9:30 AM EDT

To receive testimony on the Department of Defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program

Senate Armed Services Committee

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WITNESSES:

Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III

Secretary of Defense

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Honorable Michael J. McCord

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

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General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., USAF

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335625

https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-department-of-defense-budget-request-for-fiscal-year-2025-and-the-future-years-defense-program

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Department of Defense

https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-09/

https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/

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Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Department of Defense

https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-04-09/

https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/

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Defense Secretary & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Testify on 2025 Budget Request

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, and Defense Comptroller Mike McCord testify on the president’s 2025 budget request for the Pentagon before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534654-1/defense-secretary-joint-chiefs-staff-chair-testify-2025-budget-request

10:00 AM EDT

Field Hearing, Chicago, Illinois: On The Dignity of Work: Lifting Individuals Out of Poverty

House Ways and Means Committee

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WITNESSES:

Matt Paprocki

President and CEO, Illinois Policy Institute

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Nathan Montgomery

Executive Director, Salt & Light

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Brian Butler

Director of Residential Ministries, Pathway Ministries

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Kristy Schofield

Director of Homelessness & Housing, Dream Center Peoria

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Gianno Caldwell

Founder, Caldwell Strategic Consulting

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Sodiqa Williams

Senior Vice President, Safer Foundation

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117072

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/work-welfare-subcommittee-field-hearing-on-the-dignity-of-work-lifting-individuals-out-of-poverty/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE7nAMs0lJc

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House Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing on Lifting People Out of Poverty

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare holds a field hearing in Chicago to examine ways to lift people out of poverty through employment.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534767-1/house-ways-means-subcommittee-hearing-lifting-people-poverty

10:00 AM EDT

Small Print, Big Impact: Examining the Effects of Forced Arbitration

Senate Judiciary Committee

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WITNESSES:

Victor E. Schwartz

Co-Chair, Public Policy Practice Group

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Washington, DC

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Joanne E. Grace

Registered Nurse

Columbiana, OH

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Myriam Gilles

Professor of Law

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

New York, NY

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Gretchen Carlson

Journalist and Co-Founder

Lift Our Voices

Greenwich, CT

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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335627

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/small-print-big-impact-examining-the-effects-of-forced-arbitration

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Non-Union Workers Testify on Impact of Forced Arbitration

Non-union workers testify on the impact of forced arbitration clauses and their inability to seek legal recourse during a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534768-1/union-workers-testify-impact-forced-arbitration

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Trump loses last-ditch bid to delay hush money trial as jury questionnaire revealed: Live updates

The former president has made a series of last-ditch efforts to stall his first of four criminal trials, including suing New York Justice Juan Merchan on Monday

25 minutes ago

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-biden-melania-trial-news-today-b2525569.html

Georgia DA Fani Willis fights Donald Trump's appeal to remove her from election interference case

April 9, 2024

Willis contends she had no conflict of interest despite her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. But Trump and eight co-defendants are asking an appeals court to disqualify her.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/09/fani-willis-georgia-donald-trump-election-interference/73258375007/

President Trump Weighs In On Iran And Israel

Rea lAmerica's Voice

12 Hours Ago

President Donald J. Trump explains how Democrats are trying to use abortion to distract from the border crisis, the Israel-Hamas war, and Iran.

https://rumble.com/v4oatrf-president-trump-weighs-in-on-iran-and-israel.html

11:00 AM EDT

Press Conference: Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly on Sustainability Week - Mr. Francis will speak about the upcoming Sustainability Week from 15-19 April 2024.

United Nations

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1so14hoa2

11:00 AM EDT

Election 2024: Trump’s Grip on the GOP, the Conservative Movement and American Democracy

Washington Post Live

https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2024/04/09/election-2024-trumps-grip-gop-conservative-movement-american-democracy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qUR2WTdAM

11:15 AM EDT

Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron

Department of State

https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-9-2024/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-BwyNc7Ls

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Secretary Blinken Meets with British Foreign Secretary Cameron

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron at the State Department.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534773-1/secretary-blinken-meets-british-foreign-secretary-cameron

11:35 AM EDT

Maryland Governor Wes Moore News Conference on Key Bridge Funding

Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the state’s congressional delegation hold a news conference to discuss federal funding for the rebuilding of the Key Bridge.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534774-1/maryland-governor-wes-moore-news-conference-key-bridge-funding

11:50 AM EDT

Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing on Japan State Visit and the U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Leaders’ Summit

Department of State

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34174

12:00 PM EDT

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly - Noon briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

United Nations

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1msmew3ff

12:30 PM EDT

Space Symposium 2024 - Responsible Exploration: Preserving the Cosmos

Space Foundation

https://www.spacesymposium.org/agenda/responsible-exploration-with-pam-melroy/

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Responsible Exploration: Preserving the Cosmos Space Symposium keynote by NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy. Stream on NASA+

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/responsible-exploration-preserving-the-cosmos-for-tomorrow-with-pam-melroy/

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nasa-tv-schedule-for-week-of-4-8-2024.pdf

https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e75zRi3K0q4

12:30 PM EDT

The President Delivers Remarks on the Care Economy

Washington, D.C.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkio40qVMs

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President Biden Gives Remarks on the Care Economy

President Biden gives remarks at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station on the care economy.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534781-1/president-biden-remarks-care-economy