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House Republicans will move to block Democrats’ effort to investigate Pete Hegseth’s controversial use of Signal -- doubling down on their support for the secretary of defense.

GOP leaders tucked specific language into a rule with unrelated measures -- a procedural maneuver to advance legislation -- that blocks Democrats’ plan to call up “resolutions of inquiry,” a resolution often used by the minority party that makes a direct request or demand of the president to provide specific information from the administration.

Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, plans to force a vote on a resolution of inquiry that calls on Trump to turn over all of Hegseth’s communications that were shared on Signal.

If the House does adopt the rule Tuesday, Smith’s resolution would not be able to come to the floor for a vote until after Sept. 30. The House is expected to vote on and will likely pass the rule Tuesday afternoon.

According to House rules, once a resolution of inquiry is introduced and referred to a specific committee, the panel has 14 legislative days to take it up or it becomes privileged on the floor, requiring GOP leaders to bring it up for a vote within two legislative days.

“We’re using the rules of the House to prevent political hijinks and stunts,” Johnson said, defending the move. “So, we're preventing this nonsensical waste of our time. We don't have time to waste,” he argued.

Johnson has used the legislative maneuver twice in recent months to block Democrats’ effort to rescind Trump’s tariffs.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Michigan on Tuesday with President Donald Trump, according to a US defense official.

Hegseth came under scrutiny after providing advance details of a military attack in Yemen in a Signal chat with other national security officials. It was later revealed that he had initiated a second Signal chat, providing similar sensitive military details with his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

In recent weeks, five of his closest aides have either resigned or were fired.

Trump has signaled he is standing by Hegseth for now, shrugging off the public scrutiny and calls by Democrats that Hegseth is a national security risk. Hegseth’s presence with the president on the trip could be seen as a show of support for the defense secretary, whom Trump personally fought to get confirmed by the Senate.

-- ABC New’s Anne Flaherty

An Amazon spokesperson, in a new statement, pushed back on a report that the company was planning to show consumers how much a product's cost comes from tariffs. The report prompted pushback from the White House, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt calling such a move a "hostile and political act."

"The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products," the spokesperson said. "Teams discuss ideas all the time. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called for Americans to "trust" in President Donald Trump's economic policies. During the press briefing on Trump's 100th day in office, the White House aimed to highlight Trump's vision even when pressed by reporters in the room about the impacts of tariffs.

"I would say trust in President Trump. There's a reason he was reelected to this office. It's because of the historic success of his economic formula in the first term," Leavitt said Tuesday.

Polls show the majority of Americans have fears of a recession. In a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. 73% of respondents said the economy is in bad shape, 53% said it's gotten worse since Trump took office and 41% said their own finances have worsened.

Leavitt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a tax reduction from Congressional action will also help alleviate Americans' fears. When asked about uncertainty on businesses, Bessent said "I think that what we're seeing is that business leaders, they've gone into a pause, and I think we're going to give them great certainty on this tax bill."

--ABC News' Justin Gomez and Michelle Stoddart