The Senate has a full agenda set for Wednesday as it dives into budget debate and rolls through Trump administration confirmations.
A vote Tuesday night opened 50 hours of debate on a resolution that will fund President Trump’s agenda. But the Senate version, which will come in two parts, runs counter to the House version, which funds everything at once and on Wednesday morning got the endorsement of Trump.
Meanwhile, Trump’s Small Business Administration pick, Kelly Loeffler, faces a confirmation vote in the full Senate and his Labor nominee, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), will sit for a hearing.
A joint interview with Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk aired Tuesday night on Fox News. Musk, in particular, pushed back against Democrats’ attacks on his work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As cost-cutting rolls through departments across the government, Trump had nothing but praise for Musk.
As Ukraine’s war with Russia marks three years in coming days, President Volodymyr Zelensky is using more terse rhetoric to push back against efforts to make peace without his country’s input. On Tuesday, Trump appeared to blame Ukraine for the war. On Wednesday, Zelensky fired back, calling out Trump for living in a Russian “disinformation space.”
Trump is in Florida for most of Wednesday, addressing a Saudi-backed conference and then signing more executive orders.
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