Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought will testify before a House Budget Committee panel on Wednesday morning on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 White House budget request. The request calls for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — roughly 42 percent higher than 2026 — and proposes cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion. The funding cuts, according to the memo, impact “woke, weaponized, and wasteful programs,” and would return some state and local responsibilities “to their respective governments.” Democrats have already pushed back on the request. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EDT. Watch the live video above.
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U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday, saying he was “shocked” by her refusal to join American and Israeli military operations against Iran. “I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” Trump told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. “She’s unacceptable because she doesn’t mind that Iran has a nuclear weapon and would blow up Italy in two minutes if they had the chance.” Trump said that he and Meloni had not spoken “in a long time” and accused Meloni of failing to support NATO efforts in the Strait of Hormuz, again describing the alliance as a “paper tiger.” Meloni had announced the suspension of Italy’s defense cooperation deal with Israel on…Open
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