Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF
The Justice Department in a fiscal 2026 budget request has outlined a plan to merge ATF functions into the Drug Enforcement Administration, which would remain a single component.
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House subcommittee advances Legislative Branch spending bill
The cut is part of the GOP’s fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, which the subcommittee reported favorably on a party-line, 6-4 vote.
CBO: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich
The nonpartisan agency said it estimates that over the fiscal 2026 through 2034 period, after-tax income and federal benefits "would decrease for households toward the bottom of the income distribution
Bessent, House Democrats spar over budget package’s debt boost
Bessent appeared before the committee Wednesday to justify the administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request, spending much of his time praising and defending the budget reconciliation bill the House passed
Biden alums could boost their House ranks in midterm elections
As Trump tries to unwind much of his Democratic predecessor’s agenda, a handful of federal employees who helped carry out the Biden administration’s policy priorities are seeking House seats in 2026.
TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point
Senators from both parties challenged Education Secretary Linda McMahon about her agency’s detailed fiscal 2026 budget proposal Tuesday, with a focus on cuts to the bipartisan federal TRIO programs.
Interior eyes Land and Water Conservation Fund for maintenance
The fiscal 2026 detailed budget request released Monday asks Congress for $387 million from the fund for deferred maintenance programs for the National Park Service, U.S.
Congressional agencies look for boost amid government downsizing
Several legislative branch agencies are seeking substantial funding hikes for fiscal 2026, even as the White House proposes steep cuts to domestic spending and foreign aid, as outlined in a detailed request
Trump, GOP prep next chapter in spending cuts agenda
the next phase of its plans to downsize the federal government, submitting a formal request to Congress to take back unspent funds in out-of-favor areas and fleshing out the president’s "skinny" fiscal 2026
Rubio revises State Department overhaul plan amid Democratic blowback
Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to testify during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the fiscal 2026 State Department budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20.
Under Bondi’s watch, victim service groups face cuts, uncertainty
More recently, the White House budget blueprint for fiscal 2026 proposed eliminating nearly 40 DOJ grant programs, but didn’t identify which ones.
Judge blocks Trump’s efforts to shutter Education Department
McMahon during her Wednesday testimony defended her agency’s preliminary budget request for fiscal 2026.
McMahon lays out Education Department ‘final mission’ to House appropriators
Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee, McMahon offered sparse details when pressed about cuts that have already been implemented, as well as the Trump administration’s so-called "skinny" budget request for fiscal 2026
Rubio defends State Department reorganization in Hill testimony
While the topic of the hearing was nominally supposed to be the State Department’s fiscal 2026 budget request, foreign policy and the department’s structural changes dominated the discussion. Â
Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research
Appropriations Subcommittee, sometimes deflected and other times fought back as he outlined his vision for reducing and preventing chronic disease through his department’s $94 billion budget request for fiscal 2026
This week: Reconciliation bill back on track, at least for now
Appropriators will be hearing testimony on the Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget proposals ahead of what could be a busy summer of work on new spending bills.
Kennedy defends budget request but is silent on big HHS changes
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — that are examining the Trump administration’s $94 billion budget request for the department in fiscal 2026
This week: Top three House reconciliation markups take center stage
There are plenty of fiscal 2026 budget hearings scheduled in both the House and the Senate this week, as well.
FBI director now says he supports Trump budget proposal
And Patel avoided criticizing the proposed $545 million in FBI cuts the White House outlined in its "skinny" budget request for fiscal 2026, an approximate 5 percent cut from current funding levels.
Republican senators question Trump’s plans to change FEMA
Noem sought to defend a decrease of $646 million non-disaster grant programs for the FEMA that the White House put in its initial budget proposal for fiscal 2026.