WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax breaks, massive program cuts and a possible extension of the nation’s debt limit.

Senate Republicans are moving full steam ahead with their plans for a massive conservative policy overhaul through the budget reconciliation process, despite House GOP leaders still insisting their chamber is set to go first.

President Donald Trump hosted an unusually long meeting with House Republicans at the White House on Thursday, turning over prime workspace for them to hammer out differences over the size, scope and details of their multitrillion-dollar plan to cut taxes,

Trump also announced alongside the Japanese prime minister that Nippon Steel was dropping its $14.1 billion acquisition of U.S. steel.

"We love Japan!" Trump said as he greeted Ishiba and the two shook hands. Trump later told reporters at they sat together in the Oval Office that the two countries would work together to get U.S. trade deficit with Japan down to "even.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed President Trump's controversial plan to own Gaza, calling it an "out-of-the-box idea."

President Donald Trump doubled down on bombshell plans for the Gaza Strip, saying the Palestinian enclave would be "turned over to the United States by Israel."