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VP snub Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro touts $1.1 billion increase in public school funding

Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Amanda E. Stout Elementary School in Reading on Friday to highlight $1.1 billion in additional public education funding included in the state’s new budget. This comes just days after Vice President Kamala Harris, who is preparing to take on former President Donald Trump, dropped Shapiro as her running mate […]

VA budget shortfall could deepen 2025 funding headaches

The $12 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could further complicate an already heated partisan fight over how to fund the government’s 2025 budget. There is already a gap between the spending amounts in the budget drafted by House Republicans and what Democrats say should be spent, taking into account a side […]

Senator negotiators advance more than $1 trillion in 2025 government funding

Senate negotiators voted Thursday to frontload more than $1 trillion in fiscal 2025 government funding, passing four spending bills with overwhelming bipartisan support. The powerful Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed the bill, which provides funding for the departments of Defense, Energy, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education, as well as financial services, […]

Homeland Security funding bill sputters in Senate 

Senate negotiators are delaying consideration of a full-year budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as both sides struggle to find a bipartisan agreement. The powerful Senate Appropriations Committee is working to pass all 12 full-year bills and is scheduled to take up the bill Thursday along with four other full-year budget measures. “Over […]

Citizens United and GOP states file FEC complaint over Biden-Harris funding transfer

Citizens United and 16 GOP-led states filed a Federal Election Commission complaint Thursday accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of improperly taking over President Joe Biden‘s campaign funds after he withdrew from the race. The complaint asks the FEC’s six-person commission, which is evenly divided between Democratic and Republican members, to prevent Harris from “using her […]

Anti-Israel Protests ‘Largely Peaceful’, Iran Is Funding ‘Some’ of Them

During Thursday’s NewsNation “On Balance” broadcast, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby acknowledged that while some of the protests against Israel have been funded and encouraged by Iran, Iran is not behind them. The White House condemned the actions of those protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, saying, “There are many Americans […]