From Washington: DOGE Disrupts DC

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Republicans in the House and Senate are racing against each other to deliver a big legislative win for President Donald Trump. Lawmakers plan to use a budget reconciliation process to advance a bill extending the president's tax cuts from his first term and make major spending cuts promised during the campaign. At the same time, the Department of Government Efficiency is vowing to remove what it sees as wasteful and fraudulent spending, upsetting Democrats who say they control the power of the purse. FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins to break it all down and what it means moving forward. On Tuesday, President Trump called for a United States takeover of Gaza, intending to level and rebuild the area. U.S. allies in the Middle East quickly opposed the plan that would displace Palestinian citizens and instead emphasized the need for a two-state solution. U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus outlines the President's proposal and details how the administration's 'outcome-oriented' approach will help bring a path forward in the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	Saturday, February 8th, 2025.
0:37.7	I'm Jared Halpern.
0:39.1	Republicans in Congress are trying to settle on a tax cut plan as Democrats cry foul over Doge mandated spending cuts.
0:46.5	Congress ultimately, you know, has the power of the purse.
0:49.6	So this is kind of turning it around where Doge is saying, we don't need this and we're going to shut down USAID,
0:55.8	whereas Congress had no role in this, you know, whatsoever. And that's and that's the, you know,
1:02.0	kind of the clash that's going on right now, which many people say is unconstitutional.
1:05.6	President Trump calls for a U.S. takeover of Gaza to rebuild it into a Riviera-like destination.
1:12.9	Hamas started a war that they lost.
1:15.0	And in the process of starting a war that they lost, they have turned Gaza into a place
1:19.9	because of their actions that is, like I said, uninhabitable for Gazans.
1:25.0	So I think what President Trump is saying is if you guys aren't coming up with
1:28.8	clearative solutions, I'll come up with one and I'll fix the problem.
1:32.3	This is the Fox News Rundown from Washington.
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