Because the federal government shut down our economy during the pandemic, the US spent over $6.5 trillion last year, and we ended up with a deficit of nearly half that amount, at over $3 trillion. Now, Biden is proposing an astonishing $6 trillion budget for the coming fiscal year, with expenditure increasing every year for […] More
The Federal budget deficit is now $779 billion, the highest its been since 2012, when the deficit topped $1 trillion. Reuters reports that, as the government closes out fiscal year 2017, a spending spree has driven it further into the red, though the deficit may not last for long. The spending gap was driven primarily by […] More
President Trump has vowed he will #BuildThatWall, and no one should ever doubt him. Despite the non-stop obstruction from Democrats and the GOP establishment, President Trump keeps pushing forward – and it looks like his persistence is about to pay off BIGLY. Washington Examiner President Trump and congressional leaders have agreed to a border wall […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Republicans campaigned for roughly a decade, promising voters they would dismantle former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation, but one of their own senators is trying to keep it alive through the 2018 election cycle. Leadership has nine days to whip representatives and senators behind an appropriations bill that will keep the government […] More
Defense Secretary General James Mattis is not only a nightmare on the battlefield, he knows how to fend off an adversary in the press conference room as well. When MSNBC reporter Hallie Jackson got too cute by half by tying budget talks to the president’s request for a military parade, the Pentagon chief made it clear he […] More
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