Defense Sec. & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Testify on 2025 Budget Request

C-SPAN— "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....

C-SPAN—Homeland Security Secretary Testifies on President's 2025 Budget. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stressed the need for the House to pass the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill as he faced criticism from Republicans for his handling of the immigration crisis at the Southern Border during a public hearing. The secretary appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee to testify on President Biden's 2025 budget request. Other topics discussed included flood insurance, cybersecurity concerns, preventing online child exploitation, workforce...

www.duluthnewstribune.com—Defense requests more time in case of mom accused of torturing her children. A child maltreatment investigation began in 2022 after Children’s Minnesota hospital in the Twin Cities treated one of the children, according to the criminal complaint.

Seven Days—Court Rejects Roxbury's Request to Block School Budget Vote. A Washington County judge has rejected the Town of Roxbury's request to stop an April 30 vote on a revised school budget that, if passed, would lead the town's elementary school to close. The town had also asked the court to nullify the results of the first budget vote, which failed on Town Meeting Day. Roxbury officials argued that Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools had failed to hold a state-mandated informational budget meeting 10 days before ballots were cast. The revised budget...