Religious figures from South Carolina and 10 other Southern states say the fallout from the federal reconciliation bill 'really will affect us all'

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted 216-213 early Friday morning to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal funding — including all $1.

The office also estimated that the federal budget deficit for the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began in October, is $1.3 trillion. The number is $65 billion more than it was for the first nine months of the 2024 fiscal year.

Shouting matches, walkouts and bitter fiscal fights have led to a series of legislative meltdowns, with big spending clashes ahead.

OMB chief Russell Vought expressed excitement that Congress appeared to be on the verge of codifying into law roughly $9 billion in cuts.

North Carolina Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives say they voted for the new budget plan backed by President Donald Trump largely because of its large income tax cuts and ramped-up federal spending on immigration enforcement.

The following is the July 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The Navy’s DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers.

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research and health agencies will curtail the development of promising medications, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.