Live updates: Waltz faces Senate hearing; Trump heads to Pittsburgh for AI summit
President Trump will promote his energy and technology agenda on Tuesday in Pittsburgh at a summit organized by Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.).
Trump and McCormick will announce $70 billion in investments for the state, according to reports, at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, which will bring together Cabinet officials and industry leaders. “Pennsylvania is spearheading the charge for American energy and AI dominance,” the senator wrote in an op-ed for Fox Digital on Tuesday.
On Capitol Hill, Mike Waltz, a former House member and briefly Trump’s national security adviser, will face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his bid to become U.N. ambassador. He is sure to be grilled by Democrats who will want to know about his role in “Signalgate,” when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other administration officials discussed Yemen attack plans in a group chat that included a mistakenly invited journalist.
The House Education Committee will convene a hearing on antisemitism in higher education on Tuesday. And the Senate is pushing up against a Friday deadline to approve a rescissions package from the White House. Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is expected on the Hill to speak to Republican senators on the vote.
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