Trump, Congress and spending cuts
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The official word arrived this week from federal highway officials that nearly all of the Allston award promised last year would be rescinded.
Senator Jim Banks is leading a bill to make increased fees national parks fees for foreign travelers permanent.
If Maxwell refuses to testify, a subpoena must follow. If the DOJ resists, Congress must assert its constitutional authority. The stakes are too high for half measures. The victims deserve answers. The public deserves transparency. And the truth, however uncomfortable, must come to light.
Russ Vought said to expect more massive spending cuts because Trump is "not cowing to a legislative branch’s understanding of its own authorities and powers."
Jasmine Crockett is the top fundraiser among the Texas Congressional eelegation, with $3.8 million in the bank for the Dallas-based Congresswoman's reelection efforts in 2026. According to campaign finance reports released this week,
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Intelligencer on MSNCongress Just Injected Crypto Directly Into the Most Stable Part of the EconomyThere would be a great irony if cryptocurrency — which was created in 2008 to provide an alternative to the mainstream financial system that had just failed — led to another economic crash. But that is what a handful of experts fear could happen now that Congress has passed the GENIUS Act, a major piece of crypto legislation.
Congress delivered a watershed victory for the crypto industry on Thursday, passing the first federal legislation to regulate stablecoins and clearing the way for broader use of the technology in everyday finance.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Medicaid reforms are too small for what needs to be done, argues Ross Marchand.