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Full steam ahead at the White House. Lisa Brady, Fox News. President Trump says Elon Musk is doing a great job spearheading an effort to cut government waste that's prompting court fights. He's finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste.
You see it with the USAID, but you're going to see it even more so with other agencies and other parts of government. Labor unions have sued over access to sensitive information, and Democrats in Congress accused the executive branch of unconstitutional moves. The president's been meeting with Japan's prime minister. They are just set to begin a joint news conference. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says the Trump administration isn't focused on lowering costs. Nothing.
from Republicans, but chaos and cronyism. How is that lowering the high cost of living
For everyday Americans, it's not. Jeffrey says Democrats want to find common ground on the budget. Republicans are working on budget proposals with a March 14th deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. It's a race against the clock. House Republicans don't have details on their bill to cut taxes and eliminate spending. But Senate Republicans meet tonight with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Democrats.
Their plan, Senate Republicans want to focus on border security. Fox's Chad Pergram, House Republicans had lengthy meetings at the White House yesterday. They want to make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent and eliminate taxes on tips. But some conservative lawmakers are pusher for deepening.
pushing for deeper spending cuts. The worst winter virus season in 15 years, at least by one indicator, the percentage of doctor visits driven by flu-like symptoms. New CDC data also shows 43 states reporting high flu activity last week. One school district near Fort Worth, Texas, shut down for three days with hundreds of students and staff out sick. America is listening to Fox News.
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Stop by a Warby Parker store near you. Iran's supreme leader is rejecting the idea of new negotiations with the U.S. While Iran's president, Massoud Pazeshkin, said he was open to dialogue with the West, the Ayatollah has said no, that there should be no negotiations with the United States, that negotiations with the U.S. are, quote, not intelligent, wise or honorable. This week, President Trump signed an order to reimpose maximum pressure on Tehran, but said he hoped not to use it much.
that they wanted to see if they could work out a deal with Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei said the very person in office today tore up the original agreement they had, meaning the JCPOA or the Iran nuclear deal. And the Ayatollah went on to say they have to learn from that, that they negotiated, made concessions and compromised, but didn't achieve the results they wanted.
Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News. This weekend, President Trump is expected to become the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl. Heightened security was already planned in New Orleans less than two months after a deadly New Year's truck attack. The NFL's international footprint is expanding immensely.
again. The NFL announced Friday it will play a regular season game for the first time in Ireland in Dublin next season at Croke Park, the largest stadium in Ireland and the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The designated home team will be the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose founder, Art Rooney, emigrated from the Emerald Isle to the Steel City and whose former president, Dan Rooney, served as a U.S. ambassador to Ireland.
Art Rooney, the second current team president, said the opportunity for the Pittsburgh Steelers to play in Ireland is truly special, not only because of the Rooney family history there, but also to play in front of the growing number of Steelers fans in Ireland. Picture thousands of Irish fans waving their terrible tones as the NFL season lands in Dublin for the first time.
The Steelers' opponent to be named, Jared Max, Fox News. This after announcing the first NFL game in Australia next year. On Wall Street, a sell-off continues. For now, the Dow's down 382 points, the Nasdaq dropping more than 200. I'm Lisa Brady. This is Fox News.