Episode Details

President Donald Trump at the annual National Prayer Breakfast talks about his chances of getting to heaven and announces an upcoming prayer gathering in May on the National Mall in Washington. He also touches on other issues like immigration enforcement; Congressional Democrats spell out their demands for reforming the Department of Homeland Security's immigration operations in exchange for supporting an extension of funding in a week. Congressional Republicans and the White House react; Treasury Secretary Scott  Bessent testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on affordability and Federal Reserve independence; Last major nuclear weapons control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, New START, expires today. President Trump calls it a 'badly negotiated deal' and calls for a 'new, improved & modernized treaty that can last long into the future'; House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) warns of threats to the First Amendment in a speech at the Washington Press Club Foundation annual dinner; Vice President JD Vance lands in Italy to lead the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics; former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN) has died at age 94.

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