The administration's proposals are expected to face stiff Democratic opposition. The White House will propose significant cuts in non-defense spending in its 2020 budget proposal, officials said. At the same time, the document will not be submitted to Congress by the deadline - ...
The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department remain without funding. The White House and Congress on Wednesday continued negotiations on an agreement that would allow the adoption of a new interim US budget for the current fiscal year and avoid a possible government shutdown. According to the Voice of America, in ...
Everyone knows that raising a child in the United States is very expensive, but the budget required to meet a child's needs varies from state to state. CNBC has ranked the states by the amount of costs parents need to make to raise a child. The study examined such ...
The president warned them that in response, the United States could adjust its military presence in Europe. US President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of several NATO countries, including Germany, Belgium, Norway and Canada, in harsh tones, in which he rebuked them for being too ...
For the first time in almost two decades, Russia's military spending at the end of 2017 decreased, and by 20% compared to the previous year. This is stated in the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on May 2. As the main ...
President Trump has approved a federal government spending bill. Earlier, he wrote that he could use the veto power by rejecting the draft federal budget approved by the US Senate on Friday morning, writes Voice of America. The dissatisfaction of the head of the White House was caused by the absence in the document suggesting expenses in...
President Donald Trump's administration has asked for $6,5 billion for the next fiscal year, which begins in October, to help curb Russian aggression in Europe and strengthen the continent's defenses, Voice of America writes. This is 1,7 billion more than this year.…
The leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties in the Senate have reached a compromise on the parameters of the US budget for 2 years, according to CNN. The deal was presented together by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The agreement envisages increasing military and non-military spending of the Department over the next two years ...
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stopgap budget that will avoid a federal government shutdown when the current budget expires at midnight Friday. The Voice of America writes about this. As a result of the voting (the votes were divided mainly along party lines)…
The US Senate voted to approve the 2018 defense budget, which, in particular, provides for the allocation of $ 350 million for defense needs of Ukraine. This is reported by the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington on its Facebook page. The draft law authorizes the granting of lethal ...