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It's Friday, April 3, 2026.

Let's get in the mix here.

Are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, House Republicans in open revolt. Number two, Trump bumps up against reality in the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, House Republicans in open revolt.

Number two, Trump bumps up against reality in the Senate. And number three, Trump's 2027 budget, what to look out for.

All right, Jake, let's get into it. What a mess. You know, we are still kind of unbelievably talking about how Congress is going to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

There was a plan. It fell apart. They thought we had movement. We had a deal. And now we are kind of

back to square one in some situations given the fact that you've got House Republicans, Speaker

Mike Johnson, bumping up against the fact that it's hard to sell people on something when a week ago you said it was trash.

Yeah, he said it was a joke last week.

And it's difficult to reverse on something that you just dumped all over a week ago.

The House Republicans had a nearly three-hour conference call yesterday.

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