Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought will testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning about federal spending as lawmakers on Capitol Hill look to avoid another shutdown. The hearing comes just months after the Trump administration unveiled its proposed fiscal 2027 budget request — which includes a 40 percent increase in the defense budget, and a 10 percent cut to nondefense spending. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has also projected that the federal deficit and national debt will grow by trillions of dollars over the next decade. #russellvought #budget #House #trumpadministration
Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (Ret.) joined “Wake Up America” to discuss the internal fractures tearing through Tehran’s leadership, the rising domestic revolts, and why any public statements coming from Iran right now are meant for crowd control at home rather than a genuine deal with the U.S.
We're celebrating 1776, but from around 1825-1827, socialism was enacted in various cult communities in the U.S. and now serves as a warning from history for today.
70 years after the Red Scare and 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, President Trump and Republicans are trying to re-introduce a national fear of "godless communists" ahead of the critical midterms. Why it matters: A wave of resounding victories by Democratic Socialists has the GOP trotting out a message that last worked when most of those candidates weren't even born. - It's too soon to know if the message is working — but Trump and Republican strategists see an opening with voters old enough to remember Soviet-era nuclear drills and spy dramas. The big picture: Former Trump aide Steve Bannon has argued for years that former Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy was right about communism's widespread infiltration into the U.S.…
Live: A House Oversight Committee task force investigating long-classified federal secrets holds a hearing focused on the CIA’s controversial MK-Ultra program.
