Trump unveils 2026 budget blueprint that includes deep cuts to non-defense spending – live
Proposed budget would raise defense spending by 13% and homeland security spending by nearly 65% compared to 2025 levelsThe seeds were sown for the ousting of Mike Waltz as national security adviser long before “Signalgate”, notes Politco.The outlet reports that his approach to the job was unpopular and Waltz was seen as too cocky. One person close to the White House said:He’s a staff, but he was acting like a principal.Waltz has been on thin ice for a while. [Signalgate] made the ice thinner but at the same time … may actually save him for now because they don’t want to give [Jeffrey] Goldberg a scalp. Continue reading...
Proposed budget would raise defense spending by 13% and homeland security spending by nearly 65% compared to 2025 levels
The seeds were sown for the ousting of Mike Waltz as national security adviser long before “Signalgate”, notes Politco.
The outlet reports that his approach to the job was unpopular and Waltz was seen as too cocky. One person close to the White House said:
He’s a staff, but he was acting like a principal.
Waltz has been on thin ice for a while. [Signalgate] made the ice thinner but at the same time … may actually save him for now because they don’t want to give [Jeffrey] Goldberg a scalp. Continue reading...
