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  • Trump Says $3.8 Billion Aid Program for Israel Will End This Year

    President Trump said Tuesday that the United States will stop giving Israel roughly $4 billion in annual aid, starting at the beginning of next year...

  • Pentagon Lowers Its Sights on $1.5 Trillion Budget Request: Report

    An EA-18G Growler launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in this U.S. Navy picture taken in the Arabian Gulf October 28, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Handout via R

    The Trump administration is seeking $1.5 trillion in defense funding from Congress for fiscal year 2027, a nearly 50% increase from current levels...

  • Trump Cancels Some Canada Tariffs to Boost Collins in Maine

    President Trump on Friday exempted some specific Canadian products from his 50% tariffs in a bid to help Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and other...

  • Trump Admin to Tap Emergency Heating Oil Reserve

    Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016.   REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

    With energy prices surging ahead of the midterm elections, the Trump administration said Wednesday that it will release up to 315,000 barrels of fuel...

  • Trump Announces $8 Billion Aid Package for Farmers Hurt by Diesel Prices

    Speaking at a political rally in Kansas on Monday night, President Trump unveiled a multi-billion-dollar aid package for farmers hurt by high prices...

  • Trump Admin Cuts to Satellite Program Could Undermine Weather Forecasting: Report

    Two congressional Democrats are warning about the risks of the Trump administration’s cuts to a weather satellite program after a report from the...

  • US Records Third-Highest Budget Deficit in History

    FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.   REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

    The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2026 totaled nearly $2 trillion, the Treasury Department reported Friday. The fiscal year runs from October...

  • Iran War Has Cost US Households $2,000 Each: Moody’s

    A customer prepares to fill up his tank in a gasoline station in Nice December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

    Now in its eighth month, the war with Iran has cost the average American household about $2,000, according to a new analysis by Mark Zandi, chief...

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