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Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago

August 30, 2025 Nearly, $4.9B, OK’d, Congress, maneuver, Seen, Foreign, last, Years, blocks, Trump, using0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won’t be spending $ 4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. Trump, who sent a letter to Johnson, R-La., on Thursday, is using what’s known as a pocket rescission — when a president submits a request to Congress to not spend approved funds toward the end of the fiscal year, so Congress cannot act on the request in a 45-day timeframe and the money goes unspent…

Nearly half of Americans rate Biden as a poor or terrible president

January 10, 2025 Nearly, 'Terrible, Rate, president, Biden, Americans, half, Poor0 comment

Roughly one-quarter of Americans said President Biden was a “good” or “great” president, a much lower final approval rating than either of his immediate predecessors, according to a new poll. The Washington Times stories: White House

VA updates FY 2025 health care budget shortfall to $6.6B, nearly half its previous estimate

December 1, 2024 Estimate, shortfall, $6.6B, budget, health, care, half, Nearly, 2025, Updates, Previous0 comment

The Department of Veterans Affairs is cutting its request for additional funding by almost half after officials told lawmakers last week that a shortfall in its health care budget wasn’t as severe as earlier estimates showed. The VA is now asking Congress for a $ 6.6 billion supplement to its fiscal 2025 budget to keep providing more health care to more veterans than ever before. Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal said in an interview Tuesday that the PACT Act, which expands eligibility for VA health care and benefits to…

COVID-19 National Emergency Is (Nearly) Over. It’s Time for States to Roll Back Biden’s Welfare Expansion.

February 6, 2023 Over, Welfare, expansion, COVID19, back, States, Time, It's, National, Roll, Nearly, emergency, Biden's0 comment

The official end of the COVID-19 emergency is near. That’s good news. It’s now up to the states to finish the job. The House of Representatives voted Feb. 1 on a joint resolution ending the national COVID-19 emergency and a bill to terminate Health and Human Services’ public health emergency declaration. At the same time, the Biden administration has also announced plans to end both of those emergencies in May. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers took emergency steps to help mitigate its effects. Then-President Donald Trump in…

U.S. reunites nearly 700 kids taken from parents under Trump

February 2, 2023 U.S., from, Under, parents, Trump, Nearly, Kids, taken, reunites0 comment

A Biden administration task force designed to reunite children separated from their families during President Trump’s presidency has reconnected nearly 700 children with their families, officials said Thursday. The Washington Times stories: White House

DoD sends Congress nearly triple the amount of annual reports it did 20 years ago

February 23, 2022 Congress, Reports, sends, Years, Nearly, annual, triple, amount0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>. In 20 years, the number of annual reports the Defense Department must make to Congress has nearly tripled to more than 1,400. DoD officials have tried to get a handle on this task, which required untold thousands of man-hours. For what it could do to help streamline the process, the <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”>Federal Drive with Tom Temin</a> turned to the director of defense capabilities and management issues at the Government…