The White House on Friday proposed a $5.6 billion cut to NASA's budget for 2027, including a $3.4 billion cut to the space agency's science unit, a 23% cut as NASA's new chief plans an array of new missions under the flagship U.S. moon program. — (Reporting by Joey Roulette;...
Federal Judge in Fresno: Continued Border Patrol Sweeps in California Violate Court Order
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit. In a tersely worded decision unsealed Thursday morning, the judge wrote that agents had “again detained people without...
White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for Defense in New Budget Request
WASHINGTON — With the United States at war with Iran and embroiled in conflicts around the world, the White House said Friday that it would ask Congress to approve about $1.5 trillion for defense in the 2027 fiscal year. If enacted, that amount would set military spending at its highest...
Senators Urge Trump to Bar Chinese Automakers From Building Cars in US
Three Democratic senators on Friday urged President Donald Trump to bar Chinese automakers from building vehicles in the United States and to prevent Chinese cars assembled in Mexico or Canada from entering the United States. Senators Tammy Baldwin, Elissa Slotkin and Chuck Schumer cited Trump's comments in January in Detroit...
Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.
Attorney General Pam Bondi had a pretty good idea her days were numbered. President Donald Trump had complained too freely, too frequently, to too many people about her inability to prosecute the people he hates. She was falling short of Trump’s unyielding, unrealistic demands for retribution against his enemies. She...
US Army Chief of Staff Fired by Hegseth, Sources Say
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Randy George was fired on Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, three U.S. defense officials told Reuters, a major staffing change that comes as the U.S. military fights a major war in the Middle East. Even as Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has moved...
War Clarifies Trump’s Spending Priorities: The Military, Not Child Care
WASHINGTON — During his first run for the White House, President Donald Trump assailed his predecessors for wasting trillions of dollars on unnecessary wars in the Middle East and argued that the money could have been used for the benefit of the United States. “We could have rebuilt our country...
US Job Growth Accelerates by the Most in 15 Months in March
U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks for the labor market are mounting from a war with Iran that has no clear end in sight. The biggest increase in nonfarm payrolls in 15 months reported by...
Trump Proposes to Begin Privatizing Us Airport Security Operations
President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin the process of privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, the federal agency created after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The White House budget proposes cutting the TSA budget by $52 million and would require small airports to enroll...
US Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, Search Underway for Crew, US Official Says
A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran and a search and rescue operation was underway for any survivors, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, in the first such known incident since the U.S. launched its war with Iran on February 28. The official, who spoke on condition...