REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Senate Takes Its First Procedural Step Towards Potentially Averting Another Government Shutdown
AMERICANTHINKER - Did Pennsylvania really balance its budget?
By Frank Ryan Technically, yes. But only technically, and the disaster is in the details.
JUSTTHENEWS (Joseph Weber) - Economic grow in US slowed in second quarter: Commerce Department
Economists forecasted GDP rising at a 2.1% pace.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Democrats’ version of sweeping veterans benefits bill blocked in Senate | Stars and Stripes
This version of the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act replaces a contested funding measure with unspent dollars allocated to the Pentagon.
ABCNEWS - Americans are down on the economy and concerned about costs: Polls
July polls show the depth of Americans’ economic pessimism.
NPR (Stephan Bisaha) - More Americans are going bankrupt. What does that mean?
The bankruptcy rate has risen about 48% between 2022 and 2025, although it's still below pre-pandemic levels.
NYTIMES (Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano) - Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It.
“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch live: House Republicans give remarks amid budget battle
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning, as the lower chamber of Congress is looking to avoid another potential shutdown. GOP lawmakers are preparing to vote later Tuesday on a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 4, kicking off a high-stakes effort to avert a lapse in funding before the end of the fiscal year. The House has passed three out of 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2027 so far. Just last week, the House passed a bill funding national security, the State Department and other relevant programs. #mikejohnson #housegop #congress
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Pentagon has never passed an audit: Here's where the money goes | Unreported
Some stories make headlines. Others get ignored. On "Unreported," Meagan Medick takes a deeper look at the unexplained through the eyes and experiences of you, the viewers. You send the mystery — we investigate. This week, Meagan tackles America's new arms race and a $900-plus-billion defense budget the Pentagon has never once passed an audit on. Dan Grazier, a former U.S. Marine Corps tank officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now senior fellow and director of the National Security Reform Program at the Stimson Center, joins the show. They discuss why the F-35 program ballooned from $200 billion to nearly $2 trillion while only a quarter of the jets are mission-ready, how defense contractors and lobbyists shape Congress's…