Federal Budget (US)

Senate G.O.P. Ready to Drop Ballroom Funds From ICE Bill

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Several Republicans had balked at including the money in an immigration enforcement measure that the party plans to push through on a party-line vote.

Trump Administration Weighs $1.7 Billion Fund for Allies Investigated Under Biden

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Critics denounced the highly unusual plan, which has yet to be finalized or approved, as a vast political slush fund financed by taxpayers.

Secret Service Makes Case for Security Funding Amid G.O.P. Unease on Ballroom

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The presidential protection agency detailed how it would use a proposed $1 billion as Republicans asked for more detail and Democrats went on the attack.

Scientists Press Congress on Dismissal of National Science Foundation Board and Research Funding

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The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.

Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster

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The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.

The Man Expanding Trump’s Presidential Powers

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Coral Davenport, a New York Times reporter, explains how Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, plans to circumvent Congress’s budgetary powers to advance the Trump administration’s agenda.

House Republicans Will Vote Again on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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A group of fiscal hard-liners on the Budget Committee blocked the bill Friday morning. The group will try again to pass the president’s megabill out of committee Sunday night.