President Trump is promising $5,000 checks for every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress in the upcoming midterm election. Why it matters: He's made similar suggestions before, many times, none of which ever came to pass. - It'd also cost more than $1 trillion to fulfill. Driving the news: At Wednesday night's GOP midterm convention , Trump made the unexpected offer. - If Republicans keep control of both the House and the Senate, Trump said , ""I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000." Yes, but: It's not the first time the president has suggested some sort of rebate for Americans from his administration's policy actions. - In July 2025 and again in October 2025,…
The Government Accounting Office after reviewed over 17,000 agency-wide contracts found that DHS fully or partially terminated 438 contracts from Jan. 20 to Sept. 30, 2025.
Jen Psaki looks at how Elon Musk's tone deafness on issues like data centers and his evident antisemitism, not to mention his image as a villain to many Americans since his disastrous implementation of DOGE at the start of Trump's second term, makes him a likely political liability for Republicans even as he hopes to help them financially. Jesse Lehrich and Rob Flaherty, co-hosts of the "Nobody Knows Anything" show, join to discuss.
A new government report shows that IRS audits brought in $6.5 billion in the fiscal year 2025, which is down 35% from the year before when the IRS brought in $10 billion. The drop comes after DOGE made cuts to the IRS. Katy Tur has more details.
While Musk backed Republicans in key races since the 2024 presidential election, he has often feuded with lawmakers, especially during his stint as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
America is caught in a historic capital squeeze: - On one side: Trillions Washington must borrow to pay for the past . - On the other: Trillions the economy needs to build the future . Why it matters: The next president will inherit a fiscal reckoning decades in the making. The price it exacts — on taxes, benefits, borrowing and investment — could shape America's prosperity and power for generations. Zoom in: President Trump said in 2016 that he could eliminate what was then roughly $19 trillion in national debt within eight years. On Tuesday, the debt crossed $40 trillion, after growing by $3 trillion in the past year alone. - About $32 trillion is owed to investors and other outside holders. The rest is debt the government owes…
Republicans spent the first five months of the Trump administration touting DOGE cost savings. Now a new report shows that DOGE overstated its savings by tens of billions of dollars. MS NOW's JM Rieger rolls the tape on what Republicans were saying 18 months ago.
AI:Republicans are facing a massive reality check regarding the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after new reports indicate that promised cost savings were vastly overstated by tens of billions of dollars. Despite intense political boasting during the first five months of the Trump administration, the actual results fail to match the initial hype, leaving leadership to contend with discrepancies between projected fiscal triumphs and the true state of federal spending.Open
A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources […] The post Maryland woman who defrauded USAID-funded charity must pay $160,000 on top of earlier restitution appeared first on American Almanac .
A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources at the nonprofit World Learning, entered the civil settlement last month to resolve DOJ allegations that she submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the U.S. government. The $160,000 comes on top of the $425,000 in restitution Graham already owed from her criminal case, in which she pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Just the News reported that the settlement closes…Open
Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) joined Sunrise on The Hill on Wednesday morning to discuss Tuesday's primaries as well as his calls to subpoena Elon Musk. #Congress #Elonmusk #Jameswalkinshaw
