What to know today
President Donald Trump urged House Republican factions in a meeting on Capitol Hill this morning to unite behind a massive bill to advance his agenda.
At the meeting, Trump warned conservatives against pushing for deep cuts to Medicaid and told blue-state Republicans to drop their effort to raise the cap on state and local tax deductions, known as SALT.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a grilling from Senate Democrats about cuts at his department during his testimonyto the Appropriations Committee this morning about the administration's budget request.$TRUMP
