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It is Monday, March 11th, 2024. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Trump in the middle of TikTok ban and Ukraine.

Number two, what's next in the impeachment of Joe Biden and number three?

What's happening this week? Let's get into it. Two big issues we're tracking this week is the ban of TikTok and Ukraine aid.

And we have Donald Trump in the middle of both, surprising to, I guess probably nobody. But let me just start with this.

President Joe Biden is going to New Hampshire this week.

House Republicans are heading to their annual retreat at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs,

West Virginia, about four hours from D.C., not Florida this year for the House Republicans,

but instead the Greenbrier.

This is a break from government funding this week. Next week, the 22nd, 11 days from now, the, um, Congress has to

pass the second tranche of, of government funding bills, uh, government spending bills. That

includes defense, Labor H, and Homeland Security.

This is a big mess.

Homeland Security has the Homeland Security spending bill has proved to be a particularly big

problem.

Some aides have privately said a short-term patch might be necessary.

That would be a problem for Speaker Mike Johnson.

Hill leaders,

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