The CBO estimates 5.3 million more people will be uninsured in 2034 because of a new Medicaid work requirement. Life is getting more expensive. What’s next? Stream CNN Breaks It Down for answers on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/4bZ6MRr #News
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.
A White House spokesman said the alley renovations included fixing broken lights. The project comes as the president has sought a broad overhaul of the White House and its surroundings.
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.
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State of the Union: Vice President Vance said the Trump administration had inherited a troubled economy. The post U.S. Debt Tops $40 Trillion for First Time appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. gross national debt exceeded $40 trillion on Wednesday. Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration had inherited a troubled economy. “The issue that we’ve had under the Biden administration, and what we’re still dealing with, is that the debt was growing faster than American GDP,” Vance said, adding that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent “is very much on top of it.” According to the New York Times , the United States is set to borrow more than $2 trillion this year to cover obligations including the Iran War and tax cuts enacted in 2025. Net interest costs on the national debt approached $1 trillion in 2025, nearly 14 percent of federal spending. The national debt has risen under both…Open