.

New Jersey rail engineers walked off the job after marathon contract talks stalled, setting off a strike at a transit system that serves some 350,000 rail passengers a day, including tens of thousands of commuters into New York City. At a Friday press conference, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy blamed the work stoppage on the union, saying, “It did not have to come to this.”

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Topics in this episode include:

1. NJ Governor Phil Murphy Says Previous Union Offer Rejected
2. US and UAE Strike AI Semiconductor Deal
3. Trump Wraps Up Gulf Trip With Trillions Pledged
4. Trump Says Putin Meeting Coming ASAP
5. Russia-Ukraine Talks End After Less Than 2 Hours
6. Zelenskyy, European Leaders Call Trump After Peace Talks
7. EU Puts Sanctions on Russia After Failed Turkey Talks
8. Ex-FBI Boss Under Investigation for Social Media Post
9. Supreme Court Tackles Birthright Citizenship
10. NYU Withholds Diploma After Palestinian Remarks
11. Harvard Settles Discrimination Lawsuit
12. Lawmakers Call on Duke University to Close China-Based Campus
13. Diddy’s Ex-Girlfriend Set for 2nd Day of Questioning
14. Hackers Using AI to Impersonate Officials
15. New FAA Outage in Denver Raises Concerns
16. HHS to Revise COVID Vax Guidance for Kids, Pregnant Women
17. FDA Announces New Review Process for Food Chemicals
18. Florida Bans Fluoride in Public Drinking Water Systems
19. In-N-Out Is Removing Artificial Ingredients
20. President Trump Wraps Up Middle East Tour
21. Rubio: Trump-Putin Meeting Needed for Breakthrough
22. Vance and Rubio to Attend Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Mass
23. NASA: Norway Has Signed the Artemis Accords
24. Sweden School Shooting: Police Find No Radical Motive
25. South Korea Industry Minister Pushes for Tariff Waiver
26. US to Block Funding for Chinese Projects in Colombia
27. 17 Charged in Thai Building Collapse
28. Bipartisan House Panel Examines CCP’s Threat to Taiwan
29. Museum Opens at Factory Where Businessman Saved 1,200 Jews
30. Murray Stars as Nuggets Top Thunder, Force Game 7
31. Hurricanes Eliminate Capitals, Will Ovechkin Return?
32. Juan Soto Returns to Bronx for Subway Series
33. Former Japanese Cheerleaders Reunite for Weekend Routine