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↵↵As part of the reconciliation package, lawmakers approved $153.3 billion in funding for defense, bringing the defense budget to $1 trillion for the current fiscal year.
For fiscal 2026, these included roughly $1 billion the Army did not request to turn the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, whose previous missions have shrunk, into a factory for manufacturing propellants
Randy Fine by roughly 10-to-1 in the April 2025 special election for Florida's 6th District seat, according to federal campaign filings.
On Nov. 1, 2024, just before the election, the BLS report showed growth of just 12,000 jobs in October and downward revisions for the prior two months.↵↵Signalgate: Not "total exoneration."Â
↵↵The potential for the military budget to meet or exceed $1 trillion in fiscal 2026 has defense hawks pleased, even if the authorized level does not meet the $924.7 billion that the Senate had endorsed
↵↵Likewise, the Professional Services Council, a trade group that represents hundreds of federal contractors and more than 1 million employees, expressed strong opposition to the Warren-Sheehy proposal
↵↵For instance, at the start of the shutdown, six Head Start recipients with Oct. 1 start dates went without further federal funding — but that figure jumped to 140 on Monday, according to the National
But the talkathon forced Senate leaders to delay a scheduled 1 p.m. vote on the House-passed continuing resolution that would end the partial shutdown.
The Coast Guard confirmed Tuesday the payments would go out on Oct. 15 as previously scheduled before the shutdown, which began Oct.1. Bank deposits will land in accounts no later than Friday.
Still, that may not be enough to avoid a shutdown starting Oct. 1, given demands from Democrats’ left-leaning base to stand up to Trump no matter the cost.
President Donald Trump’s budget office plans to advise federal program managers to fire employees whose paychecks are financed by annual appropriations if a partial government shutdown begins Oct. 1, rather
Construction-VA, Agriculture and Legislative Branch bills, comprising about $188 billion of the more than $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending likely to be approved for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
This year, the Trump administration has touted its planned investments in national defense, which when including $113.3 billion packaged in the reconciliation bill that just cleared Congress, tops $1 trillion
In that campaign, Ukraine clandestinely inserted drones into Russia hidden inside trucks and then, on June 1, remotely launched dozens of the weapons against Russian military airfields. Â
Even a less expansive system, if it included space assets, could cost more than $1 trillion, leading experts said.
A July 9 deadline on Sunday became an Aug. 1 target — it was earlier set for April 9.Â
Himes added, "So the smart questions are: 1) Did the regime move or retain the uranium? 2) Did they move or retain centrifuges?
the aviation sector and wireless providers to ensure that radio signals from newly activated wireless telecommunications systems coexist safely with flight operations in the U.S. until at least Jan. 1,
The Mississippi Republican called the bill "a start," but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget — a plan that hinges the bulk of its Defense Department
The Senate panel’s directions are to find at least $1 billion in deficit reduction over 10 years, far less than the $230 billion that the House Agriculture Committee was directed to find.