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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 […]

Anti-Gun Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Funding Paul Ryan ‘Clone’ Roger Roth in Wisconsin

Former Wisconsin Sen. Roger Ross (R-Wis.), whom former President Donald Trump called a “clone” of former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), is backed by anti-Second Amendment activist and left-wing billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Breitbart News reported how Ross worked to defeat Tony Weed, a Trump-backed candidate, in the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives. […]

Tax system goes digital after IRS funding boost

The initial $80 billion funding boost to the IRS, passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), will move much of the U.S.’s vast tax system online and digitize much of the IRS’s internal operations. The latest update to the IRS’ Increased Funding Plan indicates that while the tax system remains as […]

House Republicans pass bill cutting EPA funding by 20 percent

House Republicans on Wednesday passed what is expected to be the final government funding bill before the August recess, proposing deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal year 2025. Department of the Interior and EPA annual budget bills passed The bill, which passed late Wednesday, was approved by a vote of 210 […]

House leaving early amid GOP funding woes

Business and Economics Full text   Tesla shares fall amid poor performance Tesla shares fell 12% on Wednesday after the electric car maker reported second-quarter profit that fell short of expectations. Full text   President Trump says he had no plans to nominate Jamie Dimon for Treasury Secretary Former President Trump said Tuesday he had […]