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Johnson spars with White House over border funding claims: ‘Desperate’

House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing back against White House claims that Republicans have a “history of opposing border security” and are seeking to reduce the number of Border Patrol agents, but Johnson has criticized historic immigration. While dealing with the matter, he dismissed it as a “hopeless” claim. Crisis at the Southern Border. “Since […]

PA schools threaten court return if budget falls short on funding plan

A Pennsylvania school that won a key school funding court case last year is ready to go to court again. Lawyers for the schools that filed the lawsuit are asking Congress to release a multiyear funding plan proposing an additional $2 billion. The proposal follows a court ruling last year that found the state's $35 […]

White House Defends Biden Funding for UNRWA Despite Terror at Facilities

White House National Security Press Secretary John Kirby said Thursday that the Biden administration's response to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) comes as the agency faces accusations that it allowed Hamas terrorists to use its facilities. UNRWA). UNRWA is a unique institution established after the 1948 war. The war saw Arab states […]

No Government Funding Without Border Security, Says Texas Rep

EAGLE PASS, Texas — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas) says he is prepared for a budget showdown if measures to strengthen border security are not included in the government funding debate later this month. The congressman spoke to Breitbart, Texas, during a recent border trip attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and 64 other […]

Chip Roy urges government funding showdown over border

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy is calling on his House Republican colleagues to unite and reject significant funding to the federal government until action is taken to address the border crisis. “I will deny funding to or authorize the U.S. government or any foreign government it supports unless and until it fulfills its constitutional obligation […]

Sanders calls for end of US funding for Netanyahu’s ‘immoral’ war 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) on Tuesday called on Congress to withhold more than $10 billion in military funding to Israel, saying it would be a “grossly disproportionate” and “immoral” move by the Israeli government in Gaza. He warned that the money would be used to fund the war. This was the latest criticism leveled by […]

Imbalances in funding threaten endangered species recovery in the US

The Endangered Species Act lists more than 1,700 species in the United States as endangered or endangered, but funding disparities exist. Famous species such as manatees, right whales, grizzly bears, and spotted owls are fed by the tens of millions, while other species are ignored. Proposals to redirect funding from species beyond recovery plans to […]

4 ways the government funding fight could play out in January

Congress faces an avalanche of government funding tasks when it returns from recess this month, with little time to complete them before the looming shutdown deadline. Under a stopgap bill passed in November, Congress is looking at two deadlines in January and February to keep the government funded. But with less than a month left […]