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Defense-focused Trump budget seeks to cut Democratic priorities

President Donald Trump unveiled a nearly $2.2 trillion spending request for fiscal 2027 Friday that features an enormous defense boost, posing a major challenge to GOP leaders as they seek an election-year spending deal with Democrats. National security spending would soar to $1.5 trillion in the fiscal year that begins…

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US defense spending would rise $445bn under Trump budget plan, with steep cuts elsewhere

Democrats rebuke White House’s ‘bleak and unacceptable’ view of priorities after 10% cuts proposed to other programs

The Guardian - US

Trump budget includes $1.5 trillion in defense spending and cuts to domestic programs

The president's budget arrives as the House and Senate remain tangled over current-year spending

The Independent UK

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Democrats say immigration fight won't ease with Noem's departure

The ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared to have no immediate impact on her department's partial shutdown.

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Who Skipped Trump's State Of The Union Address: Here's Full List Of Those Who Boycotted The Event And Why

Over 80 Democratic lawmakers boycott President Trump's State of the Union Address, highlighting political divisions.

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Education Department hands off more of its responsibilities to other US agencies

The Education Department is handing over more of its programs and grants to other federal agencies

The Independent UK

Earmarks flood spending bills after a year's hiatus

Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.

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List of Senate Democrats Who Refused to Fund ICE After Minneapolis Killing

After the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats list names opposing DHS and ICE funding, creating a high-stakes budget battle in Washington.

International Business Times UK

Inside Dems' 11th-hour push to force changes to ICE

A group of around 10 Senate Democrats is coalescing around a list of demands for changes at DHS.

Axios

Spending bill would solidify Trump cuts in DHS oversight

The Homeland Security spending bill would solidify the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to oversight components at DHS.

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Bipartisan DHS Bill Mandates Uniforms and Body Cameras for ICE But Keeps Allowing Face Coverings

A bipartisan funding package for the Department of Homeland Security would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to wear uniforms and body cameras, while stopping short of banning face coverings.

Latin Times

New spending deal keeps funding for ICE – just not as much as it wants

The spending bill will set aside money for de-escalation training and body cameras and restrict how much money can go to detention

The Independent UK

DHS Says Critics Are 'Trying to Twist Data to Smear ICE' After Claims About Uptick In Custody Deaths

The Department of Homeland Security rejected claims from Democratic officials and immigration advocates that 2025 has become the deadliest year in decades for immigrants held in federal custody

Latin Times

Senator says ICE ‘attack dog’ caused ‘horrific’ injuries to unresisting man as he was detained

Patty Murray of Washington state said ICE agents lied to Wilmer Toledo-Martinez to lure him outside before dog attacked him

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Pressure grows on ‘reckless’ Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief

Defense secretary defiant but allegations of war crimes and blistering watchdog report increase calls for him to go

The Independent UK

What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it

A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer

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Senate panel sees opening, however slight, for health care deal - Roll Call

Senators are open to a bipartisan agreement that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies before year’s end.

The Independent UK

Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE

Until last year, Congress required reports on the pregnant, postpartum or nursing women in ICE custody, including ‘detailed justification’ for their detention. This requirement no longer exists, Kelly Rissman reports

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‘Most corrupt President in American history’: Senator Patty Murray lashes out at Trump, says she has never seen a President so ‘unwilling’ to work with

In a few days, it will be a month since the government shutdown started after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a funding bill. In this period, a lot has happened: from smear campaigns to lies, to deception and scare tactics, President Donald Trump and his supporters…

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Murray vows to fight taxpayer dollars funding Trump's East Wing project - Roll Call

A key Senate Democrat is vowing to prevent federal funds from being used to build President Trump's White House ballroom.

The Independent UK

Democrat posts video of poop on Mike Johnson’s head after speaker downplayed Trump’s clip bombing protesters with feces

Speaker has defended the president’s use of social media to troll Democrats with offensive videos

Axios

Trump officials say "substantial" federal worker layoffs have begun

Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.

Reason

White House Proposal To Withhold Back Pay From Federal Workers Is More Rhetoric Than Reform

A new White House budget memo frames shutdown furlough pay withholdings as fiscal restraint, but the budgetary impact is minimal—the greater effect may be expanding executive control over the federal bureaucracy.

The Guardian - US

White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown

OMB argues an amendment to a 2019 act would not guarantee furloughed workers post-shutdown pay

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Trump open to bipartisan health care deal to end shutdown - Roll Call

In impromptu remarks, Trump signals willingness to continue expanded premium tax credits for coverage purchased on government-run exchanges.

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