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'Trust Doesn't Collapse Overnight': Experts Warn US Debt Is Now Accelerating America's Rivalry With China

The US is projected to borrow over $2 trillion in a fiscal year, raising concerns among economists about fiscal sustainability and geopolitical implications, with interest payments rivaling major federal expenditures.

International Business Times

Foreign students on F-1 visas could face four-year stay cap under White House plan, J-1 also affected

The White House is moving closer to a decision on a proposed rule that could change how long foreign students are allowed to stay in the US on F-1 visas.

The Times of India

The ticking time bomb buried in Trump’s 2027 budget

$7.8 trillion in extra revenue, GDP growing at 3%, vanishing deficits, and a 42% defense hike—to skeptics Trump’s math just isn’t adding up.

Fortune

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Trump, the $39 trillion national debt, rosy growth assumptions and the question of 'a sustainable path'

The White House is betting 3% GDP growth will shrink the deficit—but faster growth would likely drive up interest costs on the $39 trillion national debt.

Fortune

Americans spend $146 billion and 11.6 billion hours doing their taxes, and most of it is just filling out paperwork

There are more than 10,000 forms you have to sort through to file your taxes, and the fear of going to jail over a mistake has never been higher.

Fortune

CEO coach to the Fortune 500: How leaders can use a simple strategy called 'beat the plan' to speed decision-making and build trust

Executive coach Bill Hoogterp explains how leader can save time and get better engagement from their reports when setting a strategy.

Fortune

Kristi Noem's ICE seeks approval to buy $70 million luxury jet for deportations, cabinet travel: Report

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to buy a $70 million luxury jet, previously leased by Homeland Security, for Cabinet travel and migrant deportations. The aircraft features a bedroom, showers, and a bar. Officials claim it will save taxpayer money compared to military flights, despite concerns about its opulence…

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ICE is trying to buy a $70 million luxury jet with a bedroom and showers to shuttle migrants for deportation

The luxury jet can hold 18 people and sleep 14, according to the report

The Independent UK

Trump aide who spearheaded government cost cutting gets $15M security detail paid for with slashed USAID cash

Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, will reportedly be protected by the Marshals Service through the end of the year

The Independent UK

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1969 to 1989

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Reason

‘This is an intellectual war crime’: Trump team moves to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate research labs

‘This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country,’ Trump’s OMB director Russell Vought says

The Independent UK

GAO chief's pending exit tees up battle for a successor - Roll Call

The Government Accountability Office’s new leader will be a veteran investigator with over three decades’ experience at the agency.

Roll Call

Trump nominates CFPB leader, but Vought's 'not going anywhere' - Roll Call

President Donald Trump nominated a new CFPB leader, but the administration acknowledges OMB Director Russ Vought will remain in charge.

Roll Call

Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language - Roll Call

The issue is among the last unresolved matters facing negotiators aiming to reconcile before December the House and Senate fiscal 2026 NDAAs.

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Senate Reaffirms Back Pay For 41 Days Of Missed Wages As Shutdown Nears End

As the U.S. government’s 2025 shutdown stretches into its 41st day, and several federal workers await relief, the Senate backed the funding bill to reopen the government on Monday. The stopgap measure not only funds agencies through January 2026 but reaffirms retroactive compensation for workers sidelined since Oct. 1.

Axios

Senate deal would reverse shutdown firings

It includes backpay for furloughed workers, and stymies the effort to slash the federal workforce.

Roll Call

Democrats seek funding details on Cape Cod bridges, port projects - Roll Call

Democrats worry that a White House threat to pause Corps of Engineers funds could stall projects such as replacing bridges to Cape Cod, Mass.

Roll Call

‘Radio silence’ on list of paused Army Corps projects - Roll Call

Two weeks ago, OMB announced a pause of $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineers funding. The list of projects targeted remains a mystery.

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Axios

Exclusive: White House finds 11th-hour shutdown workaround to pay troops — for now

Otherwise Trump isn't planning to budge on the nearly month-old shutdown, even with as many as 42 million people set to lose food stamp benefits Saturday.

Axios

Exclusive: W.H. cites George Washington for Trump paying troops without Congress

The latest in a slew of what one official called "creative" ideas by OMB Director Russ Vought.

Roll Call

OMB delays firing federal workers to comply with court order - Roll Call

The administration in court filings said it was holding off firing thousands of federal workers to comply with a temporary restraining order.

Roll Call

Trump's military pay move puts Congress in the back seat on spending - Roll Call

Trump’s latest budget maneuver — paying military salaries out of unrelated research funding — makes lawmakers’ appropriations authority practically irrelevant, critics argue.

Roll Call

OMB head says layoffs will be 'north of 10K' as judge blocks cuts - Roll Call

Lawsuit claims that firing federal employees during a shutdown is an unlawful abuse of power aimed at punishing workers, pressuring Congress.

The Guardian - US

Judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdown

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workers

The Guardian - US

‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay

Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown

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