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Trump defends Pete Hegseth at surprise news briefing with Dana White

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In his first post-midterm news briefing, President Donald Trump on Monday talked about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy, the effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the massive Republican losses at the ballot box last week.

Trump was joined at the impromptu briefing by Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White, to whom Trump jokingly offered the White House press secretary job to last week. The president said he thought he would have “a little fun” by bringing White out to take questions from reporters.

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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects

Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projects The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for datacenters and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The Senate voted 73-25 to formally take up the bill, which senators and the president have pushed as a way to meet growing demand for electricity and other forms of energy that now…

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