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GOP Unity Falters as Hegseth’s $1.5 Trillion Defense Push Stalls

The Dec. 11 stopgap delays a final funding decision, thus forcing the administration to depend on a politically uncertain reconciliation route.

Americans Back Restoring Foreign Aid After USAID Shutdown, Poll Finds

Big Questions Over Cost and Effectiveness as U.S. Advances Golden Dome Prototypes

Quantum Cyber Forms Nevada Subsidiary to Pursue U.S. Defense Drone Contracts

CBA Profit Climbs to $2.7 Billion, Shares Sink on Costs and Rising Loan Arrears

Budget Watchdog Proposes $100,000 Social Security Cap to Help Close Funding Gap

Coalition Accuses Labor of Stoking ‘Intergenerational War’ Over Budget Tax Hints

Alcatraz Closes to Visitors for Dock Repairs This Week

U.S. February Deficit $308 Billion, Year-to-Date Gap Falls to $1.004 Trillion

Thousands of Federal Public Servants Receive New Layoff Notices as Ottawa Drives Cost-Cutting Review

Russia’s Energy Tax Revenues Seen Falling 46% in January to 420 Billion Rubles

Congress Moves to Restore U.S. Science Funding, Defying Trump Cuts

Government Boosts Year-End Earmark Payments to R$31.01 Billion After R$1.8 Billion Week

New Poll Finds Voters Skeptical of Trump on Prices as Conservative Allies Urge Harder Push on Affordability

ABS Moves to Measure Illicit Nicotine as Legal Tobacco Sales Collapse 29%

Federal Budget Leaves Canadian Sport Bodies Without Core Funding Increase

One Big Beautiful Bill Act to Add $3.3 Trillion to Debt as Interest Costs Surpass Defense Spending

Bondi Confronted Over DOJ Cuts and ATF-DEA Merger at House Hearing

Head Start Funding Restored in Latest Budget Proposal, Advocates Remain Vigilant

Trump Administration Moves to Shut Down Key DOJ Crime-Fighting Unit