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Hey, good morning. I'm Politico Tech host Stephen Overley. It's Tuesday, March 11th, and here's what's driving the day.

First up, all eyes are on the House floor, where Republicans aim to pass their continuing resolution.

If they can do it, the stopgap measure

would fund the government through September, and pending action over in the Senate,

avert a shutdown before Friday's deadline. Last night, Democrats attempted to offer a plan of

their own. That proposal from Senator Patty Murray and Representative Rosa DeLauro would fund

the government through mid-April. But with the Republican trifecta, it ain't going to happen.

Elon Musk sat down for a rare interview yesterday with Larry Cudlow over on Fox business and

confirmed a lot of what's been reported about his Department of Government

Efficiency, or Doge.

But tucked into Musk's remarks, late in the interview, was a line the White House surely noticed.

Most of the federal spending is entitlements.

So that's like the big one to eliminate.

Now, Trump has repeatedly said he won't cut programs like Social Security and Medicaid.

But it is going to be hard to achieve his spending reduction goals without it.

And considering Musk is already on the outs with members of Trump's cabinet,

this is a tension point to watch.

Another big story I'm watching today is the unfolding legal drama around Mahmoud Khalil,

a recent Columbia University graduate and green cardholder,

who now faces deportation after being arrested over the weekend.

Now, Khalil was a leader in the anti-Israel protests at Columbia last spring.

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