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Rebecca Shabad<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., criticized Trump’s budget blueprint<\/a> today in separate statements, specifically taking aim at the proposal for military spending.
McConnell said in his statement, \u201cIt is peculiar how much time the President\u2019s advisors spend talking about restoring peace through strength, given how apparently unwilling they\u2019ve been to invest accordingly in the national defense or in other critical instruments of national power.”
The former GOP leader, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees defense spending, accused the Trump administration of doubling down on “the Biden Administration\u2019s material neglect for the glaring national security threats challenges about which they speak with great alarm.\u201d
In a separate statement, Wicker said that the White House budget office requested “a fifth year straight of Biden administration funding, leaving military spending flat, which is a cut in real terms.”
\u201cThis budget would decrease President Trump\u2019s military options and his negotiating leverage,” he warned. “We face an Axis of Aggressors led by the Chinese Communist Party, who have already started a trade war rather than negotiate in good faith. We need a real Peace Through Strength agenda to ensure Xi Jinping does not launch a military war against us in Asia, beyond his existing military support to the Russians, the Iranians, Hamas, and the Houthis.\u201d
Trump’s plan calls on Congress to increase military spending by 13%.
Rebecca Shabad<\/span><\/span><\/span>
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., praised Trump’s 2026 budget proposal today, calling it “a bold blueprint that reflects the values of hardworking Americans and the commitment to\u00a0American\u00a0strength\u00a0and\u00a0prosperity.”
“President Trump\u2019s plan ensures every federal taxpayer dollar spent is used to serve the American people, not a bloated bureaucracy or partisan pet projects,” Johnson said in a statement.
The speaker said that House Republicans are ready to work with Trump to implement a “responsible budget that puts America first.”
“This budget also reflects the critical role the One Big, Beautiful Bill will play in securing our border and strengthening our national security,” he said, referring to the reconciliation bill that House Republicans are crafting<\/a>. “This proposal\u00a0promises the American people that their government is finally listening, leading with commonsense, and restoring the principles of good governance.\u201d
Sahil Kapur<\/span><\/span><\/span>
President Donald Trump released a\u00a0budget proposal<\/a>\u00a0Friday calling for a mix of cuts to domestic programs involving public health, education and clean energy, while seeking to increase spending on the president\u2019s priorities like border security and a bigger military.
The 40-page request was addressed to congressional leaders and accompanied by a letter from Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought addressed to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Overall, Vought said the proposal contains a 23% cut ($163 billion) to discretionary funding and a 13% increase to military spending.
The White House budget comes as the Republican-led Congress is seeking to craft a massive bill for Trump\u2019s priorities of tax cuts, higher spending on immigration enforcement and the military, spending cuts in other parts of the federal government, and a debt limit increase. Vought mentions the calls for border funding in the new budget blueprint.
Read the full story here. <\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Mahalia Dobson<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Days after a\u00a0Canadian election<\/a>\u00a0that hinged on who would\u00a0best stand up to President Donald Trump<\/a>, he is at the\u00a0center of an election<\/a>\u00a0in another liberal democracy.
Trust in the United States is plummeting in\u00a0Australia<\/a>, which votes Saturday amid\u00a0global financial turmoil<\/a>\u00a0sparked by tariffs Trump has\u00a0imposed on trading partners<\/a>\u00a0around the world, including Australia, a U.S. ally and vital security partner in countering\u00a0China<\/a>.
Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Arata Yamamoto<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Julia Zhong<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Japan\u00a0could use its more than $1 trillion in holdings of U.S. Treasurys as leverage in trade negotiations with Washington, its finance minister said, though he stopped short of threatening to sell them.
\u201cI think it exists as a card,\u201d Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said in a television interview today. \u201cBut whether to use it or not, that is another decision to be made.\u201d
The U.S. was alarmed last month by a large global sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities after Trump imposed steep tariffs on trading partners around the world, including U.S. ally Japan.
Kato\u2019s comments come a day after Japan held its second round of tariff talks in Washington with U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters in Tokyo today that while the discussions were \u201cvery positive and constructive,\u201d no agreement has yet been reached.
Alexandra Marquez<\/span><\/span><\/span>
After the White House announced that Trump had signed an executive order ending public funding for NPR and PBS, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger said in a statement that the president’s decision is “blatantly unlawful.”
\u201cThe President\u2019s blatantly unlawful Executive Order, issued in the middle of the night, threatens our ability to serve the American public with educational programming, as we have for the past 50-plus years,” Kerger said. “We are currently exploring all options to allow PBS to continue to serve our member stations and all Americans.\u201d
Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, also responded to the order, saying that only Congress can approve changes in funding for public media.
\u201cCPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President\u2019s authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government,” Harrison said.\u00a0
Frank Thorp V<\/span>producer and off-air reporter<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Matt Korade<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and a group of Senate Democrats have sent a letter to the acting Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration asking her to open an investigation into Trump\u2019s targeting of Harvard\u2019s tax exempt status.
“It is both illegal and unconstitutional for the IRS to take direction from the President to target schools, hospitals, churches, or any other tax-exempt entities as retribution for using their free speech rights,” the senators wrote.
“It is further unconscionable that the IRS would become a weapon of the Trump Administration to extort its perceived enemies, but the actions of the President and his operatives have now made this fear a reality,” they wrote.
The senators specifically asked the Treasury official to investigate whether any request by Trump or an administration official that the IRS revoke Harvard\u2019s exempt status violated a section of law<\/a> aimed at insulating the IRS from political influence over those whom it chooses to audit, and whether any such requests have been made.
Adam Edelman<\/span><\/span><\/span>
States are continuing to roll out their own versions of the Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>, the outside advisory commission led by tech billionaire Elon Musk that Trump tasked with cutting federal spending and staffing<\/a>.
Many of the officials who launched these bodies, which take different forms in different states, say they\u2019ve wanted to have the impact of Trump\u2019s DOGE, with some explicitly comparing<\/a> them to the federal<\/a> commission.
But while Musk\u2019s slash-and-burn approach has caused major disruptions in Washington and across the nation, the more than 20 state-level DOGE organizations that have been rolled out since Trump\u2019s federal launch have so far taken a far lighter touch.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Carol E. Lee<\/span>Carol E. Lee is the Washington managing editor.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Abigail Williams<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Andrea Mitchell<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Allan Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Marco Rubio was just two weeks into his new job when he got a critical lesson in being Trump\u2019s secretary of state. In Latin America on his first trip outside the United States since he became America\u2019s top diplomat, three senior administration officials said, Rubio was caught off guard by two policy decisions made in Washington: drastic changes to foreign aid and Trump\u2019s publicly backing turning the Gaza Strip into a Middle East Riviera.
Rubio was similarly blindsided by foreign policy pronouncements from top administration officials two more times over the next 10 days.
Since then, he has figured out a strategy to minimize such frustrations.
Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Rebecca Shabad<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump announced on Truth Social this morning that he will revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status.
The president suggested he would take this action after the Ivy League school sued the Trump administration<\/a> last week over its decision to freeze <\/a>more than <\/a>$2 billion in funding to the university<\/a>.
“We are going to be taking away Harvard\u2019s Tax Exempt Status. It\u2019s what they deserve!” Trump wrote.
Any such move would face likely face litigation. The administration’s funding freeze came after it accused Harvard of failing to take action on its demands to end antisemitism on campus.
In a statement, a Harvard spokesperson said Trump did not have legal grounds to pursue such an action, adding that the move would harm the university’s mission and higher education more broadly.
“Such an unprecedented action would endanger our ability to carry out our educational mission,” the spokesperson, Jason Newton, said. “It would result in diminished financial aid for students, abandonment of critical medical research programs, and lost opportunities for innovation. The unlawful use of this instrument more broadly would have grave consequences for the future of higher education in America.\u201d
Scott Wong<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Frank Thorp V<\/span>producer and off-air reporter<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Julie Tsirkin<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Kate Santaliz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
The leadership election to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin as the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber is a year and a half away, but Sen. Brian Schatz is already racking up endorsements.
Since Durbin, 80, of Illinois, announced last week<\/a> that he wouldn\u2019t seek re-election in 2026, Schatz, 52, of Hawaii, has been aggressively working behind the scenes to consolidate support for the post of Senate Democratic whip, having key allies speak to colleagues and securing at least eight endorsements.
Others could still jump in the race to be Democrats\u2019 top vote-counter. Amy Klobuchar, 64, of Minnesota, a former presidential candidate who is the No. 3 Senate Democrat, hasn\u2019t closed the door on a potential bid. And others have floated Patty Murray, 74, of Washington, who has held various leadership roles over the years and is now the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Nnamdi Egwuonwu<\/span><\/span><\/span>
The Democratic Party launched today a new initiative aimed at pushing vulnerable Republicans to join Democrats in opposing a Trump-backed congressional budget bill that is expected to include cuts to Medicaid.
The DNC plans to partner with the DCCC, the House Democratic campaign arm, to specifically target four House Republicans: Tom Barrett, R-Mich., Don Bacon, R-Neb., Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., all of whom are in toss-up districts.\u00a0
Bacon, Lawler and Fitzpatrick represent the only Republican-held districts in the country that former Vice President Kamala Harris won during the 2024 election<\/a>, according to the Center for Politics. Barrett\u2019s seat was previously held by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and is rated a \u201cRepublican toss up\u201d by the Cook Political Report.<\/a>
\u201cThe American people are furious at Trump and Republicans\u2019 dangerous attacks on their health care and vulnerable Republican Representatives Barrett,\u00a0<\/em>Bacon, Lawler, and Fitzpatrick will seal their political fate if they go along with Trump\u2019s disastrous budget,\u201d DNC Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement.
Democrats plan to host town hall-style events in the lawmakers\u2019 districts and direct voters to \u201cmake their outrage known\u201d by calling and emailing the lawmakers.
The party said it has already held more than 100 town hall events<\/a> nationwide in the last two months alone, but this new effort will additionally encourage Democratic voters to host their own community events in a bid to further galvanize its base. Doing so will also help build \u201cgrassroots power for critical elections still ahead,\u201d Martin added.
The Democratic initiative will be a part of the party\u2019s \u201cFight to Save Medicaid\u201d month of action intended to \u201cpressure vulnerable Republicans to stand up for their constituents.\u201d
Alabama Rep. Suzan DelBene, the chair of the DCCC, said the four Republicans \u201cwill face voters\u2019 wrath if they cave to Trump\u2019s budget demands.\u201d <\/strong>
\u201cTo keep the pressure up, the DNC will host a new round of People\u2019s Town Halls in these vulnerable Republicans\u2019 districts, while employing state-of-the-art organizing tactics to activate supporters and put direct pressure on Republicans ahead of budget reconciliation votes,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThis will be an all-out blitz by the Democratic Party to save health care for millions of Americans.\u201d
Patrick Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump signed an executive order late yesterday to end public funding of National Public Radio and PBS to stop what he called \u201cbiased and partisan news coverage.\u201d
The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to \u201ccease federal funding for NPR and PBS\u201d to the extent allowed by law. The order could be challenged in court.
Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Supreme Court Justice\u00a0Ketanji Brown Jackson\u00a0said yesterday that attacks by Trump\u00a0and his allies on judges were \u201cnot random\u201d and seemed \u201cdesigned to intimidate the judiciary.\u201d
Chief Justice\u00a0John Roberts\u00a0rebuked Trump in March<\/a>\u00a0for urging the impeachment of a federal judge, laying bare tensions between the country\u2019s executive and the judiciary as Trump\u2019s sweeping assertions of power encounter judicial obstacles.
\u201cThe attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity,\u201d Jackson said at a judges\u2019 conference in Puerto Rico.
Read the full story.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
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