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White House plans to spend $15 million on new archway...
Mark Alfred, Notus.org
White House plans to spend $15 million on new archway... (Third column, 4th story, link)
Apr 7, 2026, 9:52 PM
Trump Suggests Gutting TSA After Blaming Shutdown on Democrats
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
President Donald Trump wants to cut more than $1.5 billion—and thousands of jobs—from the Transportation Security Administration’s budget after subjecting its employees to weeks without pay. The Trump administration wants to gut 9,400 workers from the 60,000-…
Apr 6, 2026, 9:51 PM
866% Jump: Trump’s Budget Quietly Asks Half A Billion For White House Renovations
Conover Kennard, Crooksandliars.com
Donald J. Trump is gearing up to drop a whopping $377 million in fiscal 2026 on sprucing up the White House executive residence, plus another $174 million lined up for the following year, according to the administration's fiscal 2027 budget request. All of th…
Apr 5, 2026, 2:54 PM
Trump Proposes Reopening Alcatraz as Federal Prison, Requests $152 Million in New Budget Plan
Just Jared
Donald Trump is planning to reopen a prison on Alcatraz Island. The White House released a proposed budget for next year on Friday (April 3), including plans to ask Congress for $152 million to reopen the island to an active federal prison. Keep reading to fi…
Apr 4, 2026, 6:31 PM
Trump wants $152MN to reopen Alcatraz prison
RT
The administration of US President Donald Trump has requested $152 million from Congress to restore the Alcatraz prison, inviting criticism from Democrats
Apr 4, 2026, 5:07 PM
Trump Wants to Start Privatizing TSA in Latest Budget Proposal
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
"The Budget begins the privatization of TSA’s airport screeners...."
Apr 4, 2026, 10:15 AM
‘We’re fighting wars, not day care’: Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs
Express Global Desk, The Indian Express
Funding for community assistance programmes, including grants supporting housing and employment services, would also be reduced.
Apr 4, 2026, 12:02 AM
“An out-of-touch plea for more money”: Trump seeks $1.5 trillion for new defense budget
Garrett Owen, Salon
Massive cuts to domestic programs, with higher state taxes, would bolster the spending increase
Apr 3, 2026, 6:47 PM
Trump Resurrects Dumbest Idea—and Wants to Cut Health Care to Fund It
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
The Trump administration is asking Congress for $152 million to transform Alcatraz into a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” as part of its 2027 budget proposal.That would cover just the first-year costs of the redevelopment, which has been roundly cr…
Apr 3, 2026, 5:03 PM
Trump seeks historic $1.5 trillion for military in Congress budget request
Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera English
The request for defence spending is the largest in decades and accompanies cuts to domestic programmes.
Apr 3, 2026, 3:48 PM
What Is the Iran War Costing Us? How Does $1 Billion per Day Sound?
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
And all we have to cut in exchange for that Iran War spending is funds for education, housing and Medicare. It's almost TOO GOOD a deal.
Apr 3, 2026, 12:02 PM
House Republicans shoot down bill that would pay federal airport workers
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
White House memo says Trump has instructed DHS to pay federal airport workers as long lines snarl travel.
Mar 27, 2026, 8:10 PM
ICE: $45 an Hour to Stand There. TSA: $0 an Hour to Keep You Safe
botonomous.ai, Botonomous.ai
ICE agents get paychecks. TSA officers get food banks. Same department. Same shutdown. Different bank accounts. Congress chose who eats and who doesn't.
Mar 24, 2026, 10:49 AM
The 10 states most reliant on federal funding — and the 10 least
James LaForge, Business Insider
A new study ranked US states based on how reliant they are on federal funding. See which states round out the top and bottom of the list.
Mar 18, 2026, 1:32 PM
TSA workers miss a full paycheck, while travelers keep paying airport security fees
Joel Rose, NPR
Many TSA workers received no money in their paychecks Friday as the partial DHS shutdown drags on. Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.
Mar 13, 2026, 6:02 PM
President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
Katia Riddle, NPR
Despite President Trump's efforts to deeply cut science funding from the federal budget in 2026, Congress quietly restored much of the funding to previous levels in recent weeks.
Mar 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
White House stalls release of approved US science budgets
Max Kozlov, Alexandra Witze, Dan Garisto, Nature.com
The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.
Feb 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
State lawmakers offer partisan responses to Pritzker’s budget address
Jim Talamonti, The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are offering mixed reviews of Gov. J.
Feb 18, 2026, 8:27 PM
Democrats send counteroffer on DHS funding to White House as shutdown continues
Lauren Peller, John Parkinson, Abcnews.com
As the partial government shutdown continues, Democrats have sent their Department of Homeland Security funding counteroffer to Republicans and the White House.
Feb 17, 2026, 4:49 PM
DHS shutdown all but certain as lawmakers leave Washington with no deal
Allison Pecorin, Abcnews.com
The Department of Homeland Security is all but certain to run out of funding at the end of the day Friday as lawmakers leave Capitol Hill with no solution in sight.
Feb 13, 2026, 12:02 AM
House to hold votes on funding package to end partial government shutdown
Lauren Peller, ABC News
The House will hold votes on Tuesday to try to reopen the government after it partially shut down over the weekend.
Feb 3, 2026, 3:48 PM
The House races to end shutdown. And, Trump wants to close Kennedy Center for 2 years
Brittney Melton, NPR
Lawmakers are racing to end a partial government shutdown after Congress missed its funding deadline on Friday. And, Trump wants to close the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations.
Feb 2, 2026, 12:21 PM
What to know about the partial government shutdown
Lexie Schapitl, NPR
The Senate passed a measure to avert a shutdown on Friday. But with the House on recess, funding for broad stretches of the federal government has technically lapsed.
Jan 31, 2026, 5:01 AM
US government heads toward shutdown as time runs short to approve spending deal
Reuters, The Indian Express
DHS funding would be extended for two weeks, giving negotiators time to reach an agreement on immigration tactics.
Jan 31, 2026, 1:37 AM