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Bessent backs 3% deficit goal despite 5% budget forecasts
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (528+ words) (The Center Square) " U. S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged in two congressional hearings this week to cut the federal deficit to 3% of GDP, a target the government's own budget projections do not currently support. Bessent repeated the goal before both the…...
$1. 15 Trillion In Defense Spending Approved By House Armed Services Committee
14+ hour, 44+ min ago (864+ words) The 2027 National Defense Authorization Act passed the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, calling for $1. 15 trillion in defense spending. The committee passed the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with a 44-12 vote, according to the bill's amendment tracker. The act had…...
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Virginia budget talks face June deadline
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (449+ words) (The Center Square) " Virginia lawmakers are scheduled to return to Richmond later this month to finalize the state budget before the June 30 fiscal deadline. The House of Delegates is scheduled to reconvene June 18 and the Senate on June 22. The two-year…...
LIVE NOW: House Subcommittee Holds Budget Hearing for Department of State and Related Programs
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (116+ words) The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs holds a hearing to examine the budget for the Department of State and related programs. What would you like to watch today? LIVE NOW: House Subcommittee Holds…...
NYC Mayor Spending $5. 2 Million Tax Dollars on Socialist Propaganda Office
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (97+ words) Do New Yorker's even know this?...
US Air Force Seeks $5. 03 Bln For F-47 Fighter Development in FY2027
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (454+ words) The US Air Force has requested $5. 03 billion for the development of the F-47 next generation fighter jet in FY2027, which would be a 65% increase over the $3. 05 billion allocated in FY2026, according to a Sputnik correspondent's analysis of the US Air Force's FY2027 budget report....
LA Mayor Bass signs nearly $15 billion budget less than a week before election
1+ week, 1+ day ago (611+ words) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed a nearly $15 billion budget Thursday. The amount is an increase of $750 million - 5. 3% - from the previous fiscal year's adopted budget. The 2026-27 budget calls for, among other things, $4. 34 million for public works/sanitation and $6. 65 million for…...
Hegseth outlines record-breaking defense budget featuring largest military pay raise in decades
1+ week, 2+ day ago (262+ words) OAN Staff'Sophia Flores'6: 14 PM " Thursday, May 28, 2026 On Thursday, Hegseth highlighted that of the proposed $1. 5 trillion military investment for Fiscal Year 2027, $90 billion would be allocated toward revitalizing barracks and facilities. In the video, Hegseth said the funding "will get rid of…...
Here's How Much Bureaucratic Waste Costs CA Taxpayers Each Year
1+ week, 1+ day ago (264+ words) A new report out of California from Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton claims that the state's bureaucracy and excessive red tape are costing each household more than $55, 000 annually, amounting to nearly $1 trillion statewide. Hilton revealed that the number is more…...