Trump budget seeks bigger defense and deep agency cuts
President Trump signed off on a budget outline valuing a 10 percent rise in defense spending and offsetting it with broad cuts to non defense discretionary programs. The plan aims to boost national security while trimming foreign aid and most agencies, with a full proposal due later to Congress.
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Trump
United States of America
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White House
America
Department of Veterans Affairs
Senate
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D-Ny
Wall Street
Schumer
Republican Party
Mick Mulvaney
Office of Management and Budget
Broken travel bills highlight GOP lawmakers NATO trip costs
Airlines hotels and cars drive up travel bills as Congress and Treasury bear the costs. In May 2016 four GOP congressmen and three staffers spent 90000 on a five day Albania NATO summit with other trips in Belgium and the UK. Some high totals are reported errors. Senator Donnelly’s 2016 trip to Georgia Slovakia and Ukraine cost about 13000 airfare though listed 24402.48.
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Treasury
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Congressional Record
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Albania
Mike Turner
Ohio
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R-Wis
Sensenbrenner
Nicole Tieman
Turner
Belgium
Ted Poe
R-Texas
Gerry Connolly
D-Va
Senate
David Vitter
R-La
Small Business Committee
United Kingdom
Joe Donnelly
Cind
Georgia
Slovakia
Ukraine
Donnelly
Armed Services Committee
Strategic Forces
Europe
Sarah Rothschild
Army
State Department
Pentagon
Congress Travel Costs Soar Across Foreign Trips
Congress expanded taxpayer funded foreign travel with rising costs driven by security, staffing, and in country logistics. A 2015 German Swiss UK trip by Jeb Hensarling and staff cost 98,613 with no airfare. Intelligence panels saw large jumps under new chairmen, pushing 2016 totals toward 15 to 19 million.
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House Financial Services
Jeb Hensarling
R-Texas
Germany
Switzerland
England
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Treasury
House
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Republican Committee
House Intelligence Committee
Devin Nunes
R-Calif
Senate Intelligence Committee
Bomb threats hit Jewish centers across the nation prompt fear
Threats this year rose to about 90 as centers from New York to Missouri faced evacuations and vandalism. In Wilmington Senator Carper met leaders at Siegel Center amid calls to end anti Semitic actions while officials investigated. Authorities cite civil rights charges and emphasize swift action to protect communities.
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Siegel Jewish Community Center
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Missouri
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Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
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Hosko
New York State
Andrew Cuomo
Jccs
Cuomo
North Carolina
Asheville Jewish Community Center
Asheville
Christina Hallingsen
Indianapolis
Stephanie Murphy
D-Fla
US. Department of Homeland Security
U.S
Congress
Murphy
David Posner
JCC Association of North America
White House
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