The president’s proposal, expected to be released on Friday, does not affect defense, Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is planning to unveil on Friday a budget blueprint that calls for slashing federal spending on key nondefense programs by $163 billion, targeting renewable energy, education, and foreign aid, according to a White House
The president said that providing funding to NPR and PBS runs counter to the ‘principle of impartiality.’ President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 1 seeking to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) over what he called “biased and partisan news coverage” from the news
‘There’s at least one person at this table today who had a dossier,’ Rubio said at an April 30 Cabinet meeting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the State Department under President Joe Biden compiled dossiers on people it accused of spreading disinformation—with at least one of them being a member of
The cost of Medicaid, which covers 90 million low-income Americans, has doubled in 10 years, making it a key issue in spending negotiations. WASHINGTON—House Republicans have yet to reach an agreement on Medicaid spending as a possible committee vote on the matter is less than a week away. Medicaid has emerged as a central issue
‘I dropped out of Harvard and came here to serve my country, and it’s been unfortunate to see lost friendships,’ the staffer says. A staffer of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on May 1 that he dropped out of Harvard University to join the advisory commission and described losing friends and facing social
Supporters of the Salvadoran illegal immigrant held multiple rallies across Washington, alleging that his deportation by the Trump administration was unlawful. WASHINGTON—Protesters held multiple rallies across Washington on May 1, demanding that the Trump administration have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States from confinement in El Salvador. Abrego Garcia, 29, is a Salvadoran
The incident allegedly occurred after DOGE members got access to the institute’s headquarters earlier this year. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) referred a U.S. Institute of Peace accounting data deletion allegation to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a DOGE staffer said on May 1. DOGE leader Elon Musk and his team sat down with