budget
Alex Shieh thinks his AI startup can do what Elon Musk couldn’t: Expose fraud
Brown University eliminated 103 positions months after Alex Shieh, a sophomore at the time, used a combination of AI and public data to launch Bloat@Brown, a website that listed the names and titles of each of the…
Despite DOGE cuts, federal spending rose by $300 billion last fiscal year
President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a promise to slash spending by trillions of dollars and balance the federal budget. But, as the first fiscal year of his second term came to a close, progress had not…
White House proposal to withhold federal workers’ back pay is more rhetoric than reform
The federal government shutdown is in its second week and shows no signs of ending soon. Whenever an agreement is reached to fund the government, thousands of federal employees could face an unwelcome surprise: They might not…
Could this be the best government shutdown ever?
Here we go again. As I write, politicians are trying to gin up a new panic over a looming "government shutdown." We've seen this before as Democrats and Republicans play chicken over their clashing funding…
Republicans Slam Dems for Taking ‘Federal Government as a Hostage’ as Shutdown Looms
Congressional leadership’s meeting at the White House Monday did not appear to make inroads in preventing the impending government shutdown. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters after the…
Keep the Government Open to Serve Our Cattlemen
As the government funding deadline and the threat of a shutdown approaches, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is urging his colleagues to keep the government open for the sake of American cattlemen, while allying himself with…
Are Dems About to Cave in Shutdown Fight?
As Republicans show no sign of giving in to their demands, Democrats are facing a difficult decision in the coming days—cave in and allow a Republican-backed stopgap funding bill to pass Congress and keep the government open…
White House to Slash Programs and Jobs if Shutdown Occurs
In a new memo, the White House’s budget office is directing federal agencies to aggressively slash jobs and programs if the government shuts down. “Unfortunately, congressional Democrats are signaling that they intend to…
Trump Cancels Budget Talks, Citing Dems’ ‘Ridiculous Demands’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a meeting with top congressional Democrats to discuss their budget demands, just a week before the deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown. A shutdown could…
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