Live updates: Hegseth clashes with Democrats over LA response, submarines
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth butted heads with Democrats on the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense Tuesday morning, declining to discuss the costs of President Trump's use of troops in responding to Los Angeles protests against deportation sweeps.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) shouted at Hegseth after he repeatedly criticized past submarine investments, commanding him to give details on future planning.
Hegseth is also set to join President Trump on a trip to Fort Bragg on Tuesday, a day after deploying hundreds of Marines and calling up 2,000 more National Guard members to Los Angeles, where protests have roiled parts of the city for days but were more muted Monday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta (D), have sued Trump over his unilateral National Guard deployment.
Back in Washington, the House returns to start parsing the rescissions package sent last week by the White House, which would make DOGE cuts permanent.
Congress has a slate of budget testimony scheduled, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner testifying in the House, along with Hegseth. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will testify in the Senate.
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