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President Donald Trump claimed Thursday he “has to go through hell” to get stuff approved in Washington.

The remark came during a press conference after he signed a bill which kills California’s ban on gas-powered cars.

“There are several no-king protests planned across the country on Saturday,” Newsmax White House Correspondent Mike Carter asked. “What are your thoughts on those?”

A Pennsylvania Democrat confronted president Donald Trump's treasury secretary over the tax cuts he'll benefit from in the Republican budget bill.

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent testified Thursday before the House Budget Committee, where Rep. Brendan Boyle questioned him about the GOP funding bill's priorities.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) did a live fact-check of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Senate Finance Committee hearing where he attempted to pitch President Donald Trump's 2026 budget.

“I want to ask about the Republican big beautiful bill,” Warren said, "which will knock off about 16 million people from their healthcare coverage and cut programs that keep groceries cheaper for millions of families in order to try to pay for about $4 trillion in tax giveaways. That are mostly going to be sucked up by millionaires, billionaires and wealthy corporations.”

“I'd like to start with a very simple question: Will this bill increase or decrease the deficit?” Warren asked.

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA), a Marine veteran, hammered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he dodged questions about the deployment of troops into Los Angeles.

"Are the Marines in Los Angeles ordered to protect property by any means necessary?" the congressman asked Hegseth.

Officials said a JetBlue flight rolled off the runway Thursday morning at Boston Logan airport.

WCVB reported that Massachusetts State Police confirmed the flight skidded off the runway and into the grass.

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) unloaded on the Republican-majority House Oversight Committee on Thursday for their treatment of Democratic governors being grilled for their states containing sanctuary cities, calling it "thuggery."

After listing off examples of ICE brutally snatching up immigrants, the Massachusetts lawmaker blew up on Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer's committee shouting at them and equating what is going on under Donald Trump with Nazism.

"This is disgraceful, it should not happen in this country," he shouted. "It's wrong. Deploying the military against the civilian population is wrong! And if we don't step up this will continue. If we don't step up and declare what is right under our Constitution, then other cities, other citizens will meet this same fate."

"I'm proud of my Democratic colleagues who are willing to stand up to this thuggery," He exclaimed. "Trump is a wannabe gangster. He's showing the world what he is about."

"You know my Dad served in the Second World War, he fought the Nazi's in Northern Africa, he fought the Nazis on the Italian peninsula," he continued. "And I think he is looking down right now, and he's happy that I am fighting today's Nazis.'

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted he wasn't aware that a considerable amount of the 2025 budget approved by Congress was not being allocated to a particular program under his watch.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said that he shared concerns with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) about the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI). Warner said that there is an eight-to-one ratio for every dollar allocated by the federal government.

A Florida business owner backed President Donald Trump's immigration policies — until government agents rounded up his own employees.

Vincent Scardina voted for the president in November, but his decision backed fired when U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement agents detained a third of the workers at his roofing business, reported WTVJ-TV.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stunned Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) by refusing to deny that the U.S. military had plans to invade Greenland.

During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Turner asked Hegseth if the U.S. had plans to take Greenland by force.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to pitch President Donald Trump's 2026 budget. The hearing grew heated when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) began asking questions about the tax cuts to wealthy Americans that will add to the deficit and national debt.

Wyden cited the Joint Committee on Taxation, which found that "millionaires will get tax breaks of a quarter million dollars."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday and was asked about the 2026 budget. When it came Sen. Michael Bennet's (D-CO) time to question him, the exchange became contentious.

The normally quiet and mild-mannered senator talked about the confirmation hearing in which Bessent expressed his opposition to deficit spending. Bennet walked through President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill," noting that if the secretary truly believed in cutting the deficit, he wouldn't support tax breaks for the wealthy on the backs of American children.

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon confronted MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell about reportedly "getting blown out" at his defamation trial.

During an interview on Thursday, Bannon spoke to Lindell about what was expected to be the final two days of trial.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended a production of "Les Misérables" on Wednesday night where they were booed — but a group of drag queens who attended the show were cheered by the audience.

The Advocate reported, "Tara Hoot, drag king Ricky Rosé, Vagenesis, and Maria Con Carne attended the show in formal regalia."