British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday that the United Kingdom will increase defense spending to at least 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2030. It will mean approximately $90 billion in additional spending by 2030. Sunak has also announced an additional $622 million U.K. aid allotment for Ukraine. Sunak’s statement appears precipitated, at […]
Republicans are investigating whether Biden received any 'defensive' briefings related to his family's acceptance of millions from foreign businesses.
The Republicans' House majority is so slim that Democrats need to flip just four seats in November to retake control. That makes the "Biden 16" a significant group of competitive seats and they could go a long way in determining whether the next president has a friendly or hostile House next year.
"The most important thing that we can do right now is to pass the supplemental and that will provide us the opportunity to continue to provide security assistance to Israel," said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin when asked what is needed to help Israel defend itself. The secretary, along with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, and Defense Comptroller Mike McCord, appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to testify on the president's 2025 budget request....
Biden's New Student Debt Relief Will Add Up To $750 Billion To The Budget Deficit By The Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget The Biden Administration recently announced a new plan to cancel student debt for up to 30 million borrowers and released a preliminary rule this morning detailing parts of this plan. The proposal, which is being introduced through the rule making process, would replace the Administration’s initial proposal to cancel between $10,000 and $20,000 per...
Zelensky said in a posting on X that Biden also assured him that a coming package of
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday the U.S. will send badly needed air defense weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes $61 billion for Ukraine. Zelensky said in a posting on X that Biden also assured him that a coming package of […]
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President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday the U.S. will send badly needed air defense weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes more than $60 billion for Ukraine.
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected University of Texas cornerback Ryan Watts in the Sixth Round of the NFL Draft.
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost shares a story about his grandfather, a firefighter from Staten Island, New York voted for President Biden.
Several former leaders of the House and Senate Budget committees criticized the current state of the congressional budget process on Wednesday in the wake of Congress's repeated failure to adopt concurrent budget resolutions in recent years. “The budget process is absolutely broke, and it needs to be repaired,” said former Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), who