As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government and American foreign policy, the president issued a stunning proposal, saying the U.S. would "take over" the Gaza Strip, "level the site" and rebuild it.

Democratic senators are still at it, having talked through the night to protest Trump’s pick of Russ Vought as budget director. Watch the Senate proceedings in the player above. Seizing the Senate floor is one of the remaining tools the minority party has to stonewall a confirmation.

Vought's return to the Office of Management and Budget is a green light for his radical overhaul of the federal government.