Senate confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche for Atty Gen., Jay Clayton for DNI, Dr. Erica Schwartz for CDC Dir; House defeats amendment to cut U.S. aid to Israel
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The episode covers Senate confirmation hearings for key nominees and a House vote on military aid to Israel, along with other political developments.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says at his Senate confirmation hearing to be Attorney General that mistakes were made during the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and apologizes to survivors whose personal information was not redacted. He also says the $1.8 billion proposed anti-weaponization fund is 'dead'; Nominee for Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton refuses to answer Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats' questions about whether Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election; CDC Director nominee Dr. Erica Schwartz faces tough questions at her confirmation hearing from Republican Committee Chair Dr. Bill Cassidy, who asks if she will resist political interference in vaccine policy and other public health policy decisions; House votes on an amendment to eliminate $3.3 billion of U.S. military aid to Israel; President Donald Trump announces $10 billion in defense production investments at a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Vice President JD Vance meets with House Republicans as they plan to move a $93 billion spending package, most of it for costs related to the war with Iran, through the budget…
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