Biden asks Congress for $98 billion in Helene, Milton disaster relief funding
President Biden is asking Congress to approve nearly $100 billion in emergency funding to support recovery efforts from recent deadly storms that hit parts of the South. Biden on Monday sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) urging him to immediately take up requests for additional disaster assistance specifically aimed at helping those […]
Biden touts six-fold climate funding increase under his administration
President Biden boasted of meeting his goal of providing $11 billion a year in climate funding, a six-fold increase starting in 2021. Biden's comments came during a historic trip to South America's Amazon rainforest over the weekend, during which he declared that “no one” can reverse the “clean energy revolution” underway in the United States. […]
Tory donor Lord Bamford funds helicopter flight for Nigel Farage | Party funding
A company run by Tory mega-donor Anthony Bamford has funded Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's helicopter trip with £8,000. Lord Bamford, who was a Tory peer until he resigned from the House of Lords this year, has donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party and is a close ally of Boris Johnson, providing accommodation […]
After $1 Billion Failed To Stop Trump, Lib Donors Balk At Funding ‘Resistance’
Many of the groups working to disrupt President-elect Donald Trump's first term in office have attacked donors over funding, and Vice President Kamala Harris has threatened to defeat Trump with a $1 billion war chest. It was reported that the government was met with a lukewarm response following the failure to do so. New York […]
Senate Democrat sees ‘a chance’ of more Ukraine funding in lame duck session
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Wednesday that Congress could pass additional funding for Ukraine ahead of the transition to a Republican-led Congress and President-elect Trump's administration. He said there is. , likely to oppose further aid to Kyiv. Mr. Kaine said that any package approved by the […]
Congressional Report Slams State Department for Funding Atheism Abroad
The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee has released a damning report revealing that the U.S. State Department is promoting atheism abroad in the name of “religious freedom.” At the culmination of a two-year Congressional investigation into the State Department's funding of “ideologically charged foreign aid projects,” Chairman Michael T. McCall wrote in […]
NYC Warns Migrants Funding for Upstate Hotel Rooms Is Ending
New York City officials have quietly told hundreds of immigrants that the city will stop funding hotels in north Albany and that the immigrants must leave the free accommodation by mid-December. Democratic Mayor Eric Adams' administration announced on Dec. 31 that the city will phase out hotel funding for up to 220 immigrant families currently […]
Trump wins tip scales for GOP on government funding
Republican electoral victories in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the landscape for government funding as Congress prepares for a battle over federal spending when lawmakers return next week. With the possibility of a Republican trifecta in Washington increasing, Republican leaders have decided to either complete their annual fundraising efforts this year […]
GOP Readies for First 100 Days of Trump Administration with Tax Cuts, Border Wall Funding
Cut trillions of dollars in taxes and complete the border wall. These are the two most important changes that Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives are reportedly envisioning after Donald Trump's landslide victory on November 5, with the aim of achieving unified Republican control of the White House and Congress. It's a highlight. […]
US unveils sanctions targeting Hezbollah funding
Biden administration announced new sanctions On Wednesday, it filed a lawsuit against three individuals and four companies allegedly connected to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah's revenue sources. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Department, these individuals and companies were involved in a sanctions evasion network based in Lebanon that “generated millions of […]