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‘We can't let our foot off the gas pedal': Jeffries on Dems' plan to counter ‘Trump's one, big ugly bill'

‘We can't let our foot off the gas pedal': Jeffries on Dems' plan to counter ‘Trump's one, big ugly bill'

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House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries joins CNN's Dana Bash to lay out Democrats' plan to counter Trump's agenda and respond to voter frustration with his party.

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Kristi Noem said a migrant threatened to kill Trump. Investigators think he was set up

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Senate panel targets Biden-era green programs

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