President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. That’s just a sliver of the $1.7 trillion that lawmakers OK’d for the budget year ending Sept. 30. The package of 21 budget rescissions will have to be approved by both chambers of Congress for the cuts to take place, beginning with a House vote expected Thursday. Otherwise, the spending remains in place. The White House is betting that cutting federal investments in public media and some foreign aid programs will prove politically popular. Republicans say if this first effort is successful, they hope more rescission packages will follow as they look to continue work by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency once run by billionaire Elon Musk.

At a solemn gathering held Tuesday evening at the Capitol, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle came together to honor the memory of Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, two young staff members of the Israeli Embassy who were killed in a terror attack in Washington, DC, last month.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed the assembled crowd with a stark warning: “It’s a dangerous time to be a Jewish American.”

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President Donald Trump’s plan to cut taxes by trillions of dollars could also trim billions in spending from social safety net programs, including food aid for lower-income people. The proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would make states pick up more of the costs, require several million more recipients to work or lose their benefits, and potentially reduce the amount of food aid people receive in the future. The legislation, which narrowly passed the U.S. House, could undergo further changes in the Senate, where it’s currently being debated. Trump wants lawmakers to send the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to his desk by July 4, when the nation marks the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States will get magnets and rare earth minerals from China under a new trade deal and that tariffs on Chinese goods will rise to 55%. In return, Trump said, the U.S. will provide China “what was agreed to,” including allowing Chinese students to attend American colleges and universities. The Republican president had recently begun to clamp down on the presence of Chinese nationals on U.S. college campuses. The new 55% tariff rate would mark a meaningful increase from the 30% levy set in Switzerland during talks in May. “OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME.,” Trump wrote Wednesday on his social media site.

In a dramatic and unprecedented decision, the committee overseeing the United Kingdom’s World Zionist Congress elections has disqualified the Eretz HaKodesh chareidi party from participating in the current vote.
The ruling, handed down by the Area Election Committee (AEC) on Monday night, came in response to false accusations that the chareidi party encouraged its supporters to violate election regulations by registering others on their behalf.
The decision bars EHK from competing in the race to select British delegates for the 39th World Zionist Congress.
This marks the first time the party has entered the UK election.

With tensions mounting and the fate of the Knesset hanging in the balance, the Knesset is set to convene today to vote on a bill that could dissolve the government amid a protracted impasse over the controversial military draft law for yeshiva students.
Weeks of stalled negotiations between Likud and the chareidi parties over a new draft bill have brought the coalition to the brink. In a notable shift from past approaches—when legal clearance was sought after a political deal was reached—officials are now attempting to begin with a version that can withstand scrutiny from the High Court of Justice and only afterward present it to the chareidi factions.

During a fiery address delivered Tuesday from Fort Bragg, President Donald Trump portrayed the ongoing unrest in Los Angeles as an assault by outsiders and promised aggressive federal intervention to bring the city under control.
Speaking before a crowd at one of the country’s most prominent military bases, Trump declared that Los Angeles was under siege following several days of violent demonstrations that erupted in response to immigration enforcement operations carried out by ICE agents.
“This anarchy will not stand,” Trump said. “We will not allow federal agents to be attacked, and we will not allow an American city to be invaded and conquered by a foreign enemy.”

The commander of U.S. Central Command told Congress on Tuesday that the United States is prepared to respond militarily against Iran if nuclear negotiations were to fail.
Speaking to the House Armed Services Committee, Gen. Michael Kurilla briefed lawmakers on U.S. military force posture in the Middle East.
“President Trump has made it clear that if Iran doesn’t permanently give up its nuclear enrichment, military force by the United States may be necessary,” said Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the committee chair.
“If the president directed, is CENTCOM prepared to respond with overwhelming force to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran?” the congressman asked the general.