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A $10 billion ‘slush fund’ to pay TSA agents: Trump’s latest unilateral loophole, explained

Trump’s executive order to pay TSA agents is likely drawing from a $10 billion fund that Congress didn’t approve.

Fortune

‘The lowest since April 2020’: Americans are watching the job market crumble while Trump wastes billions in war

The slowdown is here.

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‘Byrd rule’ poses challenge for voter ID bill in reconciliation

Republicans have started talking seriously about using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to get the GOP voter ID bill — a top priority of President Donald Trump — through the narrowly divided Senate. But budget experts say the effort faces long odds due to the complexities of the Senate’s “Byrd rule.” The House-passed bill…

Roll Call

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Trump’s move to pay troops amid shutdown sets dangerous precedent, experts warn

Experts see move as Trump’s latest attempt to shift power of the purse away from Congress and into executive branch

The Guardian - US

Exclusive: W.H. cites George Washington for Trump paying troops without Congress

The latest in a slew of what one official called "creative" ideas by OMB Director Russ Vought.

Axios

Trump's military pay move puts Congress in the back seat on spending - Roll Call

Trump’s latest budget maneuver — paying military salaries out of unrelated research funding — makes lawmakers’ appropriations authority practically irrelevant, critics argue.

Roll Call

Stopgap fix or separate bill may be needed to unlock shutdown pay - Roll Call

A draft memo from White House budget office arguing there’s no obligation to give back pay to furloughed workers may have some legal merit.

Roll Call

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One Big Back Breaker: Trump law to COST millions their healthcare and add $3T in debt while rich see tax cuts

“It's actually almost unheard of ... that juxtaposition of taking from the poor while giving to the rich,” one analyst said

The Independent UK

Trump White House orders freeze on federal grants, loans - Roll Call

President Donald Trump's budget office on Monday ordered all federal agencies to temporarily block disbursement of grants and loans.

Roll Call

MTG wants to use DOGE to defund NPR

She accused the public radio network of doing "nothing for the American people."

Salon

Experts: Musk & Ramaswamy's DOGE doomed

"They have a fundamentally superficial understanding of what they're doing," budget expert warns

Salon

Mike Johnson pushed big Medicare cuts

"It's right on his website"

Salon

Trump, Bush tax cuts drive national debt

“The United States does not have a high-spending problem; it has a low-tax problem,” the report concludes

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